Monday's NHL Trends and Indexes - 4/6

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Trends and Indexes

Monday, April 6

Good Luck on day #96 of 2015!

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Armadillo: Monday's six-pack

League leaders in various baseball categories last season........

-- On-base %age-- McCutchen .410, VMartinez .409, Bautista .403

-- Runs-- Trout 115, Dozier 112, Rendon 111, Pence 106

-- RBI-- AGonzalez 116, Trout 111, MiCabrera 109, Cruz 108

-- HRs-- Cruz 40, Stanton/Carter 37, Abreu/Trout 36

-- Strikeouts-- Price 271, Kluber 269, Scherzer 252, Hernandez 248

-- ERA-- Kershaw 1.77, Hernandez 2.14, Sale 2.17, Cueto 2.25

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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: Happy Opening Day, everyone!!!

13) Atlanta Braves raised a white flag the day before Opening Day, shedding roughly $55M in net salary, but dealing closer Craig Kimbrel to San Diego. You know your career is in the ashcan when a team trades their closer so they can also get rid of you (BJ Upton).

12) Meanwhile, the Padres are an intriguing team as the season starts; no one can say they're not trying to challenge the Dodgers/Giants in NL West.

11) Alabama hires Avery Johnson as its hoop coach; he was NBA Coach of the Year in 2006, but has never coached in college. Johnson's son plays for Texas A&M, an SEC rival of Alabama. People think he'll be a great recruiter.

Guys on ESPN Sunday went out of their way to praise Johnson as a person, so thats cool. The SEC has some outstanding basketball coaches.

10) One last thought on Shaka Smart-to-Texas: Smart made $1.8M at VCU LY; they offered him a raise to $2.8M, but he bolted to Texas for $3M a year. There is a thought process among some coaches (think Buzz Williams-- Marquette to Virginia Tech) that it is wise to align with a school that plays bigtime football, that the real money/security is there. It'll be interesting to follow, but it is unfair to say that Texas blew VCU out of the water financially.

9) Cavaliers are 31-7 in their last 38 games, so no one talks about them- they haven't lost at home since January 7.

8) NBA handicapping trend: Celtics are 10-1 vs spread on the road, when they played at home the previous night.

7) Would love to know how Brad Stevens likes coaching in the NBA, as compared to college. Getting Butler to the national title game two years in a row is one of the great achievements in recent college history. Boston is #8 in the East right now; Stevens can have his choice of college jobs, if he wants that.

6) As if this season hasn't been dismal enough for the Knicks, you watch the Cavaliers on TV and see JR Smith being a huge part of their success. Yikes.

5) How is Bo Ryan not in the basketball Hall of Fame? Four national titles at the D-3 level, two Final Fours in D-1-- he's not a Hall of Famer? Bull.

4) Texas Rangers employed professional ball shaggers in spring training; they pay guys to suit up, go out in the field and shag balls during batting practice, so players don't have to do that. Not that modern ballplayers are pampered or anything. No infield practice during the season, now no shagging. Oy.

3) Reds' 3B Todd Frazier is from Toms River, NJ; his walk-up music is very Jersey: "Best is Yet to Come" by Frank Sinatra.

2) I feel bad for Kentucky's players; they had a great year, winning 38 games in a row, but all anyone will remember is the one loss.

1) Cardinals 3, Cubs 0-- Was great to watch game that counts; Chicago could have used a third baseman who can hit. Too bad they don't have anyone like that in their farm sys-- oh wait, forget I said anything.

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Monday, April 6

Hot teams
-- Columbus won 12 of its last 13 games. Rangers won 10 of last 14 games.
-- Winnipeg won seven of its last ten games.
-- Los Angeles won five of its last seven games.
-- Dallas Stars are 9-4 in their last thirteen games. Sharks won four of their last six.

Cold teams
-- Carolina lost three of its last four games. Sabres lost 14 of their last 17.
-- Minnesota lost its last two games, both by 3-2 scores.
-- Canucks lost four of their last six games.

Series records
-- Rangers won three of last four games with Columbus.
-- Sabres lost six of last eight games with Carolina.
-- Jets lost six of their last nine games with Minnesota.
-- Kings won seven of last nine games with Vancouver.
-- Sharks won their last four games with Dallas

Totals
-- Five of last seven Ranger-Columbus games went over.
-- Over is 5-0-1 in last six Buffalo-Carolina games.
-- Over is 4-0-1 in Winnipeg's last five games.
-- Under is 4-1-2 in last seven LA-Vancouver games.
-- Last four Dallas games went over the total.

Back-to-back
-- None




NHL

Monday, April 6

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
CAROLINA vs. BUFFALO
Carolina is 4-10 SU in its last 14 games
Carolina is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Buffalo
Buffalo is 3-14 SU in its last 17 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Buffalo's last 7 games

7:00 PM
COLUMBUS vs. NY RANGERS
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Columbus's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Columbus's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of the NY Rangers last 5 games when playing at home against Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 4 of the NY Rangers last 5 games at home

8:00 PM
WINNIPEG vs. MINNESOTA
Winnipeg is 3-6-1 SU in its last 10 games ,when playing on the road against Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 16 of Winnipeg's last 23 games on the road
Minnesota is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Winnipeg
Minnesota is 16-6 SU in its last 22 games

10:00 PM
LOS ANGELES vs. VANCOUVER
Los Angeles is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Vancouver
Los Angeles is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Vancouver is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Vancouver is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Los Angeles

10:30 PM
DALLAS vs. SAN JOSE
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Dallas's last 6 games on the road
Dallas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road
San Jose is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Dallas
San Jose is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games


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NHL
Dunkel

Monday, April 6


Columbus Blue Jackets @ New York Rangers

Game 1-2
April 6, 2015 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Columbus Blue Jac
8.616
New York Rangers
11.751
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
New York Rangers
by 3
6 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
New York Rangers
-200
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
New York Rangers
(-200); Over

Carolina Hurricanes @ Buffalo Sabres

Game 3-4
April 6, 2015 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Carolina Hurrican
12.451
Buffalo Sabres
9.707
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Carolina Hurrican
by 2 1/2
5 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Carolina Hurrican
-160
5
Dunkel Pick:
Carolina Hurrican
(-160); Over

Winnipeg Jets @ Minnesota Wild

Game 5-6
April 6, 2015 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Winnipeg Jets
12.996
Minnesota Wild
12.346
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Winnipeg Jets
by 1/2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota Wild
-160
5
Dunkel Pick:
Winnipeg Jets
(+140); Under

Los Angeles Kings @ Vancouver Canucks

Game 7-8
April 6, 2015 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Los Angeles Kings
11.374
Vancouver Canucks
12.342
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Vancouver Canucks
by 1
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles Kings
-130
5
Dunkel Pick:
Vancouver Canucks
(+110); Under

Dallas Stars @ San Jose Sharks

Game 9-10
April 6, 2015 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Dallas Stars
9.822
San Jose Sharks
11.360
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
San Jose Sharks
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
San Jose Sharks
-145
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
San Jose Sharks
(-145); Under




NHL
Long Sheet

Monday, April 6

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COLUMBUS (39-35-0-4, 82 pts.) at NY RANGERS (50-21-0-7, 107 pts.) - 4/6/2015, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NY RANGERS are 50-28 ATS (+98.2 Units) in all games this season.
NY RANGERS are 30-13 ATS (+8.2 Units) second half of the season this season.
NY RANGERS are 20-7 ATS (+9.7 Units) vs. division opponents this season.
COLUMBUS is 39-39 ATS (+89.1 Units) in all games this season.
COLUMBUS is 28-29 ATS (+69.8 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 2 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 23-20 ATS (+49.3 Units) second half of the season this season.
COLUMBUS is 9-5 ATS (+17.5 Units) in road games after a division game this season.
COLUMBUS is 21-18 ATS (+45.2 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
COLUMBUS is 11-5 ATS (+17.0 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more this season.
COLUMBUS is 15-8 ATS (+26.9 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game this season.
COLUMBUS is 10-2 ATS (+12.5 Units) after a 3 game unbeaten streak this season.
COLUMBUS is 20-21 ATS (+51.6 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
COLUMBUS is 12-8 ATS (+25.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
NY RANGERS are 126-124 ATS (-62.3 Units) in home games after a division game since 1996.
NY RANGERS are 30-40 ATS (-31.6 Units) in home games after 3 or more consecutive overs since 1996.
NY RANGERS are 102-103 ATS (-63.4 Units) in home games after a win by 2 goals or more since 1996.
NY RANGERS are 108-114 ATS (-79.4 Units) in home games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
NY RANGERS are 80-92 ATS (-35.6 Units) after a 3 game unbeaten streak since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
NY RANGERS is 4-3 (+0.2 Units) against the spread versus COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
NY RANGERS is 4-3-0 straight up against COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.4 Units)

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CAROLINA (29-38-0-11, 69 pts.) at BUFFALO (22-49-0-8, 52 pts.) - 4/6/2015, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CAROLINA is 7-28 ATS (+49.5 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5 or less over the last 2 seasons.
BUFFALO is 43-118 ATS (-95.1 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
BUFFALO is 18-65 ATS (+164.5 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
BUFFALO is 15-55 ATS (+123.2 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
BUFFALO is 18-57 ATS (+123.2 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
BUFFALO is 9-32 ATS (+60.0 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
CAROLINA is 6-2 (+3.2 Units) against the spread versus BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
CAROLINA is 6-2-0 straight up against BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
6 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+5.5 Units)

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WINNIPEG (40-26-0-12, 92 pts.) at MINNESOTA (44-26-0-8, 96 pts.) - 4/6/2015, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MINNESOTA is 56-40 ATS (+14.6 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 27-21 ATS (+49.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
WINNIPEG is 32-24 ATS (+56.8 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 6-3 (+2.7 Units) against the spread versus WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 6-3-0 straight up against WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.7 Units)

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LOS ANGELES (39-25-0-14, 92 pts.) at VANCOUVER (45-29-0-5, 95 pts.) - 4/6/2015, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LOS ANGELES is 39-39 ATS (-21.9 Units) in all games this season.
LOS ANGELES is 13-22 ATS (-13.3 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5 or less this season.
VANCOUVER is 33-43 ATS (-35.5 Units) in home games in April games since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 37-48 ATS (+87.1 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
VANCOUVER is 112-109 ATS (-64.5 Units) in home games vs. division opponents since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
LOS ANGELES is 8-4 (+2.5 Units) against the spread versus VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 8-4-0 straight up against VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.5 Units)

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DALLAS (38-31-0-10, 86 pts.) at SAN JOSE (39-31-0-9, 87 pts.) - 4/6/2015, 10:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DALLAS is 9-18 ATS (-12.0 Units) after a division game this season.
DALLAS is 20-13 ATS (+35.7 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 this season.
DALLAS is 54-49 ATS (+117.3 Units) in road games revenging a home loss versus opponent since 1996.
DALLAS is 12-9 ATS (+24.3 Units) in road games revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
DALLAS is 10-5 ATS (+16.8 Units) in road games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game this season.
SAN JOSE is 39-40 ATS (-23.2 Units) in all games this season.
SAN JOSE is 9-13 ATS (-24.5 Units) in home games second half of the season this season.
SAN JOSE is 4-8 ATS (-8.3 Units) in home games after allowing 4 goals or more this season.
SAN JOSE is 15-17 ATS (-4.2 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.
SAN JOSE is 18-18 ATS (-15.3 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
DALLAS is 4-5 (+0.4 Units) against the spread versus SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
SAN JOSE is 5-4-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.1 Units)

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NHL
Short Sheet

Monday, April 6

Columbus at NY Rangers, 7:05 ET
Columbus: 17-12 SU in road games revenging a same season loss vs opponent
New York: 21-29 SU off a home win

Carolina at Buffalo, 7:05 ET
Carolina: 16-12 SU in road games after having lost 3 of their last 4 games
Buffalo: 2-17 SU revenging a road blowout loss versus opponent by 3 goals or more

Winnipeg at Minnesota, 8:05 ET
Winnipeg: 21-14 SU as a road underdog of +100 to +150
Minnesota: 6-15 SU after playing 2 consecutive home games

Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10:05 ET
Los Angeles: 30-20 SU in road games off a win or tie in their previous game
Vancouver: 2-7 SU after playing 4 consecutive road games

Dallas at San Jose, 10:35 ET
Dallas: 20-9 SU in road games after 2 straight games where both teams scored 3 goals or more
San Jose: 4-15 SU after scoring 3 goals or more in 2 straight games