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Team Open Line Movements Current Puck Line Scores

7:05 PM EDT

1 DETROIT RED WINGS 5 5o15 / 5o25 / 5 5u15 +1.5(-185)
2 MONTREAL CANADIENS -160 -170 / -200 / -195 -185 -1.5(+165)

DET-G-Petr Mrazek-Probable | DET-C-Pavel Datsyuk-OUT | MON-G-Carey Price-Probable | TV: FS-Detroit, DTV: 663

7:05 PM EDT

3 CAROLINA HURRICANES 5.5u40 5.5u40 / 5.5u58 / 5o40 5o35 +1.5(-165)
4 WASHINGTON CAPITALS -219 -219 -205 -1.5(+145)

CAR-G-Cam Ward-Probable | WAS-G-Braden Holtby-Probable | TV: Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, FOX Sports Southeast

7:05 PM EDT

5 NASHVILLE PREDATORS 5o30 5o30 / 5o39 / 5o35 5o45 -1.5(+260)
6 OTTAWA SENATORS -119 -119 / -115 +100 +1.5(-325)

NAS-G-Carter Hutton-Probable | OTT-G-Craig Anderson-Probable | TV: FS-Tennessee, DTV: 646

7:05 PM EDT

7 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 5.5u15 5.5u25 / 5.5u43 / 5.5u44 5.5u45 +1.5(-135)
8 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS -250 -231 / -225 / -245 -250 -1.5(+115)

TOR-G-Jonathan Bernier-Probable | PIT-G-Marc-Andre Fleury-Probable | TV: ROOT-Pittsburgh, DTV: 659

7:05 PM EDT

9 BUFFALO SABRES 5.5u20 5.5u25 / 5.5u20 / 5.5u25 5.5u30 +1.5(-125)
10 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING -289 -289 / -290 / -275 -285 -1.5(+105)

BUF-G-Chad Johnson-Probable | TAM-G-Ben Bishop-Probable | TV: Sun Sports, DTV: 654

7:05 PM EDT

11 DALLAS STARS -111 5.5 +1.5(-275)
12 FLORIDA PANTHERS 5.5 -109 -120 -1.5(+225)

DAL-G-Kari Lehtonen-Probable | FLA-G-Roberto Luongo-Probable | TV: FS-Florida, FS-Southwest, DTV: 654, 676

7:35 PM EDT

13 SAN JOSE SHARKS 5.5u15 5.5u15 +1.5(-215)
14 NEW YORK ISLANDERS -135 -150 / -155 / -160 -165 -1.5(+185)

SAN-G-Alex Stalock-Probable | NYI-G-Jaroslav Halak-Probable | TV: CS-California, MSG-Plus, DTV: 635, 698

8:35 PM EDT

15 COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS 5.5u25 5.5u25 5.5u20 +1.5(-140)
16 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS -199 -240 / -241 / -240 -245 -1.5(+120)

CHI-G-Corey Crawford-Probable | TV: FS-Ohio, DTV: 660

10:05 PM EDT

17 BOSTON BRUINS 5o20 -105 / -119 / -115 -120 -1.5(+250)
18 ARIZONA -107 5o20 +1.5(-310)

BOS-G-Tuukka Rask-Probable | ARI-G-Mike Smith-Probable | TV: FS-Arizona, DTV: 686

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NHL Consensus Picks

SIDES (ATS)

Time Away Line Picks Pct Home Line Picks Pct Detail Odds

8:30 PM Columbus +215 265 27.15% Chicago -265 711 72.85% View View

7:00 PM Buffalo +235 278 29.23% Tampa Bay -295 673 70.77% View View

10:00 PM Edmonton +125 287 29.65% Calgary -145 681 70.35% View View

7:00 PM Carolina +190 285 30.13% Washington -235 661 69.87% View View

7:00 PM Detroit +165 338 33.43% Montreal -195 673 66.57% View View
7:00 PM Toronto +205 327 34.28% Pittsburgh -255 627 65.72% View View

10:00 PM Boston -110 416 44.44% Arizona -110 520 55.56% View View

7:00 PM Nashville -115 471 49.95% Ottawa -105 472 50.05% View View

7:30 PM San Jose +135 508 52.86% NY Islanders -160 453 47.14% View View

7:00 PM Dallas -105 497 54.32% Florida -115 418 45.68% View View


TOTALS (OVER/UNDER)

Time Away Total Over Pct Home Total Under Pct Detail Odds

7:30 PM San Jose 5.5 272 43.38% NY Islanders 5.5 355 56.62% View View

10:00 PM Edmonton 5.5 311 47.41% Calgary 5.5 345 52.59% View View

7:00 PM Carolina 5 329 49.77% Washington 5 332 50.23% View View

7:00 PM Detroit 5 331 50.53% Montreal 5 324 49.47% View View

7:00 PM Buffalo 5.5 313 53.69% Tampa Bay 5.5 270 46.31% View View

8:30 PM Columbus 5.5 362 55.10% Chicago 5.5 295 44.90% View View

7:00 PM Dallas 5.5 369 56.60% Florida 5.5 283 43.40% View View

7:00 PM Toronto 5.5 391 58.27% Pittsburgh 5.5 280 41.73% View View

7:00 PM Nashville 5 381 59.35% Ottawa 5 261 40.65% View View

10:00 PM Boston 5 403 61.72% Arizona 5 250 38.28% View View

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17

Game Score Status Pick Amount

Detroit - 7:00 PM ET Montreal -195 500 DOUBLE PLAY
Montreal - Under 5 500

Nashville - 7:00 PM ET Nashville -115 500 DOUBLE PLAY
Ottawa - Under 5 500

Buffalo - 7:00 PM ET Tampa Bay -295 500
Tampa Bay - Under 5.5 500

Dallas - 7:00 PM ET Dallas -105 500 *****
Florida - Over 5.5 500 *****

Toronto - 7:00 PM ET Toronto +205 500
Pittsburgh - Over 5.5 500

Carolina - 7:00 PM ET Washington -235 500
Washington - Over 5 500 *****

San Jose - 7:30 PM ET San Jose +135 500 OCTOPLAY
NY Islanders - Over 5.5 500 DOUBLE PLAY

Columbus - 8:30 PM ET Chicago -265 500 TRIPLE PLAY
Chicago - Over 5.5 500

Edmonton - 10:00 PM ET Calgary -145 500
Calgary - Over 5.5 500

Boston - 10:00 PM ET Arizona -110 500 DOUBLE PLAY
Arizona - Over 5 500

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NHL SATURDAY'S RESULTS:

2 - 0 - 1................ *****

3 - 1................DOUBLE PLAY

1 - 0................,TRIPLE PLAY

0 - 1.................OCTOPLAY


OVERALL RATED PLAYS

*****.....................................12 - 9 - 1...........................+ 3.95

double play..............................22 - 10.........................+ 28.00

triple play................................7 - 5............................- 2.40

octoplay..................................2 - 3.............................- 8.00

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Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

Westgate Super Contest (1,727 entrants-- prize pool is $2.5M)
six most popular picks in Week 1 season record: 15-10

6) Giants +4.5 (384)-- Lost 11 of last 14 games against the Eagles.

5) Lions -3 (417)-- Lot of people have faith in this winless favorite.

4) Bills +3.5 (470)-- Only QBs to beat Buffalo both won multiple Super Bowls.

3) Vikings -4 (547)-- Minnesota lost its last five post-bye games.

2) Cardinals -3 (768)-- Bruce Arians against his former employer.

1) Patriots -7.5 (849)-- NE scored 47 ppg in last four games vs Colts.

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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a college football Saturday

13) Michigan State 27, Michigan 23-- Worst loss in a college football game since the Stanford band play 33 years ago. Wolvernes' special teams dominated the game until the punter dropped a snap with 0:10 left then coughed the ball up when hit and State ran the ball in as the gun sounded for the incredible, Pisarcik-like outcome.

Jalen Watts-Jackson scored the winning TD; sadly, his teammates piled on him in the end zone and he suffered a dislocated hip in the celebration. We wish him well.

By the way, this was an excellent, intense game; Sean McDonough's call of the bizarre final play was really good- he is an underrated play-by-play guy.

12) Memphis 37, Ole Miss 24-- Good news and bad news for the 6-0 Tigers; they beat a regional rival from the SEC, which should really help their recruiting, they're 6-0 and headed to a great bowl, but there is no way on God's green earth that coach Fuente will be in Memphis next year. The big money schools are watching and they're going to throw a lot of cash at him in December.

11) If you wagered on games Saturday just by reading the week's headlines, here is now you did:
-- South Carolina (-1)-- Their coach quit Monday; they still beat Vandy 19-10.
-- USC (+4.5)-- Fired its coach Sunday; they lost 41-31; AD Pat Haden collapsed before the game, but flew back to LA. He's about as good an AD as he was an NFL quarterback, as in, not very good.
-- Florida (+6.5)-- QB was suspended for a year; they lost 35-28 at LSU.

10) Clemson 34, Boston College 17-- BC scored total of 41 points in its last five games; when I watch the Recruiting Day stuff in February, BC better have signed at least two QBs and 15 offensive players in all; their offense is pathetic.

9) Utah 34, Arizona State 18-- Are Utes the best team in the Pac-12? Yes.

8) North Carolina 50, Wake Forest 14-- Apparently a Wake assistant mocked UNC on social media in the offseason for its academic scandal; the Tar Heels remembered yesterday as they hammered the Demon Deacons.

7) LSU 35, Florida 28-- Les Miles is one of our favorites; his kicker scored winning TD on a fake FG with 10:40 left. Who else does stuff like that? LSU is 6-0 and seems to be getting better; this was the Gators' first loss.

6) Royals 6, Blue Jays 3-- Toronto is down 2-0 in another series; David Price had retired 18 hitters in a row, but imploded in the 7th and became first pitcher ever to lose his first seven postseason starts.

5) Georgia 9, Missouri 6-- Dawgs snap two-game skid; loss here would've made the natives VERY restless. Tigers' season has been uudone by its QB getting suspended for off-field activities. Not often a team gives up nine points and still losses.

4) Mets 4, Cubs 2-- Chicago had won nine games in row against the Mets, but that doesn't matter. Daniel Murphy is making hmself very rich this month.

3) Rutgers 55, Indiana 52-- Hoosiers led 52-27 in third quarter; losses like this can implode programs and get coaches fired. This was 5th Rutgers game in last 2.5 years where the losing team scored 38+ points.

2) Baylor 62, West Virginia 38-- If you took West Virginia +21, and watched them score 38 points but not cover the spread, well why are you betting against Baylor?

1) Florida Sate 41, Louisville 21-- Jimbo Fisher is hell of a coach; he lost a QB who went 27-1 as a starter as well as four starters on OL and he still has the Seminoles unbeaten. Golson passed for 372 yards and three TDs; FSU trailed 7-6 at the half.

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NHL
Dunkel

Sunday, October 18


New Jersey @ NY Rangers

Game 51-52
October 18, 2015 @ 1:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
New Jersey
9.799
NY Rangers
13.246
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
NY Rangers
by 3 1/2
4 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
NY Rangers
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
NY Rangers
N/A

St. Louis @ Winnipeg

Game 53-54
October 18, 2015 @ 3:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
St. Louis
10.121
Winnipeg
12.022
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Winnipeg
by 2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Winnipeg
-110
5
Dunkel Pick:
Winnipeg
(-110); Over

Minnesota @ Anaheim

Game 55-56
October 18, 2015 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Minnesota
12.727
Anaheim
11.304
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 1 1/2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Anaheim
-125
5
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota
(+105); Under

Edmonton @ Vancouver

Game 57-58
October 18, 2015 @ 9:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Edmonton
9.753
Vancouver
8.515
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Edmonton
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Vancouver
-190
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Edmonton
(+165); Over

Colorado @ Los Angeles

Game 59-60
October 18, 2015 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Colorado
9.306
Los Angeles
12.729
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Los Angeles
by 3 1/2
3 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
-185
5
Dunkel Pick:
Los Angeles
(-185); Under




NHL
Long Sheet

Sunday, October 18

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NEW JERSEY (0-3-0-1, 1 pts.) at NY RANGERS (3-2-0-0, 6 pts.) - 10/18/2015, 1:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NEW JERSEY is 13-30 ATS (+48.4 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
NEW JERSEY is 11-31 ATS (+54.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
NY RANGERS are 67-39 ATS (+121.6 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
NY RANGERS are 33-11 ATS (+15.9 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
NY RANGERS are 29-15 ATS (+11.6 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game over the last 3 seasons.
NY RANGERS are 56-24 ATS (+27.4 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
NY RANGERS is 6-3 (+1.3 Units) against the spread versus NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
NY RANGERS is 6-3-0 straight up against NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.8 Units)

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ST LOUIS (4-1-0-0, 8 pts.) at WINNIPEG (4-1-0-0, 8 pts.) - 10/18/2015, 3:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
ST LOUIS is 7-3 (+3.0 Units) against the spread versus WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
ST LOUIS is 7-3-0 straight up against WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
6 of 10 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.2 Units)

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MINNESOTA (3-0-0-1, 7 pts.) at ANAHEIM (0-3-0-1, 1 pts.) - 10/18/2015, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ANAHEIM is 16-4 ATS (+10.3 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5 or less over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 25-8 ATS (+14.2 Units) on Sunday games over the last 3 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 166-148 ATS (+320.4 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game since 1996.
ANAHEIM is 0-4 ATS (+4.8 Units) in all games this season.
ANAHEIM is 0-4 ATS (-7.7 Units) first half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
ANAHEIM is 5-1 (+3.6 Units) against the spread versus MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
ANAHEIM is 5-1-0 straight up against MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.3 Units)

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EDMONTON (1-4-0-0, 2 pts.) at VANCOUVER (3-1-0-1, 7 pts.) - 10/18/2015, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
EDMONTON is 54-115 ATS (+226.8 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
EDMONTON is 9-34 ATS (+55.2 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
EDMONTON is 5-25 ATS (+44.6 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
EDMONTON is 10-33 ATS (+56.8 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 3 seasons.
EDMONTON is 20-64 ATS (+132.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 3 seasons.
EDMONTON is 8-34 ATS (+62.0 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
VANCOUVER is 117-111 ATS (-66.3 Units) in home games vs. division opponents since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 9-12 ATS (-8.5 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
VANCOUVER is 8-2 (+4.9 Units) against the spread versus EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
VANCOUVER is 8-2-0 straight up against EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
6 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.5 Units)

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COLORADO (2-2-0-0, 4 pts.) at LOS ANGELES (1-3-0-0, 2 pts.) - 10/18/2015, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLORADO is 96-79 ATS (+13.1 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
COLORADO is 49-25 ATS (+16.9 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 41-45 ATS (-21.5 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 19-23 ATS (-21.9 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
LOS ANGELES is 5-1 (+3.4 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 5-1-0 straight up against COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.3 Units, Under=-0.1 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, October 18

Hot teams
-- Jets are off to a 4-1 start. St Louis won last three games, scoring four goals in all three.
-- Minnesota won three of its last four games. Canucks are 3-2 this year, but 0-2 at home; road team won all five of their games.

Cold teams
-- Rangers lost last two games, 3-0/4-1. Devils are 0-4 this month, outscored 13-6.
-- Ducks are 0-4 this season, outscored 11-1.
-- Edmonton lost four of its first five games this year.
-- LA lost three of first four games. Colorado split its first four games, allowing 14 goals

Series records
-- Rangers won their last six games with New Jersey.
-- Jets won last two games with St Louis, after losing previous seven.
-- Ducks won nine of their last ten games with Minnesota.
-- Canucks won their last five games with Edmonton.
-- Kings won their last five games with Colorado.

Totals
-- Over is 5-2 in last seven Devil-Ranger games.
-- Under is 6-3 in last nine St Louis-Winnipeg games.
-- Under is 6-3-1 in last ten Minnesota-Anaheim games.
-- Over is 5-2 in last seven Edmonton-Vancouver games.
-- Three of four Colorado games went over the total.




NHL

Sunday, October 18

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Trend Report
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1:00 PM
NEW JERSEY vs. NY RANGERS
New Jersey is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
New Jersey is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of the NY Rangers last 7 games when playing New Jersey
NY Rangers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing New Jersey

3:00 PM
ST. LOUIS vs. WINNIPEG
St. Louis is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis's last 6 games on the road
Winnipeg is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Winnipeg's last 6 games when playing St. Louis

8:00 PM
MINNESOTA vs. ANAHEIM
Minnesota is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Anaheim
Minnesota is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games when playing Anaheim
Anaheim is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing Minnesota
Anaheim is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota

9:00 PM
EDMONTON vs. VANCOUVER
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games when playing on the road against Vancouver
Edmonton is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Vancouver
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vancouver's last 7 games when playing Edmonton
Vancouver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Edmonton

10:00 PM
COLORADO vs. LOS ANGELES
Colorado is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Los Angeles
Colorado is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Los Angeles is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games
Los Angeles is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Colorado

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Preview: Devils (0-3) at Rangers (3-2)
Date: October 18, 2015 1:00 PM EDT

The New York Rangers are searching for the offense that brought them three early wins, while the New Jersey Devils are looking for enough to get their first.

Recent history says the Rangers might have a better chance to snap out of their brief funk when the Devils visit Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

New York (3-2-0) has owned its neighbor across the Hudson River since the start of 2014, stringing together six wins with a wide gap on the scoreboard at 26-10. The Rangers swept last season's four-game series with a 17-7 scoring advantage, but they could use some of that offense for this season's first matchup.

New York put up 12 goals in three wins but has scored just once in back-to-back losses. After making good on 12 of their 81 shots for a 14.8 shooting percentage through three games, the Rangers have scored on one of 66 shots in the last two.

New York's power play is 1 for 14 and has failed on five chances in each of the last two games. Full strength hasn't been any better as the lone goal in losses to Winnipeg and Montreal came short-handed from Mats Zuccarello.

"We're not doing anything right now," said coach Alain Vigneault. "It's a combination of everything."

The lack of production from Rick Nash and Chris Kreider isn't helping. After scoring a career-high 42 goals last season, Nash has yet to notch his first despite a team-high 19 shots. Kreider was New York's second-leading scorer with 21 goals in 2014-15, tied with the retired Martin St. Louis, but is 0 for 11 on his chances. They have three assists combined.

Take away rookie Oscar Lindberg's four goals and Zuccarello's three and the rest of New York's roster has six.

When asked if he was concerned with Nash and Kreider's goose eggs following a 3-0 loss to the Canadiens on Thursday, Vigneault shifted the focus ahead - maybe a bit too far.

"I'm going to take a look at this game and we're going to refocus and get ready for San Jose," said Vigneault, whose team hosts the Sharks on Monday night.

The Devils (0-3-1) have been easy to overlook. They last opened with this record through four games in 2001-02, following that with a six-game winning streak.

They have six goals and have been held to one in three of four games. New Jersey's lone point came on Friday when Adam Henrique forced overtime with a power-play goal late in the third period of an eventual 2-1 shootout loss to San Jose.

'That was one of the better games for us,' first-year coach John Hynes said. 'Is it good enough yet? No. It is a step in the right direction.'

The Rangers will have Henrik Lundqvist in net to try to slow the progression. Lundqvist has won five straight starts against New Jersey with a 1.59 goals-against average and .938 save percentage.

Cory Schneider was as bad against the Rangers last season as Lundqvist has been good against the Devils. New Jersey's netminder went 0-3-1 with an .876 save percentage while starting all four contests.

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Preview: Blues (4-1) at Jets (4-1)
Date: October 18, 2015 3:00 PM EDT

Winnipeg never has housed a team that won five of its first six games, even when the first edition of the Jets called the city home.

The St. Louis Blues, meanwhile, are on the verge of accomplishing that feat for the third time in four years.

Winnipeg looks to win its third straight while snapping the Blues' three-game winning streak as its homestand continues Sunday.

The Jets are off to a 4-1-0 start after finishing with a franchise-best 99 points and making their first playoff appearance since relocating from Atlanta in 2011. They won three of a season-opening four-game road trip before kicking off a six-game homestand with Friday's 3-1 victory over Calgary.

It's the franchise's best start since the Thrashers also won four of five to open the 2008-09 campaign.

Dustin Byfuglien scored the go-ahead goal with 1:28 left in the third period before Blake Wheeler added an empty-netter for his team-leading seventh point. Byfuglien has two goals and two assists, recording a point in four separate games.

"He's a guy that's fun to watch when he's playing his game," forward Bryan Little said of Byfuglien. "He's just so strong and big on the puck and he shows he's got a nice pair of hands and a great shot, too.

"When he wants to take that puck to the net, there's not many guys in this league that can stop him."

It's unclear which St. Louis goaltender will have that responsibility. Brian Elliott has won all three of his starts with a 2.00 goals-against average, and Jake Allen made 31 saves in Friday's 4-3 victory over Vancouver.

The Blues (4-1-0) have scored four goals each time during a three-game win streak which spanned four nights. Alexander Steen had a goal and an assist against the Canucks, and Vladimir Tarasenko and Carl Gunnarsson added two assists apiece. Tarasenko has a point in all five games and shares the team lead with Steen at seven.

Kyle Brodziak put St. Louis ahead by three less than four minutes into the third before Vancouver made it interesting.

"You could see the effects of playing three in four nights in the last five minutes," coach Ken Hitchcock said, "but we held it together."

This will be the fifth stop on a six-game trip for St. Louis, which has started at least 5-1-0 twice in the last three seasons.

The Blues may not have top-line center Paul Stastny, though, after he left early Friday after taking a shot to the lower leg and foot area. There's been no official word on his status, and Hitchcock said Stastny, who has a goal and four assists, will be further evaluated prior to the game.

The Jets have scored 18 goals while the Blues have netted 17 to rank among the league's highest-scoring teams, and Winnipeg likely will put Ondrej Pavelec in net as it tries to slow the St. Louis attack.

Pavelec faced 74 shots in his first two starts before stopping 19 of 20 on Friday. He won his final two starts against the Blues last season, making 32 saves in a 2-1 shootout win March 19 before posting a 30-save shutout April 7.

St. Louis had won seven straight in the series prior to those contests with Elliott falling in the first and Allen losing 1-0 in the most recent. Elliott has a 1.91 GAA in his last five starts against the Jets while Allen has stopped 58 of 61 shots over two career outings against Winnipeg.

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Preview: Wild (3-0) at Ducks (0-3)
Date: October 18, 2015 8:00 PM EDT

The Anaheim Ducks came one win shy of reaching the Stanley Cup final last spring. Now, they're roughly 37 minutes from franchise futility.

The frustrated Ducks try to avoid their longest shutout streak in team history and worst start to a season in 12 years Sunday night against the visiting Minnesota Wild.

Anaheim (0-3-1) finished with the most points in the Western Conference last season before losing to Chicago in seven games in the conference finals. That was reason enough for the Ducks to enter 2015-16 as a favorite to lift the Cup for the first time since 2007.

Instead, they've been outscored 10-1 and are staring at their worst start since losing the first five games of 2003-04. Defenseman Sami Vatanen got the only tally early in the second period of a 2-1 shootout loss to Vancouver on Monday, and Anaheim has come up empty on 91 shots over 163 minutes, 4 seconds since.

The team record of 200:26 was set as an expansion team in 1993-94, and the home mark is 177:02 in 2000-01.

The Ducks had a 35-25 shot edge Friday but still fell 3-0 to Colorado.

"From fans to players, there is no one in this organization that is happy right now," coach Bruce Boudreau said. "But I did see signs of pulling out of it. I firmly believe if we get one goal, we'll get three or four, but right now it's just such a struggle to score. I've never seen it in my time coaching, and I can't remember it when I was playing, going four games without a forward scoring. It's happening all at once."

Carl Hagelin, Jakob Silfverberg and Ryan Getzlaf have combined for 40 shots and a minus-11 rating. Hagelin didn't have a point through his first five games last season with the New York Rangers, while Silfverberg went 16 games without a goal.

Getzlaf, however, hasn't started a season with such a scoring lull since the first six games of 2011-12, when he finished with a career-low 11 goals.

"It's something that we haven't really gone through pretty much since I've been here, and it's tough," said Corey Perry, who led the Ducks with 33 goals last season and had never been held scoreless in a season's first four games. "It's going to break, and when it does, it's going to feel good."

Anaheim is averaging 2.7 goals while winning nine of its last 10 matchups with Minnesota, including four of five at Honda Center.

While the Ducks are concluding a four-game homestand, the Wild (3-0-1) enter the finale of their three-game trip with three points from the first two contests.

Minnesota is looking to bounce back from Friday's 2-1 overtime defeat at previously winless Los Angeles. Coach Mike Yeo was pleased with the Wild outshooting the Kings 12-5 in the third period and overtime after being outshot 32-14 through two periods.

"That's the thing that pleases me the most," Yeo told the team's official website. "We saw it as coaches, we saw it for sure: The guys were feeling it, and that's the mental toughness that I appreciate right there.

"We didn't accept being tired in that situation. We dug in, we got to our game in the third period, and earned a huge point."

Devan Dubnyk should be back in net after backup Darcy Kuemper made 35 saves in his season debut Friday. Dubnyk is 1-3-1 with a 2.19 goals-against average in his last five meetings with Anaheim.

Zach Parise has at least one point in each of the first four games, totaling five goals and two assists. The left wing has five goals and three assists in his last six games against the Ducks.

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Preview: Oilers (1-4) at Canucks (2-1)
Date: October 18, 2015 9:00 PM EDT

Connor McDavid's first multipoint performance lifted the Edmonton Oilers to their first win of the season and ended a lengthy skid to a rival.

The rookie looks to follow up his most productive game by helping the Oilers snap another skid to a Western Canadian foe, the Vancouver Canucks, on Sunday night.

McDavid scored one goal in Edmonton's 0-4-0 start but broke out with two goals and an assist in a 5-2 win at Calgary on Saturday.

"I'm just getting more and more comfortable," McDavid said. "It's only been five games in and I'm starting to feel better."

Taylor Hall also provided a goal and two assists as the Oilers (1-4-0) got a combined nine points from their four No. 1 overall draft picks, including all five goals, while snapping a seven-game skid to the Flames.

McDavid became the latest of those top selections after Edmonton bypassed Buffalo and Arizona in winning the draft lottery following last season.

"There's a ton of pressure on him. It's tough as an 18 year old. You don't quite have the ability to let that stuff drop. We're doing the best we can to surround him with good people," Hall said. "At the end of the day, it's about hockey. It was a great game for him, and we needed him."

An 0-3-2 record against Vancouver last season played a small part in the Oilers getting McDavid, and the Canucks enter this season's first matchup eager to bounce back from their first regulation loss in 2015-16, a 4-3 defeat to St. Louis on Friday.

They attempted a late rally after falling behind by three goals with 3:46 left, and Vancouver (3-1-1) also trailed 3-0 in the first 30:01.

"They kind of did what they needed to do early and then we got better," goaltender Ryan Miller said. "A little too late, but a good push by our guys. We probably need to be better early, all of us."

The Canucks' power play went 0 for 5, putting them 1 for 18 with a man advantage so far. Vancouver has compensated by killing off 12 of 13 penalties.

"We have a lot of pucks on our sticks. We're not making the plays that we know we can," captain Henrik Sedin said.

Vancouver went 4 for 21 on the power play last season against Edmonton and 14 for 16 on the penalty kill. Radim Vrbata scored three of those man-advantage goals while finishing with four goals and four assists in the series.

Vrbata, who doesn't have a point so far this season, will try to snap that slump by adding to his six goals and nine assists in his past 10 meetings.

Daniel Sedin had a team-best 10 points (two goals, eight assists) in last season's five matchups while Henrik Sedin provided one goal and seven assists.

Miller is 12-0-0 with a 2.23 goals-against average lifetime versus the Oilers, winning all five games between the teams last season.

With Cam Talbot in net on Friday, Edmonton could give Anders Nilsson his second start this season and first against Vancouver. Talbot is 1-0-1 with a 2.88 GAA in two lifetime matchups.

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Preview: Avalanche (2-2) at Kings (1-3)
Date: October 18, 2015 10:00 PM EDT

After getting back to basics, the Los Angeles Kings are no longer winless and far less frustrated.

They can build on that initial victory by continuing their success over the visiting Colorado Avalanche on Sunday night.

In danger of opening with four straight losses for the first time in club history, Los Angeles (1-3-0) didn't panic but spent its practice time working to solve those early problems. It finally paid off with Friday's 2-1 overtime victory over Minnesota.

"We needed to get down to the fundamentals and what we were doing and get everyone on the same page," forward Jeff Carter said.

Tyler Toffoli had a power-play goal and Anze Kopitar scored 2:19 into overtime to provide a needed boost for a franchise that failed to make the playoffs a year after winning its second Stanley Cup in three seasons.

'It's definitely a big step for us," said Carter, who assisted on Toffoli's goal. 'The first three games were pretty much a wash for us; we didn't really get anything out of them. I'm glad we came out with a better mindset right from that. We played more our style of game. And when we do that, usually good things happen.'

The Kings still have much room to improve.

They've totaled four goals, with Toffoli's the lone power-play score on 17 chances. Opponents are 3 for 20 with the man advantage, but the Kings' 16:45 penalty minutes per game led the NHL heading into the weekend.

But as Carter felt, Friday's effort was more indicative of the team's expectations.

"We were able to establish more zone time," forward Milan Lucic told the NHL's official website. "We were better through the neutral zone. We were better supporting each other. We were able to get more chances; it's just about executing and finishing them off."

Jonathan Quick has allowed three goals on 51 shots in the last two games after giving up nine on 54 in the first two.

"We've got Colorado coming in (Sunday), so we'll turn our focus towards them," said Quick, who has a 1.38 goals-against average during his five-game winning streak against the Avalanche.

Los Angeles has also won five straight over Colorado (2-2-0), and earned at least one point in the last eight meetings.

The Avalanche bounced back from Wednesday's 6-2 defeat to Boston by winning their road opener, 3-0 at Anaheim on Friday.

"I'm very proud of our players," coach Patrick Roy told the Avalanche's official website. "They showed a lot of character. We had to come up with a big performance."

Backup Reto Berra made 35 saves for his second career shutout. Berra has stopped all 40 shots he's faced this season and could make his first start against Los Angeles and second straight in place of Semyon Varlamov, who yielded 13 goals while posting a 5.07 GAA and .841 save percentage in the first three contests.

"(Berra's) been good," Roy said. "In training camp, he played well. (Goaltending coach) Francois (Allaire), before we left, said he was practicing really well and he was sharp."

Avs forward John Mitchell didn't score more than 12 goals in any of his first seven seasons but has one in each of the four games. He doesn't have a goal in 11 against the Kings.

Carter has seven goals and three assists during a seven-game point streak against Colorado.

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Grand Salami - October
October 18, 2015

The Grand Salami in pro hockey is decided by adding up all the goals scored in every game scheduled for that particular day. You can wager on 'over' or 'under' the Grand Salami total. The total is set by adding up all listed 'over/under' odds for each game on that particular day.

Note: The Grand Salami will have no action if any game is suspended or cancelled before the regulation time of three twenty minute periods. Also, regardless of the number of goals scored during the shoot out portion of the overtime, the final scored recorded for the game will give the winning team on more goal than its opponent based on the score at the end of regulation time.

*The majority of sportsbooks do not put out a total on the Grand Salami when there is only one game on the card. For tracking purposes, we will continue to show the 'over/under' for goals and combined goals scored on days with just one game.

NHL GRAND SALAMI

Date No. of Games Total Goals Combined Goals Scored Result

10/7 4 21.5 21 UNDER

10/8 7 38.5 36 UNDER

10/9 5 26.5 24 UNDER

10/10 14 74.5 81 OVER

10/11 1 5.5 4 UNDER

10/12 5 27.5 25 UNDER

10/13 9 48.5 44 UNDER

10/14 4 22.5 25 OVER

10/15 8 43.5 43 UNDER

10/16 7 36.5 37 OVER

10/17 10 53.5 58 OVER

10/18 5 - - -

10/19 1 - - -
10/20 7 - - -
10/21 4 - - -
10/22 8 - - -
10/23 6 - - -
10/24 12 - - -
10/25 3 - - -
10/26 3 - - -
10/27 10 - - -
10/28 3 - - -
10/29 8 - - -
10/30 9 - - -
10/31 10 - - -

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Team Open Line Movements Current Puck Line Scores

1:05 PM EDT

51 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 5u15 5u15 +1.5(-140)
52 NEW YORK RANGERS -240 -240 / -245 -250 -1.5(+120)

NJD-G-Cory Schneider-Probable | NYR-G-Henrik Lundqvist-Probable | TV: MSG, DTV: 634

3:05 PM EDT

53 ST. LOUIS BLUES -115 5o37 / 5o35 / 5o40 5o45 +1.5(-295)
54 WINNIPEG JETS 5o30 -105 -125 -1.5(+235)

STL-G-Brian Elliott-Probable | TV: FS-Midwest, DTV: 671

8:05 PM EDT

55 MINNESOTA WILD 5o25 5o25 / 5o30 5o35 +1.5(-275)
56 ANAHEIM DUCKS -135 -135 / -130 -125 -1.5(+225)

TV: FS-North, FS-San Diego, DTV: 668, 694

9:05 PM EDT

57 EDMONTON OILERS 5.5u25 5.5u25 +1.5(-170)
58 VANCOUVER CANUCKS -185 -185 / -190 -200 -1.5(+150)

EDM-G-Cam Talbot-Probable

10:05 PM EDT

59 COLORADO AVALANCHE 5 5 5o30 +1.5(-190)
60 LOS ANGELES KINGS -185 -185 -1.5(+170)

COL-G-Reto Berra-Probable | TV: FS-West, DTV: 692

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NHL Consensus Picks

SIDES (ATS)

Time Away Line Picks Pct Home Line Picks Pct Detail Odds

1:00 PM New Jersey +220 21 15.67% NY Rangers -270 113 84.33% View View

9:00 PM Edmonton +165 139 25.09% Vancouver -195 415 74.91% View View

10:00 PM Colorado +160 198 37.50% Los Angeles -190 330 62.50% View View

8:00 PM Minnesota +110 226 41.70% Anaheim -130 316 58.30% View View

3:00 PM St. Louis +105 232 42.57% Winnipeg -125 313 57.43% View View


TOTALS (OVER/UNDER)

Time Away Total Over Pct Home Total Under Pct Detail Odds

1:00 PM New Jersey 5 34 40.48% NY Rangers 5 50 59.52% View View

9:00 PM Edmonton 5.5 182 48.40% Vancouver 5.5 194 51.60% View View

8:00 PM Minnesota 5 210 54.97% Anaheim 5 172 45.03% View View

10:00 PM Colorado 5 234 62.90% Los Angeles 5 138 37.10% View View

3:00 PM St. Louis 5 277 66.59% Winnipeg 5 139 33.41% View View

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18

Game Score Status Pick Amount

New Jersey - 1:00 PM ET NY Rangers -270 500 TRIPLE PLAY
NY Rangers - Over 5 500

St. Louis - 3:00 PM ET St. Louis +105 500 TRIPLE PLAY
Winnipeg - Under 5 500

Minnesota - 8:00 PM ET Anaheim -130 500
Anaheim - Under 5 500

Edmonton - 9:00 PM ET Vancouver -195 500
Vancouver - Over 5.5 500 DOUBLE PLAY

Colorado - 10:00 PM ET Colorado +160 500 *****
Los Angeles - Over 5 500 *****

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NHL SUNDAY'S RESULTS:

0 - 2 - 0................ *****

0 - 1.....................DOUBLE PLAY

1 - 1.....................TRIPLE PLAY

0 - 0.....................OCTOPLAY


OVERALL RATED PLAYS

*****.....................................12 - 11 - 1.....................+ 1.95

double play..............................22 - 11.........................+ 26.00

triple play................................8 - 6............................- 7.35

octoplay..................................2 - 3.............................- 8.00

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Armadillo: Monday's six-pack

Westgate Super Contest (1,727 entrants-- prize pool is $2.5M)
six most popular picks in Week 1 season record: 19-16-1

6) Giants +4.5 (384)-- Lost 11 of last 14 games against the Eagles.

5) Lions -3 (417)-- Lot of people have faith in this winless favorite. T

4) Bills +3.5 (470)-- Only QBs to beat Buffalo both won multiple Super Bowls. L

3) Vikings -4 (547)-- Minnesota lost its last five post-bye games. W

2) Cardinals -3 (768)-- Bruce Arians against his former employer. L

1) Patriots -7.5 (849)-- NE scored 47 ppg in last four games vs Colts. L

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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: Wrapping up an NFL Sunday.......

13) Broncos 26, Browns 23 OT-- Denver is 6-0; their defense scored another TD, the offense also scored one TD, is now just 12-52 on 3rd down last four games. Browns played third game in row decided on last play- they lost two of them.

12) Bengals 34, Bills 21-- Cincy had huge 26-yard advantage in field position; every Buffalo drive started 80+ yards from goal line. Unbeaten Bengals have a bye week coming up, before they go to Pittsburgh in Week 8.

11) Vikings 16, Chiefs 10-- Minnesota is 3-0 at home, 0-2 on road; Chiefs lost last five games. KC had only three points on two red zone drives- they had only 51 yards in first half. Rookie WR Diggs caught seven balls for 129 yards for Minnesota.

10) Texans 31, Jaguars 20-- Houston was +3 in turnovers; they had two takeaways in first five games combined. Divisional home favorites are now 3-14 vs spread this season. Jaguars head to London next week to play the Bills.

9) Lions 37, Bears 34 OT-- Detroit gets first win in weird game where Chicago had a 15-yard edge in field position but was -2 in turnovers. Bears' last two TD drives were both less than 25 yards. Detroit kicked a FG at 2:46 mark to cut Chicago lead to 31-27, a poor decision, but both teams scored after that, to send game to OT.

8) Jets 34, Redskins 20-- Washington is very banged up, missing two starters on OL, the guy who broke Geno Smith's jaw should get a bonus from Jets, as Fitzpatrick has been very solid in this 4-1 start by Gang Green. Jets averaged 9.7 ypa here; only TDs by Washington came on a 37-yard drive and a blocked punt.

7) Mets 4, Cubs 1-- Chicago is in deep trouble after ace Arrieta lost; series moves to Wrigley Field Tuesday night. Murphy homered again for the Mets.

6) Steelers 25, Cardinals 13-- 3rd-string QB Jones came off bench to spark Steelers; he is better than Vick, who pulled hamstring. Arizona has two losses; in both games, they were -3 in turnovers. Redbirds had 469-310 edge in TY, but their 111 penalty yards all seemed to come at key times.

5) Dolphins 38, Titans 10-- Miami's defense was supposedly unhappy with old DC who got fired; they had six sacks, four takeaways vs rookie QB Mariota, as Tennessee finishes three-game homestand 0-3. AFC South teams are 4-9 vs spread in non-division games this season.

4) Panthers 27, Seahawks 23-- Carolina had two TDs in last 3:55, scoring winning TD with 0;32 left; Seahawks have now had a 4th quarter lead in their last five losses. Unbeaten Panthers are now 13-5 vs spread in last 18 games as a road underdog.

3) Packers 27, Chargers 20-- Rivers threw for 503 yards but San Diego is now 0-3 on road, though they're 14-7-1 vs spread in last 22 games as road dog. Green Bay is now 6-0 heading into its bye week; this was first game they didn't cover this year.

2) 49ers 25, Ravens 20-- Niners are giving up 13.3 ppg at home, 40 ppg on road; they averaged 10.9 ypa vs Baltimore defense that has seen better days. Ravens are 1-5 and in a freefall; they were -2 in turnovers, had only 13 points in three red zone drives.

1) Patriots 34, Colts 27-- Game swung on ill-conceived fake punt by Indy in third quarter; two of their three wins this year cae with 40-year old backup QB Hasselbeck playing. Unsure why they let coach Pagano coach this season as a lame duck; if they don't want him, should've fired him last winter and moved on.

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NHL
Dunkel

Monday, October 19


San Jose @ NY Rangers

Game 1-2
October 19, 2015 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
San Jose
11.698
NY Rangers
10.800
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
San Jose
by 1
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
NY Rangers
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
San Jose
N/A




NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Monday, October 19

Hot teams
-- Sharks won four of their first five games this season.

Cold teams
-- Rangers lost last three games, 3-0/4-1/2-1. .

Series records
-- Rangers won four of ast six games with San Jose.

Totals
-- Three of last four San Jose games stayed under total.




NHL

Monday, October 19

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
SAN JOSE vs. NY RANGERS
San Jose is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
San Jose is 4-8-1 SU in their last 13 games ,when playing on the road against NY Rangers
NY Rangers are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of the NY Rangers last 5 games at home

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NHL

Monday, October 19


Canadiens winning on the ice and at the betting window to begin the season

It's early days still, but the Montreal Canadiens have firmly established themselves as one of, if not the, best team in the league so far in the 2015-16 season.

The Habs have skated out to a 6-0 record and have beaten some quality opponents along the way, earning backers some decent pay out of the gate.

The season began with four wins on the road as faves of -160 at the Toronto Maple Leafs, -115 at the Boston Bruins, -107 at the Ottawa Senators and as +113 dogs at the Pittsburgh Penguins. Recently, on home ice, they defeated the New York Rangers priced at -118 and the Detroit Red Wings at around -178.

Thanks to those numbers, the Habs have earned $496.84 if a bettor wagered $100 on each of their games this season.

Habs bettors will look for the good times to continue when they host the St. Louis Blues Tuesday evening.