Workforce has drifted in the betting for Thursdays Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown after a very cautious assessment of his chances by Sir Michael Stoute. Last years Derby winner may be in serious need of the outing, the Newmarket trainer said on Wednesday, prompting bookmakers to push him out to odds-against from odds-on.

Hes done very well physically but I think hes really going to need this race, Stoute told At The Races. We decided we wouldnt be in a rush with him this year. His first possible target was the Tattersalls Gold Cup [at the Curragh last Sunday], but we thought we wouldnt take him all the way to Ireland and the race looked tough enough, with So You Think.

Stoute described the Brigadier Gerard as a race I dont particularly like and noted that Workforce would be carrying 7lb more than all his rivals because of his status as a Group One winner from last year.

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The Boston Bruins try to extend the Stanley Cup Finals when they host the Vancouver Canucks in Game 6 on Monday night.

The odds have Boston as -150 home favorites with a total of five goals. Vancouver is a -380 series favorite with Boston +290.

The Bruins trail the series 3-2 despite outscoring Vancouver 14-6 overall. They lost all three games in Vancouver by one goal, the latest being 1-0 on Friday night.

The Canucks deserved to win last game. They were the more aggressive team by far, leading 47-27 in hits. The only goal came in the third period off the stick of Maxim Lapierre.

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The much anticipated Stanley Cup Final between the Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks doesn’t begin until Wednesday, but there are plenty of props to keep you interested until then.

For starters, Vancouver is a solid favorite for the series at -200, while Boston is +170. The Canucks are looking for their first championship in franchise history, while the Bruins last hoisted the Cup in 1972.

Exact Games is another prop attracting attention. Vancouver fans looking for a better payout on their team can predict a win in four games (+650) five games (+300), six games (+400) or a full seven (+325).

Boston’s most favored scenario is to win in six games (+450), which would close it out in Beantown on June 12. The

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The Boston Bruins continue to play great hockey on the road this post-season. They visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday and can put the hosts in serious peril with a win.

Tampa is a -120 home favorite for Game 4 with the total of 5 ½-goals (under -130). NBC will broadcast at 1:30 pm ET.

Boston lost the first game of this series (5-2), but has won the last two. Those wins couldn’t have been any different with a 6-5 shootout on Tuesday, followed by a low-scoring 2-0 affair on Thursday.

Game 3 went way ‘under’ the 5 ½-goal total after the ‘over’ was 2-0 in the first two.

The Thursday game also came in Florida after the series shifted to the Sunshine State. Boston is a

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The Lightning already came into Boston and stole Game 1 with a 5-2 victory after blitzing the Bruins with 3 goals in under 2 minutes in the first period. That was a very impressive game for Tampa Bay as they often mixed up the looks they were showing Boston and that confusing led to some mis

Meanwhile the Lightning are on quite the roll, having won eight straight since being down 3-1 to Pittsburgh in round 1 and just continue to surprise. Their offense has remained remarkably consistent of late, scoring at least 3 goals in each of the past five, with four of those games reaching 4 goals or higher.  They are 7-1 SU against a team that allowed 5 or more goals last time out and are 7-0 SU as a dog. Th

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