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**Udog** · 04-05-2015, 08:54 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Sunday, April 5

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WASHINGTON (43-25-0-10, 96 pts.) at DETROIT (40-24-0-13, 93 pts.) - 4/5/2015, 5:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 3-2 (+0.9 Units) against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 3-2-0 straight up against DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.1 Units)

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MONTREAL (47-22-0-10, 104 pts.) at FLORIDA (36-27-0-15, 87 pts.) - 4/5/2015, 5:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
MONTREAL is 8-3 (+3.7 Units) against the spread versus FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 8-3-0 straight up against FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.3 Units)

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OTTAWA (39-26-0-12, 90 pts.) at TORONTO (29-43-0-6, 64 pts.) - 4/5/2015, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
OTTAWA is 11-7 ATS (+19.9 Units) in road games second half of the season this season.
OTTAWA is 24-14 ATS (+39.5 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
TORONTO is 29-49 ATS (-43.7 Units) in all games this season.
TORONTO is 8-32 ATS (-32.0 Units) second half of the season this season.
TORONTO is 2-15 ATS (+23.9 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
TORONTO is 9-4 (+6.0 Units) against the spread versus OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
TORONTO is 9-4-0 straight up against OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
8 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+4.9 Units)

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PITTSBURGH (42-24-0-11, 95 pts.) at PHILADELPHIA (31-29-0-17, 79 pts.) - 4/5/2015, 7:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
PHILADELPHIA is 8-4 (+8.0 Units) against the spread versus PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons
PHILADELPHIA is 8-4-0 straight up against PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons
6 of 11 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.9 Units)

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ST LOUIS (48-23-0-7, 103 pts.) at CHICAGO (48-24-0-6, 102 pts.) - 4/5/2015, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CHICAGO is 7-0 ATS (+7.0 Units) in home games in April games over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 25-10 ATS (+9.9 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
CHICAGO is 52-48 ATS (-18.9 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 15-16 ATS (-13.5 Units) after a non-conference game this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
CHICAGO is 11-8 (+1.9 Units) against the spread versus ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
CHICAGO is 11-8-0 straight up against ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
8 of 16 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.5 Units, Under=-1.0 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, April 5

Hot teams
-- Washington won six of its last nine games.
-- Senators won their last three games, allowing five goals.
-- Chicago won four in row, 11 of last 15. St Louis won its last two games, scoring 11 goals.

Cold teams
-- Detroit lost five of its last seven games.
-- Montreal lost five of its last six games. Florida lost four of its last five.
-- Toronto lost nine of its last eleven games.
-- Penguins lost eight of their last eleven games. Philly lost ten of its last thirteen.

Series records
-- Red Wings lost five of last seven games with Washington.
-- Canadiens won five of last six games with Florida.
-- Maple Leafs won seven of last ten games with Ottawa.
-- Flyers won five of their last seven games with Pittsburgh.
-- Blackhawks won six of their last seven games.

Totals
-- Six of last seven Washington-Detroit games wernt over.
-- Over is 3-0-2 in last five Montreal games.
-- Seven of last eight Toronto-Ottawa games went over.
-- Six of last nine Penguin-Flyer games stayed under total.
-- Over is 3-1-1 in last five Chicago games.

Back-to-back
-- Washington is 2-7 on road if it played night before; Detroit is 3-0 at home.
-- Florida is 5-6 if it played the night before.
-- Ottawa is 4-3 on road if it played night before. Toronto is 3-1 at home.
-- Philly is 3-8 if it played night before. Penguins are 3-5 on road if they played night before.

NHL

Sunday, April 5

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Trend Report
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12:30 PM
PITTSBURGH vs. PHILADELPHIA
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 6 games
Philadelphia is 3-10 SU in its last 13 games

5:00 PM
MONTREAL vs. FLORIDA
Montreal is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Montreal is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Florida
Florida is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Montreal
Florida is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home

5:00 PM
WASHINGTON vs. DETROIT
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington's last 7 games when playing Detroit
Washington is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Detroit
Detroit is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 6 games when playing at home against Washington

7:30 PM
OTTAWA vs. TORONTO
Ottawa is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games when playing Toronto
Ottawa is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing at home against Ottawa
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Toronto's last 8 games when playing Ottawa

7:30 PM
ST. LOUIS vs. CHICAGO
St. Louis is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing Chicago
St. Louis is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Chicago is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis
Chicago is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

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**Udog** · 04-05-2015, 09:09 AM

NHL

Sunday, April 5

Penguins' C Evgeni Malkin, questionable Sunday

Malkin has missed the last two games with an undisclosed injury and is questionable to play Sunday against the Flyers.

Canadiens struggling, especially in overtime

The Montreal Canadiens are entering the playoffs slumping as they have dropped five of their past six games. Of those five losses, three have come in overtime or a shootout.

The lack of rest for Carey Price may be showing as well, with the goalie carrying a 3.75 goals against average during the past six.

The Habs will visit the Florida Panthers Sunday and are currently -125 road faves, with a low total of 4.5.

Flyers attempt to continue domination over Penguins

The Philadelphia Flyers have won the past seven contests against in-state rival Pittsburgh Penguins. Philly has outscored the Pens 26-13 during that stretch, including 12-6 this season.

Both teams are coming off games Saturday night, will only Steve Mason confirmed in nets for the Flyers.

NHL playoff picture: Battle continues for spots

The muddled NHL playoff picture cleared up a bit on Saturday -- but just a bit after a day of shootouts, overtimes and narrow victories for a number of the teams still jockeying for a spot in the postseason.

The Tampa Bay Lightning helped decide two issues: In securing home-ice advantage for the first round, the Lightning eliminated their in-state rival Florida Panthers from the postseason with a 4-0 victory.

The Panthers weren't alone in seeing their playoff hopes dashed on Saturday. The Los Angeles Kings defeated Colorado, ending any playoff aspirations the Avalanche had.

Colorado and Florida were long shots after surviving Friday's action, so their elimination was not a surprise.

And the importance of having home-ice advantage wasn't lost after Tampa Bay blanked Florida.

"It's really important," right winger Ryan Callahan said after the Lightning (104 points) tied the idle Montreal Canadiens atop the Atlantic Division. "Home ice really comes into play if you have that Game 7."

The Pittsburgh Penguins had a chance to move out of the wild-card spot and put some distance between themselves and Ottawa, but their downward spiral -- 3-7-1 since March 12 -- continued against the hot Columbus Blue Jackets.

Suddenly, the ninth-place Ottawa Senators are only three points behind the Penguins and a playoff spot for Pittsburgh is not guaranteed.

"Every team that's not in a (clinched) playoff spot, that's their biggest concern," Penguins coach Mike Johnston said. "It's ours for sure."

In the Western Conference, Winnipeg, San Jose and Dallas remain alive in the chase for a wild-card spot.

The playoff chase is unchartered territory for the Jets, who are in a dogfight to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since moving to Winnipeg from Atlanta in 2011.

"It's hard (to stay calm)," said Jets right winger Lee Stempniak, 32, a 10-year veteran playing for his seventh team since being drafted by the St. Louis Blues in 2003. "Your season's on the line. Every game right now is crucial to us being in the playoffs and we're all aware of that."

Winnipeg and Los Angeles both have played 78 games. Both have 92 points and trail Calgary by one point in the Pacific Division. The Flames have played 79 games.

One of these three teams will not make the playoffs.

Two crucial games on Sunday might go a long way toward deciding two more playoff spots.

The struggling Penguins travel to Philadelphia to take on the Flyers. By the time the puck drops for Ottawa-Toronto, the Senators will know if they can close the gap and put even more pressure on the Penguins.

The Red Wings and the Capitals also square off with significant playoff implications.

NHL PLAYOFF PICTURE THROUGH GAMES ON APRIL 4

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

1. Montreal Canadiens (47-22-10, 104 points), clinched playoff spot

2. Tampa Bay Lightning (48-24-8, 104 points), clinched playoff spot

3. Detroit Red Wings (41-24-13, 95 points)

Metropolitan Division

1. New York Rangers (50-21-7, 107 points), clinched division

2. New York Islanders (46-27-6, 98 points)

3. Washington Capitals (43-25-11, 97 points)

Wild Card

1. Pittsburgh Penguins (42-25-11, 95 points), fourth in Metropolitan

2. Boston Bruins (41-25-13, 95 points), fourth in Atlantic

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Ottawa Senators (40-26-12, 92 points), fifth in Atlantic

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

1. Nashville Predators (47-22-10, 104 points), clinched playoff spot

2. St. Louis Blues (48-23-7, 103 points), clinched playoff spot

3. Chicago Blackhawks (48-24-6, 102 points), clinched playoff spot

Pacific Division

1. Anaheim Ducks (50-23-7, 107 points), clinched division

2. Vancouver Canucks (45-29-5, 95 points)

3. Calgary Flames (43-29-7, 93 points)

Wild Card

1. Minnesota Wild (44-26-7, 95 points), fourth in Central

2. Los Angeles Kings (39-25-14, 92 points), fourth in Pacific

Winnipeg Jets (40-26-12, 92 points), fifth in Central

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San Jose Sharks (39-31-9, 87 points), fifth in Pacific

Dallas Stars (38-31-10, 86 points), sixth in Central

**Udog** · 04-05-2015, 09:52 AM

NHL

Sunday, April 5

Blue Jackets extend streak, keep cashing as dogs

The Columbus Blue Jackets topped the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 Saturday night for their ninth straight win and continue to win as an underdog.

Last night the Blue Jackets were +116 underdogs, making it the seventh time in the nine game streak they have won outright as pups.

Expect the Blue Jackets to be underdogs once again when they go for 10 row when they visit the New York Rangers Monday.

Devils finally go over a total

The New Jersey Devils got thrashed 6-1 by the New York Rangers Saturday night, it was the first time the Devils went over a total in 12 games.

The Devils had been 0-7-4 over/under in that 11 game span, making them the top under play in the NHL at 23-45-11 O/U for the season.

**Udog** · 04-05-2015, 09:57 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

Teams' record in NCAA tournament (since '89) against teams from the Big 14........

13-2-- Duke-- Go for 14th win vs Wisconsin tomorrow night.

8-4-- Kentucky-- Tough way for a great season to end last night.

5-2-- UConn

3-0-- Missouri.........2-0-- Wichita State/Boston College

7-4-- North Carolina/Kansas

3-1-- Arkansas

6-4-- Texas-- Rick Barnes did pretty damn well in Austin.

4-3-- Florida

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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Things I'm looking for this baseball season

13) Cubs have a new manager, lot of good prospects, a stadium that will be undegoing renovation all season and very high expectations. When will they call 3B prospect Kris Bryant up from AAA? America is watching......

12) Red Sox have a lot of hitting, not so much pitching; will they pull the trigger on a big trade for s starting pitcher? Injury to Christian Vazquez makes it harder to part with catching prospect Swihart.

11) Mets also have high expectations, a manager under pressure to win and a nitwit owner. They're loaded with starting pitching, thin on defense in middle infield. Will they trade Daniel Murphy? Now that New York media has deemed Matt Harvey a combination of Gibson/Koufax, will he stay healthy?

10) Rays-- Gutted by defections of GM Friedman, manager Maddon; could be headed to Montreal to become the Expos. Starting rotation starts season with three of top five guys hurt. Things are not looking up.

9) Giants won World Series in three of last five seasons; kind of odd how they became a power shortly after Barry Bonds retired-- they had a dreadful spring, didn't play well, but its an odd-numbered year, they're not supposed to win.

8) Padres upgraded their roster with Shields-Kemp-Upton; big year for Bud Black, who has to contend now, or else.......

7) Orioles lost Cruz/Markakis, really didn't replace them; they hope Machado and Wieters return fron injury and are more productive. Showalter gives them an edge, but at the end of the day, players win/lose.

6) Oakland A's have three players left who were on squad before 2013 and none of the three (Sogard-Chavez-Scribner) are world beaters- their lineup has been totally turned over, but their piching is still strong. .

5) Diamondbacks-- So much of the Arizona brass are former A's, will be fun to see how they do. Don't think they'll be timid making moves. They must like Archie Bradley if they traded Cahill to make room for him.

4) Alex Rodriguez will get lot of attention as he returns from his exile; can he still hit at a high level? Can he play third? First? They're stuck with him for another three years and $60M, so he better be productive.

3) Cubs aren't the only Chicago team that spent lot of $$$ this winter; White Sox have upgraded the roster, Detroit looks to be a little down, can they win the division? Four of five teams can make a strong case for AL Central title.

2) If Philly gets off to a slow start, will they jump ship and trade Hamels and Utley? They're in decline; Howard's contract is untradeable, they don't have lot of young prospects on way up. Could be a long summer on Broad Street.

1) Hopefully, all this talk about speeding up the game is just lip service to passify lazy media members who whine about length of games; the game is fine, our attention-deficit society is the problem. I'm looking forward to the start of the season; get info every day on my MLB page on this site.

**Udog** · 04-05-2015, 10:15 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Sunday, April 5

Washington Capitals @ Detroit Red Wings

Game 51-52
April 5, 2015 @ 5:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington Capita
9.312
Detroit Red Wings
10.667
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Detroit Red Wings
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Detroit Red Wings
-125
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Detroit Red Wings
(-125); Under

Montreal Canadiens @ Florida Panthers

Game 53-54
April 5, 2015 @ 5:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Montreal Canadien
13.606
Florida Panthers
12.264
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Montreal Canadien
by 1 1/2
6 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Montreal Canadien
-120
5
Dunkel Pick:
Montreal Canadien
(-120); Over

Ottawa Senators @ Toronto Maple Leafs

Game 55-56
April 5, 2015 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Ottawa Senators
10.331
Toronto Maple Lea
11.437
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Toronto Maple Lea
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Ottawa Senators
-200
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Toronto Maple Lea
(+170); Under

Pittsburgh Penguins @ Philadelphia Flyers

Game 57-58
April 5, 2015 @ 12:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Pittsburgh Pengui
10.109
Philadelphia Flye
11.800
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Philadelphia Flye
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Pittsburgh Pengui
-135
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Philadelphia Flye
(+115); Under

St. Louis Blues @ Chicago Blackhawks

Game 59-60
April 5, 2015 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
St. Louis Blues
13.408
Chicago *********
12.996
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
St. Louis Blues
by 1/2
6 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Chicago *********
-150
5
Dunkel Pick:
St. Louis Blues
(+130); Over

**Udog** · 04-05-2015, 12:25 PM

NHL
Short Sheet

Sunday, April 5

Washington at Detroit, 5:05 ET
Washington: 8-2 SU after losing their previous game in overtime
Detroit: 29-34 SU as a home favorite

Montreal at Florida, 5:05 ET
Montreal: 22-12 SU in road games vs. division opponents
Florida: 80-98 SU at home after scoring 1 goal or less in previous game

Ottawa at Toronto, 5:05 ET
Ottawal: 25-14 SU revenging a loss versus opponen
Toronto: 7-26 SU after having lost 5 or 6 of their last 7

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 12:35 ET
Pittsburgh: 9-19 SU vs. division opponents
Philadelphia: 8-1 SU in home games after 2 or more consecutive unders

St Louis at Chicago, 7:35 ET
St Louis: 16-2 SU after scoring 6 goals or more in their previous game
Chicago: 27-29 SU after successfully covering the spread in 2 or more consecutive games

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