Friday's NHL Trends and Indexes - 2/20

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Trends and Indexes

Friday, February 20

Good Luck on day #50 of 2015!

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Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

-- Purdue 67, Indiana 63-- Surprising Boilers swept Indiana this year.

-- Cal-Davis 65, Long Beach 58-- Aggies have 2-game lead in Big West.

-- Delaware 70, UNCW 59-- Blue Hens were down 10 at the half.

-- Ole Miss 71, Mississippi State 65-- Rebels sweep in-state rivals.

-- Canisius 69, Siena 63 OT-- Griffins had won first matchup by 34.

-- Louisiana Tech 83, UNCC 82 OT-- 49ers covered with trey at buzzer.



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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: Thinking out loud with the weekend here......

13) First of all, best wishes to Giants' manager Bruce Bochy, who had a procedure to put two stents in to help his heart work better. Get well soon.

12) Clippers 119, Spurs 115-- DeAndre Jordan was 10-28 on the foul line in this game; he also grabbed 18 rebounds- he should try shooting free throws underhanded.

11) Ton of trades in the NBA at the trade deadline; Miami stepped out and got Goran Dragic from Phoenix. Pat Riley doesn't sit back and wait for stuff to happen.

10) There are rumors around that some college administrators want freshmen to be ineligible in football/basketball; this is as stupid as smart people can be.

You make basketball kids ineligible as freshmen and you're pushing them to go to Europe and get paid to play. Can't think of one way that that this is a good idea.

9) When a coach calls an early timeout, that should count as the first TV timeout; in one game last night, team called a timeout with 16:53 left in the half, then a minute later, there was a TV timeout. This makes no sense; the game loses its flow with so many stoppages. College basketball needs to reduce its timeouts.

8) You want scoring to go up in college basketball? Call fewer charges; rewarding an defender for flopping in front of a player driving to the basket cheapens the game.

7) Louisville re-instated point guard Chris Jones; whatever he did to get himself suspended for the Syracuse game is now over; they weren't very good without him. Wonder if they had beaten Syracuse would he have been re-instated?

6) Speaking of Syracuse, their PG last year was Tyler Ennis, who bolted to pro ball after one season in college. Ennis got traded to Milwaukee yesterday, as the reality of basketball as a business emerged. You wonder how many of these kids regret going to the pros earlier than they should.

5) MacKenzie Skapski is backup goalie for the Rangers while Henrik Lundqvist is hurt; Skapski grew up as a Canucks' fan-- he was born in Vancouver, the day after the Rangers beat the Canucks in the 1994 Stanley Cup finals.

4) Bengals linebacker Rey Maualuga is in the movie Million Dollar Arm; he plays the part of Popo. Watched part of the movie; it wasn't very good.

3) Louisiana Tech has a point guard named Speedy Smith; not only is he good, but Tech was the only D-I school to offer him a scholarship. Another school said he could come and try and be a walk-on. A D-II school in Florida offered him, also, but he is a damn good player and Tech might be an NCAA tourney Cinderella.

2) Racing cars in NASCAR don't have speedometers; guess it wouldn't help for a driver to know he is going 200 mph or so.

1) NBA players want fewer back/back games but they also wanted an 8-day All-Star break. Hard to have both of these things. I'm guessing they'd be happy with a 64-game regular season, but they wouldn't approve of a 22% salary reduction. Go figure.

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NHL
Long Sheet

Friday, February 20

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VANCOUVER (33-21-0-3, 69 pts.) at NEW JERSEY (22-26-0-9, 53 pts.) - 2/20/2015, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VANCOUVER is 25-38 ATS (-18.0 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
VANCOUVER is 9-15 ATS (-10.2 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
NEW JERSEY is 80-39 ATS (+9.0 Units) in home games after 3 or more consecutive unders since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 120-109 ATS (+237.4 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5 or less since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 49-35 ATS (+87.6 Units) in road games on Friday nights since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 8-2 ATS (+5.8 Units) after 3 or more consecutive overs this season.
VANCOUVER is 146-113 ATS (+259.7 Units) in road games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
NEW JERSEY is 8-21 ATS (-14.0 Units) on Friday nights over the last 2 seasons.
NEW JERSEY is 13-34 ATS (-22.5 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
VANCOUVER is 3-0 (+3.0 Units) against the spread versus NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
VANCOUVER is 3-0-0 straight up against NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
2 of 2 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.0 Units)

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TORONTO (23-30-0-5, 51 pts.) at CAROLINA (20-29-0-7, 47 pts.) - 2/20/2015, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TORONTO is 4-19 ATS (+29.4 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 this season.
TORONTO is 2-18 ATS (+24.9 Units) second half of the season this season.
TORONTO is 2-12 ATS (+17.3 Units) revenging a home loss versus opponent this season.
TORONTO is 8-23 ATS (+32.5 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
TORONTO is 8-18 ATS (-13.9 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.
TORONTO is 1-8 ATS (+9.0 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season this season.
CAROLINA is 5-0 ATS (+5.0 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season this season.
CAROLINA is 92-105 ATS (-57.0 Units) in home games after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
CAROLINA is 6-2 (+4.8 Units) against the spread versus TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
CAROLINA is 6-2-0 straight up against TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.7 Units)

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OTTAWA (23-23-0-10, 56 pts.) at BUFFALO (17-37-0-4, 38 pts.) - 2/20/2015, 7:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
OTTAWA is 8-3 (+3.9 Units) against the spread versus BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
OTTAWA is 8-3-0 straight up against BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
6 of 11 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.0 Units)

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BOSTON (28-20-0-9, 65 pts.) at ST LOUIS (37-16-0-4, 78 pts.) - 2/20/2015, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
ST LOUIS is 2-1 (+0.8 Units) against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
ST LOUIS is 2-1-0 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.0 Units)

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COLORADO (24-23-0-11, 59 pts.) at CHICAGO (35-18-0-5, 75 pts.) - 2/20/2015, 8:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLORADO is 8-21 ATS (+34.0 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
COLORADO is 41-30 ATS (+8.6 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 39-41 ATS (-25.5 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 55-64 ATS (-35.4 Units) in home games on Friday nights since 1996.
CHICAGO is 8-11 ATS (-12.0 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
CHICAGO is 2-6 ATS (-9.3 Units) in home games revenging a home loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 33-28 ATS (-8.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 8-14 ATS (-19.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLORADO is 6-5 (+3.6 Units) against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
COLORADO is 6-5-0 straight up against CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
6 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.6 Units)

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MINNESOTA (29-21-0-7, 65 pts.) at EDMONTON (17-32-0-10, 44 pts.) - 2/20/2015, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
EDMONTON is 17-42 ATS (-54.1 Units) in all games this season.
EDMONTON is 10-30 ATS (+53.0 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
EDMONTON is 7-26 ATS (+47.2 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 6-2 (+1.6 Units) against the spread versus EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 6-2-0 straight up against EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.6 Units, Under=-0.1 Units)

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ANAHEIM (35-16-0-7, 77 pts.) at CALGARY (32-22-0-4, 68 pts.) - 2/20/2015, 9:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
ANAHEIM is 7-3 (+2.3 Units) against the spread versus CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
ANAHEIM is 7-3-0 straight up against CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
5 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.1 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, February 20

Hot teams
-- Canucks won four of their last five games.
-- Rangers won four of their last five games.
-- Blues won three of their last four games.
-- Flames won 11 of their last 16 games.
-- Minnesota won nine of its last eleven games.

Cold teams
-- Devils lost four of their last five games.
-- Maple Leafs lost 15 of their last 16 games. Carolina lost three of last four.
-- Sabres lost 19 of their last 22 games.
-- Boston lost its last five games, last two in SO/OT.
-- Colorado lost five of its last seven games. Chicago is 5-6 since All-Star break.
-- Ducks lost five of their last six games.
-- Edmonton is 3-10 in game following its last thirteen wins.

Series records
-- Canucks won their last six games with New Jersey.
-- Carolina won eight of last ten games with Toronto.
-- Rangers won their last five games with Buffalo.
-- Bruins won three of last four visits to St Louis.
-- Avalanche are 5-3 in their last eight games with Chicago.
-- Ducks won eight of last twelve games with Calgary.
-- Oilers lost seven of last nine games with Minnesota.

Totals
-- Nine of last ten New Jersey games stayed under the total.
-- Nine of last eleven Toronto road games stayed under.
-- Last five Buffalo home games stayed under; last three Ranger road games went over.
-- Four of last five Boston road games went over.
-- Nine of last twelve Colorado road games stayed under.
-- Six of last eight Calgary home games stayed under.
-- Last five Minnesota road games stayed under total.

Back-to-back
-- Canucks are 2-7 if they played the night before.
-- Rangers are 3-0 on road if they played night before; Sabres are 1-3 at home.

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NHL

Friday, February 20

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
NY RANGERS vs. BUFFALO
The total has gone OVER in 5 of the NY Rangers last 5 games
NY Rangers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games
Buffalo is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against NY Rangers
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Buffalo's last 6 games when playing at home against NY Rangers

7:00 PM
TORONTO vs. CAROLINA
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Toronto's last 11 games on the road
Toronto is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Carolina is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Carolina's last 6 games when playing at home against Toronto

7:00 PM
VANCOUVER vs. NEW JERSEY
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vancouver's last 5 games when playing New Jersey
Vancouver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing New Jersey
New Jersey is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Vancouver
New Jersey is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

8:00 PM
BOSTON vs. ST. LOUIS
Boston is 5-16-2 SU in its last 23 games ,when playing St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston's last 6 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
St. Louis is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games when playing Boston
St. Louis is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Boston

8:30 PM
COLORADO vs. CHICAGO
Colorado is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Colorado's last 12 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Chicago's last 10 games
Chicago is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Colorado

9:00 PM
ANAHEIM vs. CALGARY
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Anaheim's last 6 games when playing on the road against Calgary
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Anaheim's last 6 games when playing Calgary
Calgary is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Anaheim
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Calgary's last 6 games when playing at home against Anaheim

9:00 PM
MINNESOTA vs. EDMONTON
Minnesota is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Edmonton
Minnesota is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games
Edmonton is 6-16 SU in its last 22 games at home


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NHL

Friday, February 20


Backup Eddie Lack in goal for Canucks Friday

According to Dan Murphy of Sportsnet, the Vancouver Canucks will give backup netminder Eddie Lack the start between the pipes at the New Jersey Devils Friday.

Lack stopped 20 of 22 shots in a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild in his last start on Feb. 16.

Friday's game will be the second of a back-to-back situation with Ryan Miller in net for the Canucks' 5-4 win over the Rangers Thursday.

At the time of writing, the Canucks were -115 favorites while the Devils were -105. Oddsmakers have the total at 5.



NHL roundup: Backstrom leads Caps over Jets

WASHINGTON -- Nicklas Backstrom scored two goals and assisting on another to lead the Washington Capitals to a 5-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets at the Verizon Center on Thursday.

With his three-point night, Backstrom moved into a first-place tie with Chicago Blackhawks right winger Patrick Kane for the NHL's points lead with 63.

Washington defenseman John Carlson, winger Alex Ovechkin and Troy Brouwer also scored. Goaltender Braden Holtby turned aside 19 shots to earn his career-best 28th victory of the season for the Capitals, who won for the third consecutive time and for the seventh time in eight games.

Defenseman Toby Enstrom scored the lone goal for the Jets, who won four of their previous five games.

Islanders 5, Predators 2

UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Defenseman Nick Leddy and center Josh Bailey scored within a span of 99 seconds in the third period as the New York Islanders pulled away from Nashville in a battle of NHL division leaders at Nassau Coliseum.

Defensemen Brian Strait and Johnny Boychuk and center John Tavares scored the first period for the Islanders. Goalie Jaroslav Halak posted 30 saves.

Left wingers Filip Forsberg and James Neal scored for the Predators. Goalie Pekka Rinne had 35 saves.

Blue Jackets 2, Penguins 1

PITTSBURGH -- Center Brandon Dubinsky scored a short-handed, third-period goal to give Columbus a victory over Pittsburgh.

Left winger Scott Hartnell, a Penguins nemesis dating to his days with Philadelphia, gave the Blue Jackets a 1-0 while goaltender Curtis McElhinney made 29 saves.

It was the third loss in a row for Pittsburgh, which got a goal from center Evgeni Malkin and 28 saves from Marc-Andre Fleury.

Canucks 5, Rangers 4 (SO)

NEW YORK -- Forwards Alexandre Burrow and Radim Vrbata scored in a shootout to give Vancouver a victory against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

Canucks center Henrik Sedin sent the contest to overtime with his second goal of the game with two minutes remaining in regulation and goaltender Ryan Miller on the bench for an extra skater. Forwards Bo Horvat and Shawn Matthias also scored for Vancouver. Goaltender Ryan Miller made 30 saves for the win.

Forwards Derek Stepan, Rick Nash, Martin St. Louis and Carl Hagelin scored for the Rangers, who had their four-game winning streak snapped. Goaltender Cam Talbot turned aside 24 shots.

Panthers 3, Canadiens 2 (SO)

MONTREAL -- Center Dave Bolland scored the shootout winner to lift Florida over Montreal at the Bell Centre.

Goaltender Carey Price stopped 19 shots for Montreal and counterpart Roberto Luongo made 37 saves for the Panthers.

Right winger Brendan Gallagher scored twice in regulation for the Canadiens. Left winger Tomas Fleischmann and defenseman Steven Kampfer replied for Florida.

Sabres 3, Flyers 2 (SO)

PHILADELPHIA -- Right winger Brian Flynn scored the winning goal in a shootout to lift Buffalo to a victory over Philadelphia.

Left winger Nicolas Deslauriers and right winger Brian Gionta scored regulation goals, and goaltender Michal Neuvirth made 36 saves for the Sabres.

Right wingers Ryan White and Jakub Voracek scored for Philadelphia. Goalie Ray Emery finished with 30 saves in regulation and overtime.

Sharks 5, Stars 2

DALLAS -- San Jose center Andrew Desjardins had two goals and fellow pivots Tomas Hertl and Joe Pavelski two assists each while goaltender Antti Niemi stopped 37 of 39 shots, leading San Jose past Dallas at American Airlines Center.

Defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic, left winger Patrick Marleau and center Tommy Wingels also scored for San Jose.

Left winger Erik Cole and defenseman Trevor Daley scored for the Stars.

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NHL
Short Sheet

Friday, February 20

Vancouver at New Jersey, 7:05 ET
Vancouver: 9-15 SU after a non-conference game
New Jersey: 91-51 SU after failing to cover 4 of their last 5 against the spread

Toronto at Carolina, 7:05 ET
Toronto: 1-13 SU after failing to cover 6 or 7 of their last 8 against the spread
Carolina: 156-121 SU after having lost 3 of their last 4 games

NY Rangers at Buffalo, 7:05 ET
NY Rangers: n/a
Buffalo: n/a

Boston at St Louis, 8:05 ET
Boston: n/a
St Louis: n/a

Colorado at Chicago, 8:35 ET
Colorado: 24-5 SU off a home loss
Chicago: 1-6 SU in home games revenging a loss where team scored 1 or less goals

Minnesota at Edmonton, 9:05 ET
Minnesota: 21-14 SU as a favorite
Edmonton: 7-26 SU after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game

Anaheim at Calgary, 9:05 ET
Anaheim: n/a
Calgary: n/a

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NHL
Dunkel

Vancouver at New Jersey
The Devils play host to a Canucks team that is coming off a 5-4 win over the Rangers last night and is 2-7 in its last 9 games when playing the second game on back-to-back days. New Jersey is the pick (-120) according to Dunkel, which has the Devils favored by 1 1/2. Dunkel Pick: New Jersey (-120). Here are all of today's NHL picks.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20

Game 51-52: Vancouver at New Jersey (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Vancouver 11.375; New Jersey 12.728
Dunkel Line & Total: New Jersey by 1 1/2; 6
Vegas Line & Total: New Jersey (-120); 5
Dunkel Pick: New Jersey (-120); Over

Game 53-54: Toronto at Carolina (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Toronto 11.276; Carolina 10.063
Dunkel Line & Total: Toronto by 1; 5
Vegas Line & Total: Carolina (-160); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Toronto (+140); Under

Game 55-56: NY Rangers at Buffalo (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: NY Rangers 10.013; Buffalo 11.221
Dunkel Line & Total: Buffalo by 1; 4
Vegas Line & Total: NY Rangers (-250); 5
Dunkel Pick: Buffalo (+210); Under

Game 57-58: Boston at St. Louis (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Boston 10.682; St. Louis 12.083
Dunkel Line & Total: St. Louis by 1 1/2; 5 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: St. Louis (-180); 5
Dunkel Pick: St. Louis (-180); Over

Game 59-60: Colorado at Chicago (8:30 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Colorado 12.202; Chicago 11.092
Dunkel Line & Total: Colorado by 1; 4
Vegas Line & Total: Chicago (-250); 5
Dunkel Pick: Colorado (+210); Under

Game 61-62: Minnesota at Edmonton (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Minnesota 11.997; Edmonton 10.257
Dunkel Line & Total: Minnesota by 1 1/2; 5 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Minnesota (-175); 5
Dunkel Pick: Minnesota (-175); Over

Game 63-64: Anaheim at Calgary(9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Anaheim 11.441; Calgary 10.666
Dunkel Line & Total: Anaheim by 1; 5
Vegas Line & Total: Calgary (-125); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Anahiem (+105); Under