Folly or misfortune?

Saturday's Bruins' loss to the hapless Islanders is a perfect example of the danger of parlays.

By adding additional games to a card, you multiply the risk of losing due to flukey play. Hockey seems to be a very haphazard proposition in forecasting, by adding in the "win-'em-all" dimension that parlay plays bring with them, it's a wonder anybody ever cashes in one of those tickets.

For Monday, take the Utah Jazz and the 5 1/2.