Carolina +153 (Pinnacle) - First game of a road trip after a long but successful homestand for the Hurricanes. The first game of a road trip is quite often a good spot to bet on the road team. Especially after being at home as long as Carolina was (3 weeks). Boston has dropped 4 of the last 5 meetings in Boston to Carolina and the injuries are starting to add up. They will be without a few key forwards. Sergei Samsonov, Martin Lapointe and Josef Stumpel are all out. PJ Axelsson, and Mike Knuble are also doubtful.
Washington -1/2 +100 (Pinnacle) and under 5 -107 (Pinnacle) - The Caps managed to get 48 shots on Sharks netminder Evgeni Nabokov last time out but ran into a brick wall and lost 3-2. They are winless in 4 games. I look for a big effort from a desperate team on home ice. I lean towards the home team in most out of conference games. Particularly when the home team lost to the same out of conference opponent just 2 games ago. The Caps lost in Minnesota November 16th 1-0. I look for a similar low scoring game here. Using a total of 5 the under is 4-0-1 in Minny's last five and 2-0-1 in Washington's last 3. Both teams are getting outstanding goaltending these days and the special teams strongly favor the under as well. Minnesota hasn't allowed a power play goal against in their past 5 games and just one PP goal against in their past 7 games. Their powerplay has gone cold at the same time. 1 for 29 in the past 5 games. Washington's penalty kill is pretty weak but their power play has gone south as well. I don't see either team cashing in more than once on the powerplay.
San Jose +170 (Olympic) and over 5 -120 (Olympic) - San Jose is off to a very slow start this year. They are finally playing with their best lineup on the ice now that holdout defenseman Brad Stuart is back in action. Evgeni Nabokov is coming off a game stealing 46 save performance in Washington and the Sharks will hold a strong goaltending advantage over Philly. Both of the Philly goalies are prone to soft goals at any moment and Nabokov is far superior to either of them. Plenty of snipers on both sides of the ice so we should at least get back to the five goal total. Too much value to pass up the Sharks who will be one of the top teams in the Western Conference by the time the playoffs roll around.
New York Rangers +171 (Pinnacle) - Eric Lindros and Pavel Bure both scored against Anaheim the other night. These guys are both premier players in the NHL and will probably both go on a tear. They were approaching or had reached career high goal-less streaks. Just like a great hitter in baseball......you can only hold them down so long before they get hot. I expect these two guys to do exactly that. The Rangers have now won 5 of 7 and are a good enough team that I will take them in almost every situation at +174. I expect them to be a playoff team and it's almost a no-brainer for me catching this big of a plus with a quality team. San Jose , Carolina, Rangers and LA all fit this criteria. The over is worth a look here as well and I may add tomorrow if the price creeps high enough.
LA +143 (Pinnacle) - Expect to see me going against the Blues often in the next couple weeks. This team is definitely going to come back to the pack. They have an injury list that gets longer after every game. They are struggling right now and we picked up a nice win against them last night and we'll try again with a team that will be ahead of them in the standings at the end of the year anyways. Take the better team catching a nice number makes sense to me.
Edmonton / Calgary under 5 -118 ( Pinnacle) - Big rivalry game. These 2 provincial rivals are only a short drive away from each other. The under is 8-1-1 in the past 10 meetings but that is just a nice bonus. This play is based on the fact that it appears Calgary will never score another goal. They have lost six straight and have scored just 2 goals in six games! 1 of those 2 goals came against Atlanta so I shouldn't even be counting it. They've been shutout 4 times in 6 games including two in a row on home ice. I didn't even think that was possible. They are one angry and desperate bunch right now and they are getting good goaltending and playing well defensively so I'm a little hesitant to go against them but it's going to be tough for this game to reach 6 goals. Edmonton's powerplay sits 5th last in the entire league while Calgary's powerplay sits right at the bottom in 30th place.
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Washington -1/2 +100 (Pinnacle) and under 5 -107 (Pinnacle) - The Caps managed to get 48 shots on Sharks netminder Evgeni Nabokov last time out but ran into a brick wall and lost 3-2. They are winless in 4 games. I look for a big effort from a desperate team on home ice. I lean towards the home team in most out of conference games. Particularly when the home team lost to the same out of conference opponent just 2 games ago. The Caps lost in Minnesota November 16th 1-0. I look for a similar low scoring game here. Using a total of 5 the under is 4-0-1 in Minny's last five and 2-0-1 in Washington's last 3. Both teams are getting outstanding goaltending these days and the special teams strongly favor the under as well. Minnesota hasn't allowed a power play goal against in their past 5 games and just one PP goal against in their past 7 games. Their powerplay has gone cold at the same time. 1 for 29 in the past 5 games. Washington's penalty kill is pretty weak but their power play has gone south as well. I don't see either team cashing in more than once on the powerplay.
San Jose +170 (Olympic) and over 5 -120 (Olympic) - San Jose is off to a very slow start this year. They are finally playing with their best lineup on the ice now that holdout defenseman Brad Stuart is back in action. Evgeni Nabokov is coming off a game stealing 46 save performance in Washington and the Sharks will hold a strong goaltending advantage over Philly. Both of the Philly goalies are prone to soft goals at any moment and Nabokov is far superior to either of them. Plenty of snipers on both sides of the ice so we should at least get back to the five goal total. Too much value to pass up the Sharks who will be one of the top teams in the Western Conference by the time the playoffs roll around.
New York Rangers +171 (Pinnacle) - Eric Lindros and Pavel Bure both scored against Anaheim the other night. These guys are both premier players in the NHL and will probably both go on a tear. They were approaching or had reached career high goal-less streaks. Just like a great hitter in baseball......you can only hold them down so long before they get hot. I expect these two guys to do exactly that. The Rangers have now won 5 of 7 and are a good enough team that I will take them in almost every situation at +174. I expect them to be a playoff team and it's almost a no-brainer for me catching this big of a plus with a quality team. San Jose , Carolina, Rangers and LA all fit this criteria. The over is worth a look here as well and I may add tomorrow if the price creeps high enough.
LA +143 (Pinnacle) - Expect to see me going against the Blues often in the next couple weeks. This team is definitely going to come back to the pack. They have an injury list that gets longer after every game. They are struggling right now and we picked up a nice win against them last night and we'll try again with a team that will be ahead of them in the standings at the end of the year anyways. Take the better team catching a nice number makes sense to me.
Edmonton / Calgary under 5 -118 ( Pinnacle) - Big rivalry game. These 2 provincial rivals are only a short drive away from each other. The under is 8-1-1 in the past 10 meetings but that is just a nice bonus. This play is based on the fact that it appears Calgary will never score another goal. They have lost six straight and have scored just 2 goals in six games! 1 of those 2 goals came against Atlanta so I shouldn't even be counting it. They've been shutout 4 times in 6 games including two in a row on home ice. I didn't even think that was possible. They are one angry and desperate bunch right now and they are getting good goaltending and playing well defensively so I'm a little hesitant to go against them but it's going to be tough for this game to reach 6 goals. Edmonton's powerplay sits 5th last in the entire league while Calgary's powerplay sits right at the bottom in 30th place.
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