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Today’s Free Picks
| Sport | Game Selection | Game Time |
|---|---|---|
| NHL | (33) Boston Bruins at (34) Columbus Blue Jackets: Moneyline | 6:07pm EDT - Apr 12/2026 |
The PLAY: Columbus Blue Jackets -140
The Blue Jackets aren’t dead yet in the playoff race, with Saturday’s 5-2 win at Montreal behind Jet Greaves in goal throwing a lifeline to Rick Bowness.
Though the East wild card places have been settled, Columbus still has a chance at third place in the Metropolitan Division, with two games to play and two points to make up on the Flyers. The good news for Columbus is that it will win a tie-breaker vs. Philadelphia based upon regulation wins (currently 28-26 edge Columbus). The Flyers will still have to lose at least once, or tie both remaining games, to give the Jackets a chance, but it’s a chance.
After Greaves has been a workhorse in goal the past few weeks, Elvis Merzlikins is expected to get the call from Bowness on Sunday, and will be facing a Bruins side that has clinched its playoff berth despite being winless in five straight games, four times scoring just once in those losses. We use the Jackets -140, at the low end of the marketplace on the overnights, but at the high end of where we like to go on the Money Line, and would rather not go past -145. Play Blue Jackets on Money Line
Consultant Bio
Bruce Marshall's name has become synonymous with The Gold Sheet. With a background in play-by-play work and sports information while in college, Bruce joined TGS in 1981 when hired by the legendary Mort Olshan. He learned the business by working alongside Mort and the other TGS handicappers and continues at TGS, where he has worn many hats over the years. Not only is Bruce the Executive Editor at TGS, he's also the Editor of Goldsheet.com and The Gold Sheet EXTRA!!! (a publication he helped launch in 1982), as well as serving as Editor-in-Chief of European Soccer Weekly.
Bruce's unique and colorful brand of football and basketball analysis, as well as informed commentary on the national and international sports scene, has made him an in-demand guest for many years on numerous sports talk radio and TV shows across the country. Bruce's vast array of editorial work is featured not only in the TGS publications, but various other print and online publications, and his analysis is often featured in the Las Vegas Review- Journal. Bruce, who is also in the midst of several book and media projects, combines all of his work while traveling between Virginia and his official hometown of Henderson, NV.