Hockey playoffs odds favor the Carolina Hurricanes as they open up their Eastern Conference Semifinal series against the Boston Bruins on Friday.The Bruins are a -200 favorite with a total of 5.5 under in hockey odds for Game 1.Hockey odds also favor the Bruins in the overall series price. Boston is -220 in hockey odds to win the best-of-seven game series while Carolina is +180. Boston was the #1 team in the Eastern Conference this season and they are a deserving hockey odds favorite. They dispatched the Montreal Canadiens in four games, winning by a score of 17-6 in the hockey odds series.