Cnotes NHL February 2015 Trends/Stats/News Etc...All you know B4 Wagering !

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NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, February 4

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PITTSBURGH (28-14-0-8, 64 pts.) at EDMONTON (14-28-0-9, 37 pts.) - 2/4/2015, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
EDMONTON is 1-1 (+0.7 Units) against the spread versus PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons
EDMONTON is 1-1-0 straight up against PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.2 Units, Under=-0.2 Units)

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BOSTON (27-16-0-7, 61 pts.) at NY RANGERS (29-15-0-4, 62 pts.) - 2/4/2015, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BOSTON is 5-11 ATS (-8.2 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5 or less this season.
BOSTON is 118-89 ATS (+26.9 Units) in road games after a win by 2 goals or more since 1996.
BOSTON is 363-348 ATS (+717.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.
NY RANGERS are 197-195 ATS (-88.2 Units) in home games second half of the season since 1996.
NY RANGERS are 99-102 ATS (-52.9 Units) in home games after a win by 2 goals or more since 1996.
NY RANGERS are 106-112 ATS (-77.8 Units) in home games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
NY RANGERS are 161-194 ATS (-140.4 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 9-3 (+5.9 Units) against the spread versus NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons
BOSTON is 9-3-0 straight up against NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons
5 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.2 Units)

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SAN JOSE (27-17-0-7, 61 pts.) at CALGARY (28-20-0-3, 59 pts.) - 2/4/2015, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CALGARY is 28-23 ATS (-3.8 Units) in all games this season.
CALGARY is 15-5 ATS (+9.2 Units) vs. division opponents this season.
SAN JOSE is 183-193 ATS (+412.2 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
CALGARY is 5-6 (+1.1 Units) against the spread versus SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
SAN JOSE is 6-5-0 straight up against CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
7 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+5.3 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, February 4

Hot teams
-- Bruins won eight of their last ten games. Rangers won five of last seven.
-- Edmonton won four of its last six games.
-- San Jose won three of its last four games. Flames won seven of last nine.

Cold teams
-- Penguins lost six of their last eight games.

Series records
-- Rangers lost eight of last nine games with Boston.
-- Penguins won five of last seven games with Edmonton.
-- Flames won three of last four games with San Jose.

Totals
-- Five of last six Boston games stayed under.
-- Five of last six Pittsburgh road games stayed under.
-- Under is 9-2-2 in last thirteen San Jose road games.

Back-to-back
-- None




NHL

Wednesday, February 4

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Trend Report
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8:00 PM
BOSTON vs. NY RANGERS
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Boston is 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against NY Rangers
NY Rangers are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against Boston
NY Rangers are 13-6 SU in their last 19 games when playing at home against Boston

8:00 PM
PITTSBURGH vs. EDMONTON
Pittsburgh is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Edmonton
Pittsburgh is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Edmonton's last 6 games at home
Edmonton is 5-15 SU in its last 20 games at home

10:00 PM
SAN JOSE vs. CALGARY
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Jose's last 7 games when playing Calgary
San Jose is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Calgary
Calgary is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Jose
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Calgary's last 7 games when playing San Jose

 

[CNOTES]

NHL

Wednesday, February 4


Taylor Hall, Edmonton - Ques Wed

Hall suffered a foot injury Monday and is questionable for Wednesday's game against the Penguins.


Bruins feasting on Rangers in recent head-to-heads

When the puck drops at Madison Square Garden Wednesday evening, the visiting Boston Bruins will be keen to extend an impressive winning streak over the host New York Rangers. The Bruins have won five-straight meetings with the Blueshirts and eight of the last nine overall.

The pair of Original 6 teams have met just once so far, with the B's pitching a 3-0 shutout at home back on Jan. 15.

At present, the Bruins are +118 road dogs for the matchup, while the Rangers are -130. Oddsmakers have the total at 5.


Leafs' losing streak hits 10

The Toronto Maple Leafs losing streak has hit double-digits with their 4-3 loss to the Nashville Predators Tuesday night.

It was the Leafs 10th loss in a row and their 18th in their past 21 game. They will try to end the streak this Friday when they visit the New Jersey Devils.


Sabres end losing streak as massive dogs

The Buffalo Sabres had lost 14 games and entered Tuesday night's matchup in Montreal with the Canadiens as massive +310 underdogs, but that didn't matter has they hung on for a 3-2 win over the Habs.

The Canadiens closed as -355 home favorites, but surprisingly the Sabres have now defeated the Habs in three consecutive meetings.

The Sabres open a five-game homestand Thursday against the St. Louis Blues. Expect them to be sizable dogs once again.



NHL roundup: Sabres snap 14-game winless streak

MONTREAL -- The Buffalo Sabres finally won a game.

Three first-period goals were all the scoring the Sabres needed to lift them to a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night at the Bell Centre, snapping Buffalo's 14-game losing streak.

Right wingers Drew Stafford and Brian Gionta and left winger Matt Moulson provided the offense, and goaltender Jhonas Enroth made 32 saves for the Sabres.

Goalie Carey Price stopped 15 shots for Montreal, which dropped its second straight to one of the league's basement dwellers.

Left winger Brandon Prust and center David Desharnais scored for Montreal, which saw the Sabres take seven of eight points in the season series.

Panthers 4, Islanders 2

UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Right winger Jimmy Hayes scored two goals, including the game-winner 2:10 into the third period, as Florida edged the New York Islanders 4-2 at Nassau Coliseum.

Center Nick Bjugstad earned the assist on both of Hayes' goals. Defenseman Erik Gudbranson scored in the second period and center Brandon Pirri scored an empty netter with 22.1 seconds left for the Panthers. Goalie Al Montoya made 32 saves for the Panthers.

Center Anders Lee scored both goals for the Islanders, who lost their third straight, tying their longest losing streak of the season.

Devils 2, Senators 1

NEWARK -- Mike Cammalleri recorded his league-leading seventh game-winning goal of the season in New Jersey's win over Ottawa at Prudential Center.

New Jersey center Adam Henrique broke a long scoring drought with a second-period goal.

Center Curtis Lazar scored for Ottawa (20-20-9).

Devils goalie Cory Schneider, playing in his league-leading 44th game, stopped 19 shots. Robin Lehner registered 17 saves for the Senators.

Capitals 4, Kings 0

WASHINGTON -- Right winger Troy Brouwer scored a pair of goals to lead Washington to victory over visiting Los Angeles.

Centers Nicklas Backstrom and Eric Fehr added goals 59 seconds apart in the third period and goaltender Braden Holtby stopped all 27 shots he faced.

The loss was the Kings' sixth in seven games and dropped them to 21-17-12, three points behind the eighth-place Vancouver Canucks in their attempt to return to the Stanley Cup playoffs and defend their 2014 championship.

Coyotes 4, Blue Jackets 1

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored his 15th goal of the season -- tops among NHL blue-liners -- and Arizona topped Columbus at Nationwide Arena.

Right winger Shane Doan, left winger Lucas Lessio and right winger Tobias Rieder added goals for the Coyotes, while goaltender Mike Smith made 30 saves.

The only Blue Jackets goal came early in the second period, on the power play, when defenseman James Wisniewski scored.

Wild 3, Blackhawks 0

SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota's recent winning ways continued vs. Chicago.

Centers Mikko Koivu and Mikael Granlund and left winger Jason Zucker all scored, and goalie Devan Dubnyk had 24 saves for his third shutout since joining the team as the Wild won their fourth in a row, beating the Chicago Blackhawks 3-0.

Chicago got 40 saves from goalie Corey Crawford, but could not muster any offense and lost their second in a row. The Blackhawks have now gone more than 126 minutes without a goal, after they were blanked 2-0 in San Jose on Saturday.

Blues 2, Lightning 1 (OT)

ST. LOUIS -- Left winger Jaden Schwartz scored 1:16 into overtime to give St. Louis a win over Tampa Bay.

The Blues trailed for most of the game before tying it with just 3:10 to play in regulation when center Paul Stastny won a face-off in the Tampa Bay zone and got the puck to right winger Vladimir Tarasenko, who fired a shot past the glove of goalie Ben Bishop for his 26th goal of the season.

Center Cedric Paquette gave the Lightning the lead just 5:20 into the game when he knocked a rebound past Blues goalie Brian Elliott.

Predators 4, Maple Leafs 3

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nashville broke a team record with its ninth straight home win, topping Toronto Bridgestone Arena.

Centers Colin Wilson and Mike Fisher, and defensemen Seth Jones and Shea Weber sored for Nashville.

Centers Mike Santorelli, Nazem Kadri and Daniel Winnik all scored for Toronto.

Avalanche 3, Stars 2 (SO)

DALLAS -- Center Maxime Talbot scored the clinching goal in the shootout as Colorado capped an impressive comeback with a win against Dallas at American Airlines Center.

Colorado goaltender Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 of 32 shots to earn the victory.

Avalanche center Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and an assist while defenseman Tyson Barrie forced overtime with a goal late in regulation as Colorado had the extra attacker.

Dallas got goals from right winger Patrick Eaves and left winger Erik Cole.

Ducks 5, Hurricanes 4 (OT)

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Anaheim surmounted penalty trouble and a two-goal deficit to topple Carolina.

Right winger Corey Perry found center Ryan Getzlaf for a one-timer 45 seconds into overtime, completing the Ducks' rally.

Anaheim took five third-period penalties and surrendered a goal on a penalty shot before scoring twice in the last 11 minutes to overcome a 4-2 deficit and force overtime.

Centers Jay McClement, Brad Malone and Jordan Staal scored for Carolina, as did winger Alexander Semin. Perry scored twice and added an assist, and center Ryan Kesler and left winger Devante Smith-Pelly lit the lamp for Anaheim.

Canucks 3, Jets 2 (OT)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Defenseman Luca Sbisa scored 36 seconds into overtime to give Vancouver a win over Winnipeg. Right winger Radim Vrbata carried the puck into the Jets' end, then passed it to Sbisa, who scored his third goal of the season.

Left winger Ronalds Kenins and right winger Alex Burrows also scored for the Canucks, who went 0-for-6 on the power play. Right winger Blake Wheeler and center Bryan Little scored for Winnipeg.

Kenins, playing in just his third NHL game, forced overtime with his second goal of the season at 12:32 of the third. He took center Bo Horvat's pass and beat Winnipeg goaltender Ondrej Pavelec with a shot to the stick side.

 

[CNOTES]

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

-- Hawks 105, Wizards 96-- Atlanta starts another winning streak.

-- Providence 74, Georgetown 71-- Friars don't often win in Washington.

-- Purdue 60, Ohio State 58-- Boilers have now won four games in row.

-- Oklahoma State 65, Texas 63 OT-- Longhorns have lost four in a row.

-- Wichita State 62, Bradley 59-- Shockers are stumbling a little bit.

-- Warriors 128, Dallas 114-- Curry scored 51; Golden State scored 70 points in the second half, after being down 20 in first half.

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Armadillo: Thursday's List of 13: Doing some thinking out loud.....

13) Syracuse pulled the plug on its postseason Wednesday, so we know two things:
a) They don't think they're good enough to make the NCAAs this year anyway
b) They're going on probation and are trying to use this year's tapping out to chop a year or two off the end of the sentence.

12) This changes the ACC tournament, which becomes a 14-team event, so we lose a game on Tuesday March 10; the ACC's #10 seed gets a bye they wouldn't have gotten had Syracuse been playing in the tournament.

11) Jim Boeheim is 70 years old and his program is going on probation; could the end be near? He'll be approaching his mid-70's by time Syracuse comes off probation. I wonder what former Syracuse assistant Bernie Fine thinks about all this?

10) Atlanta Falcons are in hot water for piping in artificial crowd noise when the other team had the ball, to screw up their signals in a domed stadium, where the noise has nowhere to go. It is my duty to inform you that Thomas Dimitroff, GM of the Falcons, worked for the Patriots before he came to work for the Falcons. Dimitroff was in Foxboro during the height of the Spygate years.

9) Why is it illegal for NFL teams to text the sidelines during games? Is this the case of having too many rules? Cleveland is in trouble for this one.

8) Phil Jackson was a supporting player for the Knicks, he was a Hall of Fame coach and so far, he is an awful team president. Those three jobs are all different; being really good at one of them doesn't mean you'll be any good at the others.

7) Handicapping is difficult; Indiana covered by a point Tuesday at Wisconsin, in a game where they made 13 of 24 from the arc, numbers that would normally signal an upset win, but they lost by 14. That tells me that Wisconsin would cover this game way more often than not, but it didn't happen Tuesday. Its a tough game to beat.

6) Memo to drivers in the Albany area: Putting your turn signal on doesn't give you the right to cut off drivers in other lanes. Its icy out there. Please be careful.

5) Kent State's Jimmy Hall has mono, is out for a while; he is averaging 15 ppg.

4) Oregon's star hooper Joseph Young is taking one class this semester, as he wraps up his education in Eugene-- sign language. Must be a quiet class.

3) Nets trainer Tim Walsh saved a man's life at practice earlier this week; scout had a heart attack and Walsh knew what to do and did it and the guy is going to be OK. It must be a good feeling going to sleep knowing you saved someone's life.

2) I did my taxes Wednesday; why on God's green earth do they ask you if you want to give $3 to the Presidential election funds? Seriously, I can think of 1,000 things I'd do with my money before I'd give it to a politician.

1) Cordell Broadus signed with UCLA, so the Snoop Dogg/Les Miles pairing will not happen, but Jim Mora Jr coaches the Bruins, so there is still hope for an ESPN Gameday interview with Snoop and Jim Mora Sr.-- that would be great TV.

 

[CNOTES]

NHL
Long Sheet

Thursday, February 5

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ST LOUIS (33-13-0-4, 70 pts.) at BUFFALO (15-33-0-3, 33 pts.) - 2/5/2015, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BUFFALO is 7-4 ATS (+14.4 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
BUFFALO is 196-188 ATS (+414.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season since 1996.
ST LOUIS is 15-3 ATS (+9.8 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
ST LOUIS is 37-14 ATS (+12.5 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
BUFFALO is 36-97 ATS (-153.2 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
BUFFALO is 11-44 ATS (+91.6 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ST LOUIS is 3-0 (+3.0 Units) against the spread versus BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
ST LOUIS is 3-0-0 straight up against BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.1 Units)

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NY ISLANDERS (32-17-0-1, 65 pts.) at PHILADELPHIA (22-22-0-7, 51 pts.) - 2/5/2015, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NY ISLANDERS are 32-18 ATS (+10.1 Units) in all games this season.
NY ISLANDERS are 17-12 ATS (+32.6 Units) in road games second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
NY ISLANDERS are 16-2 ATS (+13.4 Units) vs. division opponents this season.
NY ISLANDERS are 9-3 ATS (+12.8 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 91-97 ATS (-73.1 Units) in home games revenging a loss versus opponent since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
PHILADELPHIA is 5-5-0 straight up against NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons
7 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.6 Units)

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WASHINGTON (26-15-0-10, 62 pts.) at OTTAWA (20-20-0-9, 49 pts.) - 2/5/2015, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WASHINGTON is 48-37 ATS (+88.2 Units) in road games in February games since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
OTTAWA is 6-1 (+5.2 Units) against the spread versus WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
OTTAWA is 6-1-0 straight up against WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
6 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+5.7 Units)

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LOS ANGELES (21-17-0-12, 54 pts.) at FLORIDA (22-17-0-10, 54 pts.) - 2/5/2015, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LOS ANGELES is 21-29 ATS (-22.4 Units) in all games this season.
LOS ANGELES is 5-16 ATS (-13.1 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5 or less this season.
LOS ANGELES is 3-9 ATS (-9.8 Units) second half of the season this season.
LOS ANGELES is 6-13 ATS (-12.2 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
LOS ANGELES is 7-13 ATS (-14.2 Units) in non-conference games this season.
LOS ANGELES is 0-5 ATS (-6.4 Units) in road games after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game this season.
LOS ANGELES is 1-6 ATS (-7.3 Units) in road games after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game this season.
LOS ANGELES is 8-11 ATS (-12.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.
FLORIDA is 92-136 ATS (+247.1 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5 or less since 1996.
FLORIDA is 165-195 ATS (-82.6 Units) in home games second half of the season since 1996.
FLORIDA is 59-95 ATS (-57.3 Units) in home games in non-conference games since 1996.
FLORIDA is 0-10 ATS (+10.5 Units) in home games after a win by 2 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
FLORIDA is 292-335 ATS (+641.0 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
FLORIDA is 142-183 ATS (-73.9 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
LOS ANGELES is 3-0 (+3.0 Units) against the spread versus FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 3-0-0 straight up against FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.9 Units)

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ANAHEIM (33-12-0-6, 72 pts.) at NASHVILLE (33-11-0-6, 72 pts.) - 2/5/2015, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
ANAHEIM is 6-1 (+4.3 Units) against the spread versus NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
ANAHEIM is 6-1-0 straight up against NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
5 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+4.5 Units)

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TAMPA BAY (32-15-0-5, 69 pts.) at DALLAS (23-19-0-8, 54 pts.) - 2/5/2015, 8:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TAMPA BAY is 299-370 ATS (-118.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
DALLAS is 5-13 ATS (-8.7 Units) after a division game this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
DALLAS is 1-1-0 straight up against TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
2 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.1 Units)

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DETROIT (29-12-0-9, 67 pts.) at COLORADO (22-18-0-11, 55 pts.) - 2/5/2015, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLORADO is 77-63 ATS (-26.8 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 39-25 ATS (+12.0 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
DETROIT is 4-2 (+0.9 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 4-2-0 straight up against COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
5 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.7 Units)

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CAROLINA (17-26-0-7, 41 pts.) at ARIZONA (19-26-0-6, 44 pts.) - 2/5/2015, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CAROLINA is 51-102 ATS (+174.9 Units) in road games in non-conference games since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
CAROLINA is 2-1 (+1.3 Units) against the spread versus ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
CAROLINA is 2-1-0 straight up against ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.7 Units)

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SAN JOSE (27-18-0-7, 61 pts.) at VANCOUVER (28-18-0-3, 59 pts.) - 2/5/2015, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SAN JOSE is 134-92 ATS (+29.6 Units) when playing on back-to-back days since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 183-194 ATS (+413.2 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 122-123 ATS (-29.8 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5 or less since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 20-35 ATS (-15.4 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
VANCOUVER is 20-36 ATS (-28.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
VANCOUVER is 4-18 ATS (+23.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN JOSE is 10-3 (+6.0 Units) against the spread versus VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
SAN JOSE is 10-3-0 straight up against VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.5 Units)

 

[CNOTES]

NHL
Short Sheet

Thursday, February 5

St Louis at Buffalo, 7:05 ET
St Louis: 28-9 SU as a favorite
Buffalo: 9-38 SU revenging a loss where team scored 1 or less goals

NY Islanders at Philadelphia, 7:05 ET
NY Islanders: 16-2 SU vs. division opponents
Philadelphia: 10-15 SU after a low scoring home game where both teams scored 1 goal or less

Washington at Ottawa, 7:35 ET
Washington: 10-23 SU in road games after playing a home game
Ottawa: 11-6 SU off a road loss

Los Angeles at Florida, 7:35 ET
Los Angeles: 5-17 SU in road games
Florida: 9-3 SU revenging a same season loss vs opponent

Anaheim at Nashville, 8:05 ET
Anaheim: N/A
Nashville: N/A

Tampa Bay at Dallas, 8:35 ET
Tampa Bay: 0-5 against the money line after allowing 2 goals or less in 3 straight games
Dallas: 15-7 SU when playing only their 2nd game in 5 days

Detroit at Colorado, 9:05 ET
Detroit: 84-86 SU in road games after covering 4 of their last 5 against the spread
Colorado: 24-10 SU at home when the money line is -100 to -150

Carolina at Arizona, 9:05 ET
Carolina: 5-19 SU as a road underdog of +100 to +200
Arizona: 5-1 SU after 3 consecutive non-conference games

San Jose at Vancouver, 10:05 ET
San Jose: 27-12 SU in road games revenging 2 straight losses where opponent scored 3 or more goals
Vancouver: 20-35 SU second half of the season

 

[CNOTES]

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, February 5

Hot teams
-- St Louis won 11 of its last 12 games.
-- Flyers won five of their last six games.
-- Nashville won its last nine home games. Ducks won seven of their last nine games.
-- Lightning won five of their last seven games.
-- Red Wings won seven of their last eight games. Colorado won three of its last four games.
-- Arizona won three of its last four games.

Cold teams
-- Sabres lost 14 of their last 15 games.
-- Islanders lost last three games, outscored 13-5.
-- Washington lost six of its last eight games. Ottawa lost four of its last six.
-- Los Angeles lost nine of its last eleven games. Panthers lost seven of last nine.
-- Dallas Stars lost three of last four home games.
-- Carolina lost last three games, scoring seven goals.
-- Sharks are 4-5 in their last nine road games. Canucks lost four of last six at home.

Series records
-- Blues won their last five games with Buffalo.
-- Islanders won their last three games with Philly.
-- Senators won seven of last eight games with Washington.
-- Kings won five of last six games with Florida.
-- Ducks won six of last seven games with Nashville.
-- Lightning won three of last four games with Dallas.
-- Road team won last four Detroit-Colorado games.
-- Hurricanes won last two games with Arizona, 3-1/3-0.
-- Canucks won three of last four games with San Jose.

Totals
-- Eight of last ten Buffalo home games went over.
-- Seven of last ten Philly home games stayed under.
-- Over is 7-2-1 in last ten Ottawa home games.
-- Five of Kings' last six road games stayed under.
-- Last four Nashville home games went over.
-- Seven of last eight Tampa Bay road games went over.
-- det-colo
-- Under is 8-2-1 in last eleven Carolina road games.
-- Under is 10-2-2 in last fourteen San Jose road games.

Back-to-back
-- San Jose is 4-3 if it played the night before.

 

[CNOTES]

NHL

Thursday, February 5

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
NY ISLANDERS vs. PHILADELPHIA
The total has gone OVER in 5 of the NY Islanders last 6 games when playing Philadelphia
NY Islanders are 7-15 SU in their last 22 games when playing Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 17-3 SU in their last 20 games when playing at home against NY Islanders
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing at home against NY Islanders

7:00 PM
ST. LOUIS vs. BUFFALO
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Buffalo
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Buffalo is 1-8-2 SU in its last 11 games ,when playing at home against St. Louis
Buffalo is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing St. Louis

7:30 PM
LOS ANGELES vs. FLORIDA
Los Angeles is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Los Angeles is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing Florida
Florida is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games
Florida is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games at home

7:30 PM
WASHINGTON vs. OTTAWA
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Washington's last 7 games when playing Ottawa
Washington is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing Ottawa
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Ottawa's last 11 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Ottawa's last 7 games when playing Washington

8:00 PM
ANAHEIM vs. NASHVILLE
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Anaheim's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Anaheim's last 5 games when playing Nashville
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Nashville's last 9 games when playing at home against Anaheim
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Nashville's last 5 games at home

8:30 PM
TAMPA BAY vs. DALLAS
Tampa Bay is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 7 games
Dallas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas's last 6 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay

9:00 PM
CAROLINA vs. ARIZONA
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games when playing on the road against Arizona
Carolina is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing at home against Carolina
Arizona is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home

9:00 PM
DETROIT vs. COLORADO
Detroit is 15-5 SU in its last 20 games when playing on the road against Colorado
Detroit is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Colorado is 5-15 SU in its last 20 games when playing at home against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Colorado's last 6 games when playing at home against Detroit

10:00 PM
SAN JOSE vs. VANCOUVER
San Jose is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Vancouver
San Jose is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Vancouver's last 13 games
Vancouver is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against San Jose

 

[CNOTES]

NHL

Thursday, February 5


Craig Anderson, Ottawa - Out Thurs

Anderson is on injured reserve due to a hand injury and will not return Thursday against the Capitals.



NHL roundup: Nash scores again in Rangers' win

NEW YORK -- Left winger Rick Nash scored his league-leading 32nd goal as the New York Rangers earned their third straight win, a 3-2 decision over the Boston Bruins at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night.

Nash opened the scoring, then centers Derick Brassard and Derek Stepan tallied during the second period to erase a 2-1 deficit.

Rangers goaltender Cam Talbot, who received the start in place of an injured Henrik Lundqvist, made 18 saves.

Left winger Milan Lucic and center Patrice Bergeron scored for the Bruins. Goaltender Tuukka Rask stopped 22 shots in the loss.

Penguins 2, Oilers 0

EDMONTON, Alberta -- Pittsburgh, looking to get its momentum back after losing six of its last eight games, took a step in the right direction at the expense of Edmonton.

The Penguins got goals from center Evgeni Malkin and winger David Perron and 22 saves from goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury for his seventh shutout of the season.

Edmonton goaltender Viktor Fasth stopped 24 of 26 shots in the loss.

Flames 3, Sharks 1

CALGARY, Alberta -- Defenseman Kris Russell opened the scoring, snapping a 50-game goal drought, and Calgary went on to top San Jose at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Calgary right winger Jiri Hudler and left winger Mason Raymond also scored and goalie Jonas Hiller made 28 saves in the win.

Sharks left winger John Scott scored his team's lone goal while goalie Alex Stalock stopped 20 shots in the loss.

 

[CNOTES]

NHL
Dunkel

Washington at Ottawa
The Capitals head to Ottawa tonight following a 4-0 win over the Kings and come into the contest with a 4-9 record in their last 13 games following a victory by 2 goals or more. Ottawa is the pick (+105) according to Dunkel, which has the Senators favored by 1 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Ottawa (+105). Here are all of today's NHL picks.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5

Game 1-2: St. Louis at Buffalo (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: St. Louis 12.822; Buffalo 9.302
Dunkel Line & Total: St. Louis by 3 1/2; 6
Vegas Line & Total: St. Louis (-290); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: St. Louis (-290); Over

Game 3-4: NY Islanders at Philadelphia (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: NY Islanders 10.404; Philadelphia 11.879
Dunkel Line & Total: Philadelphia by 1 1/2; 5
Vegas Line & Total: NY Islanders (-125); 6
Dunkel Pick: Philadelphia (+105);

Game 5-6: Washington at Ottawa (7:30 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Washington 10.124; Ottawa 11.566
Dunkel Line & Total: Ottawa by 1 1/2; 5
Vegas Line & Total: Washington (-125); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Ottawa (+105); Under

Game 7-8: Los Angeles at Florida (7:30 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Los Angeles 11.965; Florida 10.418
Dunkel Line & Total: Los Angeles by 1 1/2; 5 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Los Angeles (-125); 5
Dunkel Pick: Los Angeles (-125); Over

Game 9-10: Anaheim at Nashville (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Anaheim 10.455; Nashville 12.123
Dunkel Line & Total: Nashville by 1 1/2; 6
Vegas Line & Total: No Line
Dunkel Pick: N/A

Game 11-12: Tampa Bay at Dallas (8:30 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Tampa Bay 11.522; Dallas 12.498
Dunkel Line & Total: Dallas by 1; 5
Vegas Line & Total: Tampa Bay -120); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Dallas (+100); Under

Game 13-14: Detroit at Colorado (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Detroit 10.212; Colorado 11.648
Dunkel Line & Total: Colorado by 1 1/2; 4 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Detroit (-120); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Colorado (+100); Under

Game 15-16: Carolina at Arizona (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Carolina 10.331; Arizona 11.752
Dunkel Line & Total: Arizona by 1 1/2; 6
Vegas Line & Total: Arizona (-125); 5
Dunkel Pick: Arizona (-125); Over

Game 17-18: San Jose at Vancouver (10:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: San Jose 10.514; Vancouver 12.136
Dunkel Line & Total: Vancouver by 1 1/2; 5 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Vancouver (-150); 5
Dunkel Pick: Vancouver (-150); Over

 

[CNOTES]

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

Six of the top minor league prospects of the Arizona Diamondbacks.......

1) Archie Bradley, P-- Was 1-4, 5.18 in five AAA starts at age 22

3) Aaron Blair, P-- Highest player ever drafted out of Marshall U.

4) Yasmany Tomas 3B/OF-- Cuban defector got $68.5M to sign.

8) Pete O'Brien C/1B-- Acquired from Bronx in Martin Prado deal.

11) Robbie Ray, P-- Went 1-4, 8.16 in six starts with Detroit LY.

18) Andrew Chafin, P-- Went 0-1, 3.86 in three starts for Arizona LY.

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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: Random stuff with weekend here.......

13) Eldrick Woods was +2 on 3rd green (12th hole of his day) when his caddy picked up his ball marker and they went home; he has a bad back and withdrew, which forced Golf Channel announcers to actually watch other golfers play. I asked this last week, but how long does this go on before it stops being a story?

12) Woods now has three missed cuts and three WDs in his last eight tournaments, as reports circulate that he still owes his ex-wife $50M from their divorce settlement.

11) There is a golfer on the ladies tour named Brooke Pancake; tremendous name. If she did a radio talk show with former Giants' CB Elvis Patterson, they could call it "Pancake and Toast".

10) Starter at the Farmers' tournament this weekend in LaJolla is the dad of pro golfer Pat Perez, who has only one pro win, the '09 Bob Hope Classic. Perez played golf at Arizona State, where the coach (since 2011) is Phil Mickelson's brother Tim.

9) For the second time in the last four offseasons, Victor Martinez has screwed up his knee during a workout; why doesn't the guy just lay on his couch until he goes to spring training? One thing a fantasy baseball owner doesn't want to see in February is one his players' name in the paper. Almost always bad news.

This time at least, the injury isn't as bad as three years ago- he should be good to go sometime in April. He missed all of 2012 after two operations on the same knee.

8) UAB 80, Louisiana Tech 60-- Will be quite a story if Blazers get into NCAAs, in same academic year when school dropped its football program, which has caused lot of ill will within the UAB community. No matter what, Jarrod Haase has done a great job of reviving the program Gene Bartow started in 1978.

7) Of the 351 Division I basketball coaches, only two have a PhD degree; LaSalle's John Giannini and Brett Reed of Lehigh.

6) Cavaliers 105, Clippers 94-- Cleveland was up 32 after three quarters, sat their starters for rest of game; they've now won 12 games in a row and no one talks about them anymore. Maybe Doc Rivers shouldn't have given his guys Tuesday night off in Manhattan-- letting pro athletes loose in NYC is an invitation for too much fun.

5) Kansas State suspended two players, including leading scorer Marcus Foster; Bruce Weber has been doing a nice job with these Wildcats, but the margin of error for so many D-I teams is very thin, losing a guy like Foster could be a back-breaker.

4) ESPN named Rece Davis the new host of college football GameDay, a great move seeing as Davis is their best college football voice. Chris Fowler will still be on the Saturday night games; he was better on the pregame show than he is calling games.

3) Saw part of the football schedule next fall for Bishop Gorman HS in Las Vegas; its first six opponents come from five different states, with two from California. This is a high school program; their first game in August is going to be on ESPN.

2) Jim Harbaugh got himself a QB in Houston transfer John O'Korn, who was lot better as a freshman than a sophomore, when he lost his starting job halfway thru this past season. O'Korn will sit this year, play for Michigan in 2016-17.

1) Kam Chancellor played the Super Bowl with a torn MCL; Earl Thomas has a torn labrum, Richard Sherman's elbow might need Tommy John surgery. Football is a tough sport to play and thats a vast understatement.

 

[CNOTES]

NHL
Long Sheet

Friday, February 6

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ANAHEIM (34-12-0-6, 74 pts.) at WASHINGTON (27-15-0-10, 64 pts.) - 2/6/2015, 7:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 1-1 (+0.6 Units) against the spread versus ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 1-1-0 straight up against ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
2 of 2 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.1 Units)

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ST LOUIS (34-13-0-4, 72 pts.) at COLUMBUS (21-25-0-3, 45 pts.) - 2/6/2015, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ST LOUIS is 3-9 ATS (-9.2 Units) on Friday nights over the last 2 seasons.
ST LOUIS is 16-3 ATS (+10.6 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
ST LOUIS is 38-14 ATS (+13.2 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 2-8 ATS (-6.6 Units) in home games when playing with 2 days rest this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
ST LOUIS is 5-1 (+3.9 Units) against the spread versus COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
ST LOUIS is 5-1-0 straight up against COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.2 Units, Under=-0.5 Units)

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TORONTO (22-26-0-4, 48 pts.) at NEW JERSEY (20-22-0-9, 49 pts.) - 2/6/2015, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TORONTO is 1-13 ATS (+17.6 Units) second half of the season this season.
TORONTO is 7-21 ATS (+34.4 Units) in road games after a non-conference game over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 8-20 ATS (+28.6 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
TORONTO is 5-18 ATS (+29.4 Units) in road games after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 7-16 ATS (-12.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.
TORONTO is 0-6 ATS (+6.4 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season this season.
NEW JERSEY is 7-20 ATS (-14.3 Units) on Friday nights over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
TORONTO is 5-3 (+1.2 Units) against the spread versus NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
TORONTO is 5-3-0 straight up against NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.8 Units)

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CHICAGO (31-18-0-2, 64 pts.) at WINNIPEG (26-18-0-9, 61 pts.) - 2/6/2015, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CHICAGO is 35-38 ATS (-25.7 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 13-18 ATS (-18.9 Units) when playing with 2 days rest over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 9-14 ATS (-11.6 Units) revenging a home loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 31-27 ATS (-22.0 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 6-13 ATS (-19.3 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
WINNIPEG is 2-8 ATS (-9.8 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
WINNIPEG is 4-3 (+5.1 Units) against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
WINNIPEG is 4-3-0 straight up against CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.7 Units)

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PITTSBURGH (29-14-0-8, 66 pts.) at CALGARY (29-20-0-3, 61 pts.) - 2/6/2015, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CALGARY is 29-23 ATS (+3.3 Units) in all games this season.
CALGARY is 29-26 ATS (+59.5 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
CALGARY is 15-5 ATS (+20.0 Units) after a division game this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
PITTSBURGH is 3-0 (+3.0 Units) against the spread versus CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 3-0-0 straight up against CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.8 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, February 6

Hot teams
-- Devils won four of their last five games.
-- Anaheim won eight of its last ten games. Caps won last two games, allowing one goal.
-- Blues won their last seven games, allowing 11 goals.
-- Calgary won eight of its last ten games.

Cold teams
-- Toronto lost its last ten games, outscored 30-10.
-- Columbus lost its last three games, scoring four goals.
-- Chicago lost three of last four games, was blanked in last two. Winnipeg is 0-5 since All-Star break, allowing 23 goals.
-- Penguins lost six of their last nine games.

Series records
-- Devils won their last three games with Toronto.
-- Ducks lost five of last seven games with Washington.
-- Blues won five of last six games with Columbus.
-- Jets won their last four games with Chicago.
-- Penguins won their last eight games with Calgary.

Totals
-- Six of last eight Toronto road games stayed under.
-- Seven of last nine Washington home games stayed under.
-- Eight of last nine Columbus games stayed under.
-- Over is 4-1-1 in last six Winnipeg home games.
-- Five of last seven Calgary home games stayed under.

Back-to-back
-- Anaheim is 3-1 on road if it played the night before.
-- Washington is 2-7 if it played night before, 2-1 at home. St Louis is 5-3 if it played night before, all on road.




NHL

Friday, February 6

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
ANAHEIM vs. WASHINGTON
Anaheim is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Anaheim's last 15 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 6 games when playing Anaheim
Washington is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games

7:00 PM
ST. LOUIS vs. COLUMBUS
St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Columbus
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Columbus's last 15 games when playing at home against St. Louis
Columbus is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against St. Louis

7:00 PM
TORONTO vs. NEW JERSEY
Toronto is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing New Jersey
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Toronto's last 10 games
New Jersey is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Jersey's last 7 games when playing Toronto

8:00 PM
CHICAGO vs. WINNIPEG
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago's last 5 games
Winnipeg is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 6 games when playing at home against Chicago

9:00 PM
PITTSBURGH vs. CALGARY
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Pittsburgh's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Pittsburgh's last 13 games when playing on the road against Calgary
Calgary is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Calgary is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh

 

[CNOTES]

NHL

Friday, February 6


Evander Kane, Winnipeg - Out Fri

Kane has been placed on injured reserve with an unspecified injury and will miss the next two games at least.


Road teams buck trend, nearly sweep games Thursday

Traveling teams went a stellar 8-1 in NHL action on Thursday. Road teams outscored their counterparts 30-13 in those games, as the hosting teams failed to amass any real offense across the board.

Of the nine home teams Thursday, five failed to score more than one goal and the hapless Buffalo Sabres were shutout.

This has not been a huge season for road teams on the ice, as the traveling team has only won 44.27 percent of games.


McElhinney to start as Jackets host Blues Friday

The Columbus Blue Jackets will task Curtis McElhinney with trying to stop the red-hot St. Louis Blues Friday evening.

Jackets head coach Todd Richard told reporters Thursday that McElhinney would be slated to get the start against the league's hottest team.

The 31-year-old has appeared in 18 games this season (14 starts) and has a 5-8-1 record with a 3.00 goals against average and .907 save percentage.

Presently, the Blues are -165 road faves and the Jackets are +149 home underdogs for the game.

 

[CNOTES]

NHL
Dunkel

St. Louis at Columbus
The Blues head to Columbus tonight to face a Blue Jackets team that is coming off a 4-1 loss to Arizona and is 1-7 in its last 8 games following a home defeat by 3 or more goals. St. Louis is the pick (-165) according to Dunkel, which has the Blues favored by 2 1/2. Dunkel Pick: St. Louis (-165). Here are all of today's NHL picks.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6

Game 51-52: Anaheim at Washington (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Anaheim 12.947; Washington 11.941
Dunkel Line & Total: Anaheim by 1; 6
Vegas Line & Total: No Line
Dunkel Pick: N/A

Game 53-54: St. Louis at Columbus (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: St. Louis 12.717; Columbus 10.114
Dunkel Line & Total: St. Louis by 2 1/2; 4 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: St. Louis (-165); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: St. Louis (-165); Under

Game 55-56: Toronto at New Jersey (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Toronto 9.566; New Jersey 11/285
Dunkel Line & Total: New Jersey by 1 1/2; 6
Vegas Line & Total: New Jersey (-135); 5
Dunkel Pick: New Jersey (-135); Over

Game 57-58: Chicago at Winnipeg (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Chicago 10.089; Winnipeg 11.112
Dunkel Line & Total: Winnipeg by 1; 5
Vegas Line & Total: Chicago (-145); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Winnipeg (+125); Under

Game 59-60: Pittsburgh at Calgary (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Pittsburgh 12.199; Calgary 10.779
Dunkel Line & Total: Pittsburgh by 1 1/2; 4 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Pittsburgh (-120); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Pittsburgh (-120); Under

 

[CNOTES]

NHL
Short Sheet

Friday, February 6

Anaheim at Washington, 7:05 ET
Anaheim: N/A
Washington: N/A

St Louis at Columbus, 7:05 ET
St Louis: 3-9 SU on Friday nights
Columbus: 7-2 SU after 2 or more consecutive unders

Toronto at New Jersey, 7:05 ET
Toronto: 8-20 SU revenging a loss versus opponent as a favorite
New Jersey: 7-20 SU on Friday nights

Chicago at Winnipeg, 8:05 ET
Chicago: 9-14 SU revenging a home loss versus opponent
Winnipeg: 19-12 SU after failing to cover 5 or 6 of their last 7 against the spread

Pittsburgh at Calgary, 9:05 ET
Pittsburgh: 54-21 SU after 1 or more consecutive unders
Calgary: 2-9 SU after having won 4 of their last 5 games

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Ducks (34-12) at Capitals (27-15)


Date: February 06, 2015 7:00 PM EDT

The Anaheim Ducks are alone atop the NHL despite missing one of the league's top scorers.


With captain Ryan Getzlaf's status unclear, the Ducks attempt to build on one of their most impressive wins of the season Friday night against the Washington Capitals.


Anaheim (34-12-6) has won eight of 10 games, and scored the first four goals in Thursday's 5-2 victory at Nashville in a meeting between the two teams with the league's most points. The Ducks' scoring barrage came without Getzlaf, who was scratched after aggravating a lower-body injury during warmups.


The All-Star center leads the team with 52 points.


"A lot of guys will have to step up if you lose some of the key guys, and I think a lot of guys showed up and played really well," said Jakob Silfverberg, who scored twice. "And winning here is tough, and we managed to do it, which obviously (we) did great."


The Ducks may need to do that again, as it's not certain if Getzlaf will be available.


Corey Perry, the team leader with 22 goals, is a strong candidate to pick up the slack. The right wing has three goals in two games after coming up empty in five straight.


He has two goals and two assists in five visits to the nation's capital.


Frederik Andersen moved into a tie with the Predators' Pekka Rinne with an NHL-high 29 wins after making 44 saves opposite him to improve to 9-1-0 with a 2.35 goals-against average and two shutouts in 11 games.


Andersen, who has never faced the Capitals (27-15-10), may be starting on back-to-back nights for a fifth time this season. He's won his last two starts in such a scenario, allowing two goals on 42 shots.


Backup Ilya Bryzgalov has won five of his last six games against Washington behind a 1.65 GAA. However, he was pulled with 3:53 left in the second period in his most recent start Jan. 29, giving up six goals in a row in a 6-3 loss at San Jose.


Andersen or Bryzgalov will be in for a stiff test, as Alex Ovechkin has seven goals and eight assists in nine career meetings with Anaheim. The All-Star left wing is tied with the New York Rangers' Rick Nash with a league-leading 32 goals, tallying 10 scores in the last nine games.


Ovechkin came up big Thursday, scoring 49 seconds after Evgeny Kuznetsov in the second period of a 2-1 win at Ottawa.


Washington may need to continue finding success on the penalty kill after holding opponents to 1 for 20 on the power play over the last six games. The unit had allowed five goals on 26 tries over the previous seven games.


The Ducks have converted 8 of 30 power-play attempts in 10 games to match their output from the 22 prior contests.


"You kind of get in a groove," Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik told the team's official website. "You kind of get in a rhythm, actually. You don't want to be short-handed that much but as killers, I think you don't have much time to think about it. You just keep rolling with the guys that are going."

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Maple Leafs (22-26) at Devils (20-22)


Date: February 06, 2015 7:00 PM EDT

The only thing keeping the Toronto Maple Leafs out of last place is a team also falling at terminal velocity that had jumped first.


The Maple Leafs' losing streak, however, no longer involves looking down in the Atlantic Division on another team scrambling for a ripcord.


Now owners of the longest current skid in hockey, the Maple Leafs visit the New Jersey Devils on Friday night with the added pressure of trying to avoid establishing a new franchise-record losing streak.


Toronto (22-26-4) has lost 10 straight for the second time in franchise history after Tuesday's 4-3 defeat in Nashville. The Maple Leafs last dropped 10 in a row to set the record from Jan. 15-Feb. 8, 1967.


As if that didn't cast enough of a reluctant spotlight, interim coach Peter Horachek's team is now at the center of hockey futility after NHL-worst Buffalo ended its 14-game skid with Tuesday's win in Montreal.


"Bowing your head, or putting your lip out or feeling sorry for yourself, has no success rate, zero," Horachek told the Maple Leafs' website. "We have to push ourselves, push our approach to how we want to do things, continue to try to make a difference."


Scoring has been central to the slide with an average of a goal per game and a 2-for-31 mark on the power play after going 0 for 4 against the Predators.


Their road losing streak has also reached 10 games, one shy of another single-season franchise record set in 1988-89. They've also been held to 10 goals on the road skid with points leader Phil Kessel being limited to one assist.


One of the losses contributing to both streaks came 2-1 in a shootout in New Jersey on Jan. 28, which is a part of yet another Leafs' losing streak - three straight to the Devils.


The one glimmer of optimism is that's the only game on any of the streaks that has produced a point in the standings for Toronto.


The Devils (20-22-9) are headed in the other direction. They're seeking a third straight win for the first time since the start of the season and are in the midst of a 4-0-1 stretch after Tuesday's 2-1 home win over Ottawa. They're closing a five-game homestand having allowed just four regulation goals in the first four games.


Thoughts of the postseason are creeping back in, though New Jersey is just a point ahead of Toronto and remains 12 points removed from the Eastern Conference qualifiers.


"As you start gathering points, you start getting some optimism about what ifs?" said Michael Cammalleri, who scored his East-leading seventh game-winner and has goals in consecutive games. "Maybe we are still a little ways away from that still, but we'd like to start almost thinking that way."


Cory Schneider gets the benefit of facing the light-scoring Maple Leafs with his own numbers already trending positively. Schneider is 6-1-1 with a 1.78 goals-against average in his last nine starts, including the shootout win over Toronto.


He's never lost to the Leafs other than in shootouts, going 3-0-2 with a 1.72 GAA.


Counterpart Jonathan Bernier opposed him last month and has a 2.90 GAA over an 0-6-1 span after losing Tuesday. Bernier briefly left the game to receive 12 stitches to his left leg and was replaced by James Reimer, who is 0-7-0 with a 3.08 GAA in his last 10 appearances

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Blues (34-13) at Blue Jackets (21-25)


Date: February 06, 2015 7:00 PM EDT

The St. Louis Blues are on the best stretch in franchise history and that doesn't seem likely to change against the spiraling Columbus Blue Jackets.


Seeking their first eight-game winning streak in over 12 years, the Blues can take over sole possession of the Central Division lead Friday night at Nationwide Arena.


St. Louis (34-13-4) has won seven straight and recorded at least one point in 13 consecutive games (12-0-1). The Blues scored twice in the third period and Jake Allen stopped 23 shots in a 3-0 victory at Buffalo on Thursday.


"It's two points in the bank on the road in the dog days of the season," captain David Backes told the team's official website. "We'll take it and again, we're in the midst of a pretty good run and I think coaching staffs in general tend to push harder when you're in the midst of good runs and don't want you getting complacent. That's understandable and we need to push through and get our game back to where it's dominant hockey from start to finish, the way it was at the beginning of this run.


"When we have that, it doesn't matter who we're playing or where we're playing it's a tough team to play against."


The Blues moved into a tie with Nashville for the top spot in the Central and are two points behind Anaheim for the league lead. A victory Friday would give them eight straight for the first time since a nine-game run Oct. 15-Nov. 5, 2002.


This would seem to be a favorable matchup for St. Louis, which has won 12 of 15 meetings with Columbus (21-25-3), including six of eight in Ohio.


Brian Elliott is 6-0-1 with a 1.98 goals-against average against the Blue Jackets, and he'll likely get a chance to improve on that after Allen's performance Thursday.


Elliott has a 2.03 GAA and two shutouts while going 8-0-1 in the last 10 games.


Vladimir Tarasenko, who has a goal in three straight contests, tallied twice before Backes found the net 22 seconds into overtime of a 4-3 win at Columbus on Dec. 14, 2013.


Tarasenko and Backes had two assists apiece in a 6-2 rout Jan. 4, 2014.


The Blue Jackets are rapidly falling out of playoff contention, losing eight of 11 games and three in a row after falling 4-1 at home to Arizona on Tuesday.


"I don't think anybody here is thinking we're going to quit," said defenseman James Wisniewski. "But we're definitely in a big hole. It's a slippery slope. You don't want to get that losing feeling back in this room."


Ryan Johansen has two goals in six games after netting eight in the previous nine. The center leads the team with 19 goals and has 45 points, tied with Nick Foligno for the team lead.


Johansen has a goal in each of the last two home meetings with the Blues, but had no points and was a minus-3 at St. Louis on Jan. 4.


Foligno has one point in 10 career games against the Blues.


Curtis McElhinney is slated to be back in net after rookie Anton Forsberg made 25 saves Tuesday. McElhinney, getting increased playing time with Sergei Bobrovsky out at least two more weeks with a groin injury, has lost all five career starts against St. Louis with a 5.14 GAA.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Blackhawks (31-18) at Jets (26-18)


Date: February 06, 2015 8:00 PM EDT

After being shut out in back-to-back games for the first time in eight seasons, the Chicago Blackhawks feel they must improve their overall intensity level.


They've also had a rough time on offense lately with the slumping Winnipeg Jets, who have won the last four meetings and will try to hand the visiting Blackhawks a season-high third straight loss Friday night.


Chicago (31-18-2) isn't using the hassle of a three-game West Coast trip or some ensuing down time in Las Vegas as excuses for losing three of four since the All-Star break.


"We are professionals," said captain Jonathan Toews, who has one point through the first five in a stretch of seven consecutive road contests. "We (have to) show up and play. We (have to) work."


The Blackhawks went 2-1-0 while recording 10 goals to begin that stretch away from home, beating two of the league's top teams in Pittsburgh and Anaheim, but have since been outscored 5-0 in consecutive losses to San Jose and Minnesota. Patrick Kane recorded their last goal at 13:25 of the third period of a 4-1 victory over the Ducks last Friday.


Chicago hadn't been blanked in consecutive games since it happened in three straight Oct. 25-30, 2006 - one season prior to the arrival of Toews and Kane.


Toews wasn't happy with the Blackhawks' overall effort in Tuesday's 3-0 loss to the Wild. Chicago was outshot 43-24, lacked overall team speed and had little to be pleased about aside from Corey Crawford's 40-save performance.


"We didn't deserve it one bit so we've got no one else to blame but ourselves," Toews said. "We've got to look to each other to step it up. We've got to be big boys and play like it in the next one."


Toews has extra incentive to play well in his native Winnipeg, where he had a goal with three assists in a 6-3 victory Nov. 21, 2013, in Chicago's most recent stop there. The Blackhawks have won five straight road games against the Jets' franchise, with 11 goals in two played at Winnipeg.


However, the last four matchups have been in Chicago and the Jets (26-18-9) won them all in regulation - the longest current winning streak by any team against the Blackhawks. Three of those games came this season as Winnipeg outscored them 10-3, holding Kane without a point and Toews to one assist.


Michael Hutchinson was in net for each meeting and recorded 102 saves with a shutout. However, since winning 4-2 at Chicago on Jan. 16 and blanking Columbus in his final start before the break, Hutchinson has a 4.75 goals-against average while losing three straight.


Though the Jets are in wild-card position and three points behind third-place Chicago in the Central Division, they are mired in a season-worst 0-4-1 slide. Winnipeg yielded five goals in four straight before losing 3-2 in overtime at Vancouver on Tuesday.


"Every game is going to be a battle just to be in it," said forward Bryan Little, who recorded a goal and an assist for the second straight game. "That's the way it's going to be played the rest of the year, every night."


After their previous four opponents went 8 for 16 on the power play, the Jets prevented Vancouver from converting any of its six chances.


The Blackhawks are 0 for 6 on the power play versus Winnipeg this season.


Andrew Ladd has three goals and five assists in the past five meetings while fellow ex-Blackhawk Dustin Byfuglien has three points in the last two along with Little, who scored in both.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Penguins (29-14) at Flames (29-20)


Date: February 06, 2015 9:00 PM EDT

The Calgary Flames have made it clear they plan to hang around in the Western Conference race in pursuit of their first playoff appearance in six years.


It's been even longer since they've beaten the Pittsburgh Penguins.


Calgary seeks a fourth consecutive victory while looking to end an eight-game skid against the visiting Penguins on Friday night.


The Flames (29-20-1) last qualified for the postseason in 2008-09, but their recent hot stretch has put them in solid position to end that drought. They've won eight of 10, including four of the first five on a homestand that ends with this contest.


Calgary is on the verge of winning a fourth straight for the fourth time this season after Kris Russell, Jiri Hudler and Mason Raymond scored in the second period of Wednesday's 3-1 win over San Jose.


"The further up you can move the better, especially against a team in the West," said Jonas Hiller, who made 28 saves. "They're four-point games. We won't be able to win every game until the end of the year, but we've got to be ready. We have the goal to be in the playoffs and the more games we win the better chance we have."


Russell, a defenseman, scored for the first time in 50 games.


'Obviously, I would have liked it to come a little quicker,' Russell said. 'The character in this room shows when you go through something like that and you continue to keep trying to get better and keep improving and don't let that affect your season."


The Flames last saw Pittsburgh (29-14-8) during their lowest point of the season, when they dropped eight straight from Dec. 6-20. That slump included a 3-1 loss to the Penguins, who haven't lost to Calgary since 2005.


Kris Letang scored in the last meeting, and he assisted on David Perron's goal in Wednesday's 2-0 win over Edmonton as Pittsburgh began a three-game road trip through Canada.


Evgeni Malkin scored in his return from a five-game absence due to a groin injury and helped create opportunities for linemates Patric Hornqvist and Mark Arcobello.


'He generates a lot,' coach Mike Johnston said of Malkin. 'Not only his scoring chances, but with his ability to set guys up and create space for players. I think that line generated more than anybody.'


The Penguins had gone 2-4-2 since Jan. 16 prior to Wednesday as Marc-Andre Fleury went 1-4-1 with a 3.63 goals-against average in six starts during that stretch.


Fleury made 22 saves against the Oilers to earn his first shutout since blanking Colorado on Dec. 18.


'It feels like it's been a while since I got one,' said Fleury, whose seventh shutout matched a franchise record. 'It was a little quiet for me the first two periods, but the third was a bit more one-sided for them. It was nice to finish on a good note.'


Fleury has a 1.50 GAA while winning his last six starts against the Flames after stopping 25 shots in the last meeting. Hiller made 16 saves in that contest and could be in net again.


Hiller, 2-3-1 with a 2.83 GAA in six career starts against Pittsburgh, is 4-1-0 with a 1.47 GAA in his last six appearances.

 

[CNOTES]

Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

Six of the top minor league prospects of the Atlanta Braves.......

1) Jose Peraza, 2B-- Hit .335 in 44 games in AA Southern League.

2) Lucas Sims, P-- Has allowed 257 hits in 307 IP in minors.

3) Christian Bethancourt, C-- Hit .248 in 113 big league ABs last year.

5) Ozhaino Albies, SS-- 5-9, 150 pounder hit .364 in low minors

7) Tyrell Jenkins, P-- Could've gone to Baylor to play football.

15) Shae Simmons, P-- Allowed 15 hits in 22 IP with Braves LY.

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Armadillo: Saturday's List of 13: Looking at some college hoop info.....

13) Best 3-point shooting teams in country:
1) Cal-Davis 45.2% 2) Idaho 42.0% 3) Sacramento State 41.3%

Worst 3-point shooting teams in country:
351) Alcorn State 23.6% 350) Nevada 24.6% 349) Savannah State 25.7%

12) Best teams in country from foul line:
1) Ole Miss 79.9% 2) Illinois 79.7% 3) Quinnipiac 78.1%

Worst teams in country from foul line:
351) Nicholls St. 58.3% 350) Savannah St. 59.1% 349) South Carolina St. 59.2%

11) Teams with best eFG% on offense (3-pointers count as 1.5 FGs made)
1) Notre Dame 60.0% 2) Gonzaga 59.1% 3) Cal-Davis 58.9%

Teams with worst eFG% in country:
351) Grambling State 38.6% 350) Morgan State 39.1% 349) Alcorn State 39.8%

10) Teams that force turnovers on highest %age of possessions:
1) West Virginia 30.7% 2) Eastern Kentucky 27.5% 3) SF Austin 26.3%

Teams that turn the ball over the most on offense:
351) Central Arkansas 26.6%, 350) Grambling State 26.5% 349) Savannah State 26.1%

9) Teams that play fastest tempo games in country:
1) VMI 2) Coppin State 3) Neb-Omaha 4) Northwestern State

Teams that play slowest tempo games in country:
351) American 350) Virginia 349) Denver 348) Wyoming

8) Georgia Tech is 0-4 in ACC home games, but none of the four losses were by more than three points......underdogs are 8-1 vs spread in Syracuse's ACC games.

Next five notes refer to conference ratings.......
7) Fastest tempo games in the country, on average, happen in:
1) Southland 2) Southern 3) Northeast 4) Sun Belt

Slowest tempo games, on average, happen in:
32) Missouri Valley 31) WAC 30) Mountain West 29) Patriot

6) Best 3-point shooting conferences:
1) Big Sky 39.6% 2) Patriot 37.8% 3) Summit 37.2% 4) Big West 35.9%

Worst 3-point shooting conferences:
32) SWAC 30.6% 31) MEAC 31.3% 30) Sun Belt 32.4% 29) Atlantic 14 32.8%

5) Best foul shooting conferences:
1) Summit 72.8% 2) Atlantic Sun 72.3% 3) Big Sky 72.0% 4) Big South 71.9%

Worst foul shooting conferences:
32) MEAC 65.1% 31) AAC 66.0% 30) SWAC 66.5% 29) C-USA 66.7%

4) Conferences with highest percentage of close games:
1) Big East 33.3% 2) Patriot 32.7% 3) ACC 29.2% 4) WAC 28.6%

Conferences with lowest percentage of close games:
32) CAA 16.4% 31) Southland 17.2% 30) Horizon 18.2% 29) AAC 18.5%

3) Conferences with highest %age of wins by home team:
1) Big 14 (49-20) 2) Horizon (30-14) 3) Big X (32-15) 4) WAC (19-9)

Conferences with lowest %age of wins by home team:
32) Ivy (7-12) 31) American East (20-24) 30) SWAC (23-22) 29) MEAC (29-26)

2) Not sure why, but it has been 24 years since the winner at the Farmers Open golf tournament in LaJolla was won by a first-time PGA Tour winner.

1) Pelicans 116, Thunder 113-- Anthony Davis hit his first trey of season at buzzer to win it; he had 41 points. Westbrook had 48 for the Thunder; he had tied the game with three foul shots with 0:01.3 left. Davis is 3-24 for his career on the arc.