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NHL

Friday, April 29

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Trend Report
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Columbus @ Pittsburgh
Columbus
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Columbus's last 5 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Columbus is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Columbus
Pittsburgh is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games when playing Columbus

Chicago @ Buffalo
Chicago
Chicago is 15-2 SU in its last 17 games when playing Buffalo
Chicago is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Buffalo
Buffalo
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Buffalo's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Buffalo's last 6 games at home

Florida @ Montreal
Florida
Florida is 14-2 SU in its last 16 games
Florida is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Montreal
Montreal is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Florida
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montreal's last 6 games

Detroit @ New Jersey
Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing on the road against New Jersey
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Detroit's last 7 games when playing New Jersey
New Jersey
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Jersey's last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of New Jersey's last 7 games when playing Detroit

Washington @ NY Rangers
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Washington's last 13 games on the road
Washington is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
NY Rangers
NY Rangers is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games when playing Washington
NY Rangers is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing at home against Washington

Ottawa @ Philadelphia
Ottawa
Ottawa is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
Ottawa is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing at home against Ottawa
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Philadelphia's last 11 games when playing Ottawa

Boston @ Toronto
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Boston's last 8 games
Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Toronto
Toronto is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games at home
Toronto is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games

Tampa Bay @ NY Islanders
Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Tampa Bay's last 8 games
Tampa Bay is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
NY Islanders
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 6 games at home
NY Islanders is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay

Colorado @ Minnesota
Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Colorado's last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Colorado's last 8 games when playing Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games at home
Minnesota is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games

Vegas @ St. Louis
Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vegas's last 7 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Vegas's last 14 games when playing St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games
St. Louis is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home

Calgary @ Winnipeg
Calgary
Calgary is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Calgary's last 13 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg
Winnipeg
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 6 games at home
Winnipeg is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games when playing Calgary

Anaheim @ Dallas
Anaheim
Anaheim is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Anaheim's last 5 games when playing Dallas
Dallas
Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Anaheim
Dallas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Anaheim

Vancouver @ Edmonton
Vancouver
Vancouver is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Edmonton
Vancouver is 10-1 ATS in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games at home
Edmonton is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games

San Jose @ Seattle
San Jose
San Jose is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Jose's last 5 games on the road
Seattle
Seattle is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home
Seattle is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games

Nashville @ Arizona
Nashville
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Nashville's last 15 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Nashville's last 7 games
Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Arizona's last 10 games
Arizona is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing at home against Nashville


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[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Friday, April 29

 

[CNOTES]

FRIDAY, APRIL 29
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

CLB at PIT 07:00 PM
PIT -379
O 6.5
+500 +500

WAS at NYR 07:00 PM
NYR -105
U 6.0
+500 +500

BOS at TOR 07:00 PM
BOS -126
O 6.5
+500 +500

FLA at MON 07:00 PM
FLA -233
O 7.0
+500 +500

CHI at BUF 07:00 PM
BUF -128
O 6.5
+500 +500

DET at NJ 07:00 PM
DET +134
O 6.5
+500 +500

OTT at PHI 07:00 PM
PHI -105
O 6.5
+500 +500

TB at NYI 07:30 PM
TB -183
O 6.0
+500 +500

COL at MIN 08:00 PM
COL +101
O 6.5
+500 +500

VEG at STL 08:00 PM
STL -177
O 6.0
+500 +500

CAL at WIN 08:00 PM
CAL -137
O 6.5
+500 +500

ANA at DAL 08:30 PM
ANA +199
U 6.0
+500 +500

VAN at EDM 09:00 PM
EDM -157
O 6.5
+500 +500

SJ at SEA 10:00 PM
SEA -126
U 6.0
+500 +500

NAS at ARI 10:30 PM
ARI +217
O 6.5
+500 +500

 

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Much appreciated

 

[Udog]

Thanxs CNotes and Udog for all your contributions to the 2021/2022 reg season.
Much appreciated

You're welcome Coaster! I hope it helps. Good luck in the playoffs!

 

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Armadillo Sports

Saturday’s 6-pack
— 76ers’ star Joel Embiid (broken orbital bone) is out indefinitely
— Memphis 114, Minnesota 106— Grizzlies win series, 4-2.
— Nationals 14, Giants 4— Washington snaps an 8-game skid.
— Dodgers 5, Tigers 1— Detroit has lost six straight games.
— Rockies put OF Kris Bryant (back) on the IL.
— Royals’ SS Adalberto Mondesi has a torn ACL, is out for year.

Quote of the Day
“How about that? And to think we wasted our time watching him, thinking he’d be available at 104, maybe.”
Sean McVay, after New England took OL Cole Strange with the 29th pick Thursday

Saturday’s quiz
Who was the last pitcher to throw a no-hitter against the Mets at Citi Field?

Friday’s quiz
In the movie Draft Day, Kevin Costner was GM of the Cleveland Browns; Denis Leary played the Browns’ coach.

Thursday’s quiz
Jon Voight played Ray’s father Mickey in the Showtime series Ray Donovan.

Wednesday’s quiz
Matthew Stafford was the first player taken in the 2009 NFL Draft; the Jets took the next QB, with the 5th pick in the first round- Mark Sanchez.

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Saturday’s Den: Wrapping up an unusually busy Friday

13) First three rounds of the NFL Draft are over; draft is in Las Vegas, so couple of third round picks were announced by Wayne Newton, Donny Osmond. Really, they were.

12) By the time the 38th player had been taken in this draft, 12 trades had been made. Lot of teams jockeying mid-round picks between this year and next year.

11) Liberty QB Malik Willis had an over/under of 15.5 for which pick he’d be taken with; he wound up being the 86th pick, by Tennessee. Has to be disappointing, will be expensive to start with, but if he becomes a good starting QB, he’ll forget this week ever happened.

10) Indianapolis Colts were +14 in turnovers last year and still missed the playoffs; that’s a red flag for sure, because it is tough to duplicate another +14 turnover ratio. They’ve upgraded a lot at QB, with Matt Ryan over Carson Wentz, but not like Atlanta has won a lot recently either.

9) NFL does a terrific job with guys who announce picks after the first round; Franco Harris, Larry Csonka, Barry Sanders (in addition to Wayne Newton/Donny Osmond). They even had Seton Hall basketball coach Shaheen Holloway announce one of the Jets’ picks.

8) So far in the USFL, thru two weeks, the team leading at halftime won six of eight games; the two games that won after trailing at halftime? Birmingham Stallions, in both their games.

7) I’m watching Law and Order re-runs the other day and a familiar face appears; Werner Klemperer, who played Colonel Klink on Hogan’s Heroes, is on an early episode, probably Year 2 of the 20-year series. Lot of famous actors have appeared in Law and Order.

6) Mets 3, Phillies 0— Five New York pitchers combined to no-hit the Phillies. Tylor Megill needed 88 pitches to get thru the first five innings.

Weird part of this no-hitter; Philly’s Kyle Schwarber batted three times, walked every time.

5) Trevor Bauer got suspended for two years Friday, which could cost him $60M. Bauer will appeal. As always, the lawyers will be the real winners here.

I myself am not a lawyer; this case is apparently a little complex, but Bauer has not been charged with any crimes. Not sure how you suspend a guy for two years without him being charged with a crime, but that is what has happened.

4) David Cone was explaining on TV the other day how there are fewer doubles in baseball now, partially because outfielders play a lot deeper than they used to. Another big reason is that the baseball appears to be a little dead this year.

3) Case in point: Guy on the Pirates hit a fly ball to the warning track the other day, but it got caught; the look he gave was so disgusted, like he was sure he hit a home run but it really wasn’t close to being one. Hitters need to become more line drive conscious and less about launch-angle.

2) When Joey Gallo batted against Baltimore during the week, Orioles used five outfielders and one of the two remaining infielders had both his feet on the outfield grass when pitches were thrown. I’ve never seen that before and after this year, I’ll never see it again, since shifts will be banned after this season.

1) Dallas Mavericks beat the Utah Jazz in six games in their playoff series; Dallas won their first NBA title 11 years ago, but since then, had been 0-6 in playoff series.

 

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Sunday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders in total bases:
57— Jose Ramirez, Clev
52— Anthony Rizzo, NYY
51— CJ Cron Colo/Manny Machado SD
49— Nolan Arenado, StL
48— Wander Franco, TB
47— Austin Riley Atl/George Springer Tor

Quote of the Day
“We think that the [current] system works really well the way it does. Our teams, as you know, they’re not into tanking. These teams work and play hard, and they play hard no matter the circumstances, and that’s something that we’re really proud of in our game.”
Roger Goodell

Sunday’s quiz
When Joe Namath signed with the AFL’s Jets in 1965, which NFL team had drafted him?

Saturday’s quiz
Current Met Max Scherzer is the last pitcher to throw a no-hitter against the Mets at Citi Field.

Friday’s quiz
In the movie Draft Day, Kevin Costner was GM of the Cleveland Browns; Denis Leary played the Browns’ coach.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday

13) Georgia Bulldogs had 15 players taken in this year’s NFL Draft, the most players one school has ever had picked in a 7-round draft. In the first two rounds alone, Georgia had more picks (7) than the entire Pac-12 (6), ACC (5), Big X (4).

12) This was the 14th year in a row the SEC has the most players drafted (65).

11) Nine quarterbacks wound up being drafted this week, including Iowa State’s Brock Purdy with the last pick in the draft. Only one QB was taken in the first two rounds, though.

10) From what you read, the couple hours right after the draft ends are chaotic, with teams all trying to sign undrafted free agents. Because of the COVID stuff the last couple years, this year the undrafted free agent pool is much deeper than usual.

9) One of those unsigned free agents is Jared Bernhardt, who was the best lacrosse player in the country at Maryland, then transferred to D-II Ferris State in Michigan, and led the Bulldogs to the D-II national title last year. He signed with the Falcons, is expected to play WR/return kicks.

My own opinion is that Ferris State’s teams should be the Wheels, not Bulldogs. The Ferris Wheels? That would be excellent.

8) Last season, New England was the first NFL team since 2009 not to have anyone have a 100+-yard receiving game.

7) In 1965, the New York Giants drafted RB Tucker Frederickson from Auburn with the first pick in the draft; the #3 pick that year was Dick Butkus, the #4 pick was Gale Sayers.

Whoops.

6) There is a company called Third Side Coaching that helps NBA players/teams deal with officials— what refs look for, how to talk to them. The company is run by retired officials, so they know the ins and outs. Atlanta Hawks are one of the teams that use their services.

5) I had no idea Dwyane Wade owns a small part of the Utah Jazz.

4) Saw this last night, wouldn’t have guessed it in 100 years; since the start of the 2018 baseball season, Seattle 3B Eugenio Suarez has the most homers in the major leagues (132).

3) Klay Thompson’s brother Trayce is back in the big leagues, with San Diego. Trayce Thompson has played parts of six seasons with five different teams; he hit 13 homers for the Dodgers in 2016.

2) Chicago Bears are releasing QB Nick Foles, who should find a job as a backup pretty quickly. Foles has a 33-29 record as an NFL starter in ten seasons, but one of those wins was the Super Bowl for Philadelphia four years ago.

Justin Fields/Trevor Siemian are now Chicago’s quarterbacks.

1) This year was just the third time since 1993 that two punters were taken before the end of the 4th round and the guy considered the best punter in college last year, Matt Araiza, was the third punter taken, by Buffalo.

Araiza went to college at San Diego State; now he’ll be punting in western New York, not exactly a weather upgrade, but the Bills are good, so he probably won’t punt much. The thing is, he was also the Aztecs’ kicker; in the NFL, punters usually hold for kicks.

 

[Udog]

WINNIPEG is 9-2 ATS (6.8 Units) on Sunday games in the current season.




NHL
Dunkel

Sunday, May 1

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Sunday, May 1

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Seattle @ Winnipeg
Seattle
Seattle is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Seattle is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Winnipeg
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Winnipeg's last 7 games at home


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[CNOTES]

SUNDAY, MAY 1
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

SEA at WIN 02:00 PM
WIN -181
O 6.5
+500 +500

 

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Monday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders in batting average (min. 25 AB’s):
.400— Taylor Ward, LAA
.382— Eric Hosmer, SD
.377— Owen Miller, Clev
.375— Manny Machado, SD
.372— JP Crawford, Sea
.369 — Xander Bogaerts, Bos

Quote of the Day
“The measure of who we are is how we react to something that doesn’t go our way.”
Gregg Popovich

Monday’s quiz
Paul Westhead led the LA Lakers to the NBA title in 1980; ten years later, he led a college team to the Elite Eight, where they lost the West Region final to eventual national champ UNLV. What team was Westhead coaching in 1990?

Sunday’s quiz
When Joe Namath signed with the AFL’s Jets in 1965, he was the first pick in the AFL Draft. He was the 10th pick in the NFL Draft, by the St Louis Cardinals.

Saturday’s quiz
Current Met Max Scherzer is the last pitcher to throw a no-hitter against the Mets at Citi Field.

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Sunday

Major league teams’ records in series this season:
National League
7-0— Mets
5-1-1— Rockies
5-2-1— Brewers, Giants
5-2— Dodgers
4-1-2— Cardinals
4-2-1— Padres
4-3— Marlins
2-4-1— Pirates, Nationals
2-5— Phillies
1-3-3— Diamondbacks
1-4-2— Braves, Cubs
0-6-1— Reds

American League
6-0-1— Blue Jays
5-1-1— New York
5-2— Angels
4-3— Rays
3-2-2— Twins
3-3-1— Guardians, Mariners
3-4— Orioles, White Sox, Rangers
2-4-1— Astros, Royals, A’s
1-5-1— Red Sox
1-6— Tigers

— Last three starts for Cardinals P Miles Mikolas were all 0-0 after five innings; 33-year old Mikolas is off to a 1-1, 1.52 start for the Redbirds.

— Angels 6, White Sox— Halos led 6-0 in middle of 9th inning; Chicago wound up down 6-5 and had the bases loaded before Ryan Tepera came in to get the last out.

— I’ll say this again; putting microphones on the umpire to explain replay decisions is a very good change for baseball.

— Red Sox started an extra inning Saturday by walking the leadoff hitter intentionally, creating force plays at third and second. Since the game was tied, this was very smart, but hasn’t been dome a lot. Baltimore scored anyway, but you can do the right thing and still lose.

— Will be fascinating to see what the Cleveland Browns do next; at some, the NFL is going to suspend QB Deshaun Watson, probably for at least six games. Will the Browns keep Baker Mayfield and expect him to hold down the fort until Watson becomes eligible to play?

Seattle needs a quarterback; will the Browns trade him there? Cleveland also has Jacoby Brissett and Josh Dobbs to back up Watson when the time comes. Otherwise, any place Mayfield gets dealt to, he is probably the backup this season, except maybe Houston, if he went there.

— Cincinnati Bearcats had nine players drafted this weekend, but number for an AAC team, but they’re also heading to the Big X soon, so they’ll obviously need to keep producing top-flight players.

— Texas Longhorns didn’t have any players drafted this weekend, first time since 2014.

Bucks 101, Celtics 89:
— Boston shot 18-50 (36%) on the arc, 10-34 (29.4%) inside the arc.
— Milwaukee shot 25-56 inside arc (44.6%), 12-34 on arc (35.3%).
— Bucks are the defending champs; they’re not getting enough respect.

Warriors 117, Grizzlies 116:
— No one scored in last 0:36.6 of this game.
— Jordan Poole scored 31 points in 38:00 off bench.
— Ja Morant had 34 points, 10 assists.
— Draymond Green got tossed in second quarter for a flagrant foul.

 

[Udog]

BOSTON is 7-1 Under (5.9 Units) in road games when playing with 2 days rest in the current season.

TAMPA BAY is 12-1 Over (10.9 Units) in road games after covering 4 of their last 5 against the spread in the current season.

MINNESOTA is 14-1 ATS (12.9 Units) in home games after scoring 3 goals or more in 4 straight games in the current season.

EDMONTON is 9-0 ATS (9 Units) in home games off a close home win by 1 goal over the last 2 seasons.




NHL
Dunkel

Monday, May 2

NHL

Monday, May 2

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Boston @ Carolina
Boston
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games when playing on the road against Carolina
Carolina
Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Carolina is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Boston

Tampa Bay @ Toronto
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Tampa Bay's last 9 games
Toronto
Toronto is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

St. Louis @ Minnesota
St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
St. Louis is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Minnesota's last 8 games when playing St. Louis

Los Angeles @ Edmonton
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Edmonton
Los Angeles is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Edmonton
Edmonton is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Edmonton is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games


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Carolina has covered the puck line in five straight games when facing Boston.
Carolina has won three straight games when facing Boston.
Carolina has won six straight games.
Boston has won six straight road games after losing the prior road game.
Carolina has won 1P ML in five straight games when facing Boston.
Carolina has gone UNDER the goal total in seven of eight home games after winning at home the game prior.
Brad Marchand has seen an assist in four straight games.
Patrice Bergeron has scored two or more goals in two of his last three games.


Toronto has won 11 of its last 12 home games.
The goal total has gone OVER in three straight meetings.
The underdog has covered the puck line in four of the last five meetings.
Toronto has won 1P ML in four straight home games when playing on a Monday.
Toronto has gone OVER the goal total in eight straight games played on a Monday.
Tampa Bay has gone OVER 1.5 1P total goals in four of its last five games.
The BTS Over 1.5 market has hit in 24 of the last 27 games when Toronto is playing at night.
Tampa Bay has won three of its last four games after winning the game prior.
Auston Matthews has seen a point in three straight games when facing Tampa Bay.


The goal total has gone OVER in four straight meetings, and seven of the last eight overall.
Minnesota has won 1P ML in five straight games when facing a team on a losing streak at night.
St. Louis has covered the puck line in eight straight games when facing Minnesota as the underdog.
St. Louis has won seven of its last eight games when facing Minnesota.
St. Louis has seen the Over 2.5 1P total goal market hit in four of five games when facing a team on a winning streak.
The BTS Over 1.5 market has hit in nine of the last 10 games for St. Louis.
Kirill Kaprizov has scored a goal in four of his last six games.
Brayden Schenn has seen a point in 11 of his last 14 games.


Edmonton has won 20 of its last 21 home games after winning at home the game prior.
Edmonton has won three straight games when facing Los Angeles.
Los Angeles has covered the puck line in three of its last four games when facing Edmonton.
The goal total has failed to go UNDER in four of the last five meetings.
Los Angeles has won five of its last six games.
Edmonton has seen the underdog cover the puck line in eight of its last nine home games when facing Los Angeles.
Edmonton has won 1P ML in six straight games when playing as the favorite after winning a shootout the game prior.
Edmonton has seen the Over 1.5 1P market hit in six of seven home games when facing Los Angeles.
Edmonton has gone OVER the goal total in seven of its last eight home games after winning at home the game prior.

 

[CNOTES]

MONDAY, MAY 2
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

BOS at CAR 07:00 PM
CAR -117
O 5.5
+500 +500

TB at TOR 07:30 PM
TB +111
O 6.5
+500 +500

STL at MIN 09:30 PM
STL +119
O 6.5
+500 +500

LA at EDM 10:00 PM
EDM -190
O 6.0
+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

MAY NHL PLAYOFFS BEST BETS & OPINIONS

Date .......................W-L-T.....................%...................Units

05/02/2022...............3-3-0................50.00%.................- 5.50
05/01/2022...............1-0-0.............. 100.00%................+ 5.00

TOTALS.....................4-3-0.................57.14%.................- 5.50


BEST BETS:

05/02/2022...............3-3-0................50.00%.................- 5.50
05/01/2022...............1-0-0.............. 100.00%................+ 5.00

TOTALS.....................4-3-0.................57.14%.................- 5.50


UPDATED ON 05/02/2022

 

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Armadillo Sports

Tuesday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders in strikeouts:
43— Corbin Burnes, Milw
42— Max Scherzer NYM, Shane McClanahan TB
41— Kevin Gausman, Tor
39— Dylan Cease, CWS
38— Carlos Rodon, SF
34— Bassitt NY, Lauer Milw, Nola Phil, Wright Atl

Quote of the Day
“There’s no question [Mickelson’s comments] hurt. It hurt a lot of aspects. It hurt the PGA Tour. It hurt us. It hurt the game of golf. It hurt Phil. So yeah, across all fronts. It wasn’t just specifically to us. But it definitely created negative momentum against us.”
Golfer Greg Norman, talking about his new golf league

Tuesday’s quiz
When was the last time an NHL franchise located in Canada won the Stanley Cup?

Monday’s quiz
Paul Westhead led the LA Lakers to the NBA title in 1980; ten years later, he led Loyola Marymount to the Elite Eight of NCAA Tournament, where they lost the West Region final to eventual national champ UNLV.

Sunday’s quiz
When Joe Namath signed with the AFL’s Jets in 1965, he was the first pick in the AFL Draft. He was the 10th pick in the NFL Draft, by the St Louis Cardinals.

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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but…….

13) Heat 106, 76ers 92:
— Tyler Herro scored 25 points in 29:00 off bench for Miami.
— Teams combined to shoot 15-70 on arc; no bueno.
— Heat leads best-of-7 series 1-0.

12) Suns 121, Mavericks 114:
— Phoenix led 69-56 at halftime.
— Doncic was 15-30 from floor, scored 45. Other four Dallas starters shot combined 15-36.
— Phoenix lead best-of-7 series 1-0.

11) In the NFL, Arizona WR DeAndre Hopkins got a 6-game PED suspension, which helps explain why they traded for Marquise Brown last week.

10) Mets DFA’d Robinson Cano Monday; he is hitting .195 in 12 games this season. New York still owes Cano $44,703,297 from a contract he signed ten years ago.

Mets have seven days to trade or release Cano, or send him outright to AAA — an assignment he can refuse because he has 3+ years of major league service.

9) Since start of the 2020 season, Chicago White Sox are 43-19 vs lefty pitching; this season, they’ve scoring 4.5 runs/game vs lefty starters, 2.81 vs righties.

8) Players of the Month for April:
American League— Jose Ramirez, Cleveland
National League— Nolan Arenado, St Louis

7) Few days ago, Arizona’s Daulton Varsho caught and batted leadoff; he walked to lead off the game, was then thrown out stealing for the first out of the game.

He is the first catcher to be caught stealing for the first out of a game since Jason Kendall, way back on June 25, 2003.

USFL Week 3 knowledge
6) Tampa Bay 27, Houston 26:
— Bandits kicked a 46-yard FG with 0:10 for the win.
— Tampa Bay outscored Houston 10-0 in 2nd half, first points they’ve scored in second half this season. Gamblers have been outscored 45-13 in second half of games.
— Bandits are 2-1 despite a minus-6 turnover ratio.

5) Birmingham 22, New Orleans 13:
— Stallions are 3-0, despite trailing in 2nd half of all three games.
— Birmingham outscored Breakers 12-0 in 4th quarter.
— Stallions won despite completing only 15 of 38 passes.

4) Michigan 24, Pittsburgh 0
— Jeff Fisher’s Panthers ran ball 42 times for 244 yards.
— Winless Maulers have been outscored 54-16 in first half of games.
— Michigan hasn’t allowed a second half point in three games (20-0)
— Panthers went for 2 after all three TD’s and were 3-3.

3) New Jersey 24, Philadelphia 16:
— Generals outscored Philly 14-0 in 4th quarter.
— Generals ran ball 46 times for 269 yards; Stars ran 10 times for 31 yards.
— New Jersey outgained the Stars, 458-259

2) With major league rosters down to 26 on Monday, it becomes more important for starting pitchers to go deeper into games, to take the strain off of bullpens.

1) In his first five starts this season, Toronto’s Kevin Gausman is 2-1, 2.27, with 41 strikeouts in 31.2 IP, and no walks. A 0.98 WHIP is pretty impressive.

 

[Udog]

PITTSBURGH is 317-246 Over (46.4 Units) off a home win since 1996.

FLORIDA is 13-0 ATS (13 Units) in home games when playing only their 2nd game in 5 days in the current season.

DALLAS are 23-11 ATS (10.9 Units) in road games after covering 3 of their last 4 against the spread in the last 3 seasons.

NASHVILLE is 6-1 ATS (4.9 Units) after failing to cover 4 of their last 5 against the spread in the current season.




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Trend Report
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Pittsburgh @ NY Rangers
Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Pittsburgh's last 11 games when playing on the road against NY Rangers
Pittsburgh is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
NY Rangers
NY Rangers is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
NY Rangers is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh

Washington @ Florida
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games when playing Florida
Washington is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Florida
Florida
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Florida's last 5 games when playing Washington
Florida is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games at home

Nashville @ Colorado
Nashville
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Nashville's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Nashville's last 16 games on the road
Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Colorado's last 6 games when playing Nashville
Colorado is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games at home

Dallas @ Calgary
Dallas
Dallas is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Calgary
Dallas is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Calgary
Calgary
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Calgary's last 6 games at home
Calgary is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home


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[Udog]

New York has won three straight games when facing Pittsburgh.
The goal total has gone UNDER in three of the last four meetings.
New York has covered the puck line in four straight games when facing Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh has lost four of its last five games in Madison Square Garden.
Pittsburgh has failed to cover the puck line in seven straight games when playing at night after winning at home the game prior.
New York has gone OVER the goal total in five straight home games when facing Pittsburgh after winning at home the game prior.
Pittsburgh has seen the home team win the 1P ML in six of its last eight games.
New York has gone UNDER 0.5 1P total goals in four straight divisional home games.


Florida has failed to go UNDER the goal total in 30 of its last 41 home games.
The underdog has covered the puck line in nine straight meetings.
Florida has won the 1P ML in three straight home games when facing a team on a current losing streak.
Florida has won eight straight games after losing on the road the game prior.
The goal total has gone OVER in eight straight meetings.
The home team has won four straight games played between Washington and Florida.
Washington has lost four straight games.
Florida has lost three of its last four games.


Nashville has won three straight games when facing Colorado.
Colorado has failed to cover the puck line in six of its last seven games.
The underdog has won six of the last seven meetings.
The home team has won 1P ML in four straight meetings.
Nashville has gone OVER the goal total in eight straight divisional games.
Nashville has gone OVER 1.5 1P total goals in eight straight divisional games.
The goal total has gone OVER in four straight meetings.
Nashville has scored exactly five goals in three straight games when facing Colorado.
Nashville has lost four of its last five games.
Colorado has lost six of its last seven games.
Nashville has seen the BTS Over 1.5 total goals market hit in eight straight games.


Calgary has seen the underdog win five of its last six home games when facing Dallas.
Dallas has covered the puck line in three of its last four games when facing Calgary.
The goal total has failed to go UNDER in four straight meetings.
Dallas has won three of its last four games.
Calgary has gone OVER the goal total in five of its last six home games.
Dallas has lost the 1P ML in five of its last six games when facing the Pacific.
Dallas has seen the BTS OVER 1.5 total goals hit in seven straight games.

 

[CNOTES]

MAY NHL PLAYOFFS BEST BETS & OPINIONS

Date .......................W-L-T.....................%...................Units

05/03/2022...............5-3-0................62.50%.................+2.25
05/02/2022...............3-3-0................50.00%.................- 5.50
05/01/2022...............1-0-0.............. 100.00%................+ 5.00

TOTALS.....................9-6-0.................60.00%................- 3.25


BEST BETS:

05/03/2022...............2-2-0................50.00%..................-1.00
05/02/2022...............3-3-0................50.00%.................- 5.50
05/01/2022...............1-0-0.............. 100.00%...............+ 5.00

TOTALS.....................6-5-0.................54.54%................- 6.50


UPDATED ON 05/03/2022

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Wednesday’s 6-pack
NHL leaders in goals this season:
60— Auston Matthews, Tor
55— Leon Draisaitl, Edm
52— Chris Kreider, NYR
50—Alex Ovechkin, Wash
47— Kirill Kaprizov, Minn/Kyle Connor, Winn
44— Connor McDavid, Edm

Quote of the Day
“It’s a deep scar. Every time I closed my eyes I kind of rewatched the game. I didn’t get a whole lot of sleep for weeks. I was in a dark place, and it took me a while, a lot of work to get out of it. I’ve worked through it, but therapy, talking to people, time helped. It took a lot of work to get through it.”
Titans’ QB Ryan Tannehill, talking about Tennessee’s playoff loss in January

Wednesday’s quiz
Who was the first quarterback to win the Super Bowl in his first season with that team?

Tuesday’s quiz
1993 was the last time an NHL franchise located in Canada won the Stanley Cup, when Montreal beat the LA Kings 4-1 in the Stanley Cup finals.

Monday’s quiz
Paul Westhead led the LA Lakers to the NBA title in 1980; ten years later, he led Loyola Marymount to the Elite Eight of NCAA Tournament, where they lost the West Region final to eventual national champ UNLV.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……..

13) Astros 4, Mariners 0— Dusty Baker wins his 2,000th game as a big league manager.

Flashback to July 19, 1975; my dad took me to Shea Stadium, Braves-Mets. When you’re 15 years and your first name is Biff and the Braves have a catcher named Biff Pocoroba, he becomes your hero. Not only did my dad get us tickets, he got us box seats in the third row, right by third base.

I was hoping to meet Biff Pocoroba as he walked to the bullpen with the relief pitchers before the game, but as luck would have it, he started behind the plate that day, his first start in a week. I did meet four Braves and got their autographs, including an outfielder named Dusty Baker.

12) I had this paperback book, The Handbook of Major League Baseball, which I bought every year; it had bios on the 10 best players on each team. Before Dusty signed the book, he read his bio in the book- the author wasn’t a fan.

“This guy doesn’t like me!!!” Dusty Baker laughed, signed the book, talked to me for a couple more minutes and then moved on down the row of fans.

47 years later and I’m still grateful. Congrats Mr Baker, enjoy your accomplishment!!!

11) There is a new idea brewing for college basketball, which could debut in February 2024; where a lot of the mid-major leagues, all of them ranked below the Big East/Pac-12 level, take a week out of their conference schedules and play two non-league games, one home and one away.

The idea is to build the mid-major teams’ resume for at-large bid and also to create interest for March Madness. It would also reduce the amount of BS non-conference games that are played in November/December.

10) Impressive field for the Maui Classic in November:
— Arizona, Arkansas, Cincinnati, Creighton
— Louisville, Ohio State, San Diego State, Texas Tech

9) Turns out the NFL was little annoyed with the Detroit Lions last Thursday, when Jaguars made the first pick in the draft, then Detroit immediately turned in their pick two minutes later.

Apparently the league likes teams to take the full 10:00 between picks, so they do their interviews and get some commercials in and build some suspense for the second pick, which obviously didn’t happen in this case. Apparently a phone call was made to Detroit to express the league’s displeasure with what happened.

8) Steve Lavin left FS1’s TV studio to return to coaching at San Diego; Jay Wright would be the logical choice to take his place, seeing how FS1 does lot of Big East games.

7) Modern baseball: Dom Smith goes 4-4 Sunday night, so of course he sits out the next two games; why start one of your best hitters? Smith played the nightcap of Tuesday’s twinbill and hit a 2-run double as the Mets swept Atlanta.

6) Random List: my four favorite Paul Newman movies:
— The Verdict
— Absence of Malice
— Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
— Message in a Bottle

5) Counting playoff games, Phoenix Suns have now won 10 games in a row over Dallas.

4) Maine became the 34th state with legalized sports gambling this week.

3) Not sure how long the HBO series Winning Time about the LA Lajers will last, but if the series goes on for a few years, can’t wait to see how they portray Phil Jackson, and who they hire to play his role.

2) Tennessee Titans drafted QB Malik Willis last week, which ignited a spirited debate on Twitter; is part of incumbent QB Ryan Tannehill’s job to be a mentor for the young QB?

Opinion was divided on this; my opinion is this:

— It is Tannehill’s job to play quarterback for the Titans. He needs to lead by example. Tannehill will be 31 in July; he still has a lot of years left, whether in Tennessee or somewhere else.
— It is Willis’ job to observe Taneyhill and learn as much as he can from him.
— Coaches get paid to coach, players get paid to play.
— Willis is a 3rd-round pick, so he will wind up starting at some point, not necessarily in 2022.
— Tennessee becomes a more interesting team to follow early next season.

1) NBA playoffs:
— Boston 109, Milwaukee 86— Celtics were 20-43 on arc, Milwaukee 3-18.
— Memphis 106, Golden State 101— Curry/Thompson shot 5-23 behind the arc.

Both series are tied, 1-1.