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**Udog** · 10-21-2015, 09:37 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

Six of the more interesting NFL games this weekend.....

-- Seahawks (-6) @ 49ers-- Seattle RBs were racing cars after practice Tuesday.

-- Jets @ Patriots (-9.5)-- Battle for first place in AFC East.

-- Saints @ Colts (-4.5)-- Hopefully no fake punts in Indy this week.

-- Cowboys @ Giants (-4)-- First rematch of season; Dallas won first meeting.

-- Eagles @ Panthers (-3)-- Unbeaten Carolina finally on national TV

-- Ravens @ Cardinals (-7)-- Arizona was -3 in turnovers in both losses.

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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Bottom 5, top 8 in the NFL........

32) Jaguars-- Outscored 93-47 in second half this season.

31) Titans-- Have one first half TD in their last four games.

30) Buccaneers-- Teams struggle when they play a rookie QB.

29) Chiefs-- Lost last five games, Charles is out for year; just 20-72 on 3rd down.

28) Ravens-- No takeaways in last three games, all five losses by 6 or less points.

8) Jets-- Ran ball for 207-221 yards last two games; play for first place Sunday. .

7) Falcons-- 5-1, but trailed in 4th quarter in five of the six games.

6) Cardinals-- Palmer can be rattled by pash rush; they were -3 in turnovers on both losses this season.

5) Broncos-- Offense has nine TDs, defense three; one win by more than 7 points.

4) Panthers-- Scored 10+ points in nine of ten halves this season.

3) Packers-- First two games after bye are at unbeatens; Denver/Carolina.

2) Bengals-- 27 for last 56 on 3rd down; scored 24+ points in every game.

1) Patriots-- Scored 21 TDs on 53 drives; a juggernaut to this point.

**Udog** · 10-21-2015, 09:37 AM

Don't dare let these three spot bet opportunities pass you by

Memphis upset Ole Miss last week but run the risk of a letdown spot visiting Tulsa this week as an 11-point favorite.

Lookahead spot

The Northern Illinois Huskies are chasing down the Toledo Rockets in the MAC West and take on the 6-0 Rockets in Week 8, but before that game NIU is giving heaps of points to the Eastern Michigan Eagles at home this weekend. Books have installed the Huskies as 28-point favorites in DeKalb Saturday.

Northern Illinois has dealt with a mountain chalk like this already this season, covering against FCS Murray State as 29.5-point home chalk in Week 2. And that game preceded a meeting with the defending national champs, Ohio State. However, EMU has covered in five of its last six trips to NIU and the road team is a dominant 11-3 ATS in the last 14 matchups between these MAC rivals.

Letdown spot

The Memphis Tigers put their name among the top programs in college football with an impressive upset over Ole Miss this past weekend, beating the Rebels 37-24 as 10-point home underdogs Saturday. The victory over Mississippi improves the Tigers to 6-0 SU and 3-2 ATS but also sets them up for a classic letdown in Week 8.

Memphis follows that big home win with a road trip to 3-3 Tulsa, which is getting 11 points from oddsmakers. The Golden Hurricane have lost three of their last four games, including a 30-17 defeat to East Carolina but did manage to cover in that game as 14-point pups. Memphis hasn’t had much luck against Tulsa in the past – at least not from a betting standpoint – covering just once in their last six meetings.

Schedule spot

Who wants to leave the cozy warmth of the desert for the damp and dank late-October weather on the East Coast? No one, and definitely not the Arizona Coyotes. Arizona crosses the country for a massive eastern tour, starting in New Jersey Tuesday – the first of five straight road games and one of 16 of the Coyotes’ next 23 games to be played away from Gila River Arena. That span takes the team in mid-December.

Arizona follows Tuesday’s game with the Devils by making the move to MSG to play the Rangers Thursday, then to Ottawa Saturday. The final two games of this trek take the Coyotes to Toronto and Boston Monday and Tuesday, closing a stretch of four games in six days. Arizona has won both road games already this season, at Pittsburgh and Anaheim.

**Udog** · 10-21-2015, 09:54 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, October 21

Toronto @ Buffalo

Game 1-2
October 21, 2015 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Toronto
9.843
Buffalo
8.432
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Toronto
by 1 1/2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Buffalo
-110
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Toronto
(-110); Under

Philadelphia @ Boston

Game 3-4
October 21, 2015 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Philadelphia
10.212
Boston
11.752
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Boston
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Boston
-150
5
Dunkel Pick:
Boston
(-150); Over

Detroit @ Edmonton

Game 5-6
October 21, 2015 @ 9:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Detroit
10.988
Edmonton
12.371
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Edmonton
by 1 1/2
5 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Detroit
-115
5
Dunkel Pick:
Edmonton
(-105); Over

Carolina @ Colorado

Game 7-8
October 21, 2015 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Carolina
10.048
Colorado
8.280
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Carolina
by 2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Colorado
-145
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Carolina
(+125); Under

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, October 21

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TORONTO (1-3-0-1, 3 pts.) at BUFFALO (1-4-0-0, 2 pts.) - 10/21/2015, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TORONTO is 6-30 ATS (+47.8 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 8-23 ATS (+34.0 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 12-25 ATS (-17.3 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
BUFFALO is 253-215 ATS (-6.7 Units) vs. division opponents since 1996.
BUFFALO is 20-57 ATS (+124.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
BUFFALO is 4-5 (+0.2 Units) against the spread versus TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
TORONTO is 5-4-0 straight up against BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
6 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.7 Units)

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PHILADELPHIA (2-2-0-1, 5 pts.) at BOSTON (2-3-0-0, 4 pts.) - 10/21/2015, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHILADELPHIA is 11-25 ATS (-21.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 0-9 ATS (+9.4 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 43-44 ATS (-10.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 6-12 ATS (-12.1 Units) when playing with 3 or more days rest over the last 3 seasons.
BOSTON is 181-149 ATS (-59.7 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 6-0 (+6.0 Units) against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
BOSTON is 6-0-0 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.4 Units)

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DETROIT (3-2-0-0, 6 pts.) at EDMONTON (2-4-0-0, 4 pts.) - 10/21/2015, 9:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DETROIT is 11-3 ATS (+14.4 Units) in road games in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
EDMONTON is 1-11 ATS (+17.5 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5 or less over the last 3 seasons.
EDMONTON is 10-34 ATS (+50.2 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
EDMONTON is 21-64 ATS (+108.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 3 seasons.
EDMONTON is 9-34 ATS (+68.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
DETROIT is 4-0 (+4.0 Units) against the spread versus EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 4-0-0 straight up against EDMONTON 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)

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CAROLINA (1-4-0-0, 2 pts.) at COLORADO (2-3-0-0, 4 pts.) - 10/21/2015, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CAROLINA is 11-31 ATS (+50.8 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
CAROLINA is 55-82 ATS (-33.9 Units) when playing with 3 or more days rest since 1996.
CAROLINA is 53-105 ATS (+181.5 Units) in road games in non-conference games since 1996.
COLORADO is 96-80 ATS (+182.6 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
COLORADO is 11-6 ATS (+4.1 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 49-26 ATS (+75.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CAROLINA is 2-2 (+0.3 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
COLORADO is 2-2-0 straight up against CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.0 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, October 21

Hot teams
-- Bruins won last two games 6-2/5-3, but are 0-3 at home.
-- Edmonton won last two games 5-2/2-1ot after losing first four games.

Cold teams
-- Maple Leafs, Sabres both lost four of their first five games.
-- Flyers lost 7-1/3-2ot in their two road games this season.
-- Detroit lost its last two games, 5-3/4-1.
-- Carolina lost four of its first five games. Colorado is 2-3 in its first five games.

Series records
-- Home side won last 10 Buffalo-Toronto games (Maple Leafs won last four).
-- Bruins won their last six games with Philadelphia.
-- Red Wings won their last eight games with Edmonton.
-- Home side won last nine Carolina-Colorado games.

Totals
-- Over is 6-1-1 in last eight Buffalo-Toronto games.
-- Four of five Philly games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 4-2-1 in last seven Detroit-Edmonton games.
-- Over is 4-0 in Carolina's last four visits to Colorado.

NHL

Wednesday, October 21

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
TORONTO vs. BUFFALO
Toronto is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Buffalo
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games when playing Buffalo
Buffalo is 5-19 SU in its last 24 games at home
Buffalo is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Toronto

8:00 PM
PHILADELPHIA vs. BOSTON
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 6 games when playing on the road against Boston
Philadelphia is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 6 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

9:30 PM
DETROIT vs. EDMONTON
Detroit is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Edmonton
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Edmonton
Edmonton is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
Edmonton is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games

10:00 PM
CAROLINA vs. COLORADO
Carolina is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Carolina's last 5 games when playing on the road against Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Colorado's last 5 games when playing at home against Carolina
Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Carolina

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**Udog** · 10-21-2015, 09:56 AM

NHL

Wednesday, October 21

Blackhawks D Keith out 4-6 weeks

Defenseman Duncan Keith underwent knee surgery Tuesday to repair a torn meniscus and is expected to return to the Chicago Blackhawks in 4-6 weeks.

The team said Keith's surgery was successful and projected his return to all hockey activities as early as the final week of November.

"Duncan underwent successful surgery today to repair his right knee meniscal tear," team physician Michael Terry said.

Keith, 32, is the top defenseman for the Blackhawks. Chicago has pressing concerns about depth and is especially thin along the blue line.

**Udog** · 10-21-2015, 02:11 PM

NHL
Short Sheet

Wednesday, October 21

Toronto at Buffalo, 7:05 PM EDT
Toronto: 1-12 SU in road games when playing only their 2nd game in 5 days
Buffalo: 11-4 SU at home off 2 consecutive losses against division rivals

Philadelphia at Boston, 8:05 PM EDT
Philadelphia: 8-27 SU as a road underdog of +100 to +200
Boston: 36-21 as a home favorite of -200 or less

Detroit at Edmonton, 9:35 PM EDT
Detroit: 11-3 SU in road games in non-conference games
Edmonton: 1-11 SU in a home game where where the total is 5 or less

Carolina at Colorado, 10:05 PM EDT
Carolina: 4-19 SU in road games when playing only their 2nd game in 5 days
Colorado: 14-7 SU after playing a game where 4 or fewer total goals were scored

**Udog** · 10-21-2015, 02:15 PM

NHL

Wednesday, October 21

Bruins' C Patrice Bergeron, out Wednesday

Bergeron will miss Wednesday's game against the Flyers for an unknown reason.

BOS -144 vs. PHI

Rangers reassign F Glass

The New York Rangers assigned forward Tanner Glass to the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.

Glass, 31, has skated in two games with the Rangers this season, registering four penalty minutes. In 68 games with the Rangers over parts of two seasons, the 6-foot-1, 213-pounder has recorded one goal and five assists, with 102 penalty minutes.

Blue Jackets fire head coach, to be replaced with Tortorella

The Columbus Blue Jackets have fired head coach Todd Richards after an 0-7 start to the season and will replace him with John Tortorella.

Through seven games the Blue Jackets are scoring just 1.9 goals per game, while allowing 4.9 (dead last in the NHL) at the same time.

Columbus and their new head coach visits the Minnesota Wild Thursday

Habs start season 7-0 behind red-hot Price

The Montreal Canadiens topped the St. Louis Blues 3-0 Tuesday night, to win their seventh consecutive game to open the season and it is in large part due to the play of goaltender Carey Price.

Price, who is picking up right where he left off last season, is 6-0 with a 1.00 goals against average and a 0.966 save percentage in six starts this season.

Montreal will try to make it eight in a row Friday night when they visit the Buffalo Sabres.

NHL roundup: Habs topple Blues to stay unbeaten

MONTREAL -- Strong goaltending and timely offense propelled the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-0 win over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night at the Bell Centre.

Carey Price stopped all 38 shots he faced for the Canadiens while his counterpart, goalie Jake Allen, made 33 saves for St. Louis.

Max Pacioretty, Alexander Semin and Torrey Mitchell scored for Montreal, which is 7-0-0 to start the season. The Blues are second in the West with a 5-2-0 record.

Stars 2, Flyers 1

PHILADELPHIA -- Hot-starting Dallas continued its surge by holding off Philadelphia at Wells Fargo Center.

Dallas, tops in the West at 5-1-0, won its fourth consecutive game thanks to goals from the usual leaders, Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn, while Antti Niemi was strong in net.

Philadelphia lost for the first time at home after winning two straight followed by a five-day layoff. Sean Couturier potted the Flyers' only goal.

Islanders 4, Blue Jackets 0

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Thomas Hickey and Cal Clutterbuck scored goals in a span of 2:16 in the third period, quelling a push from Columbus while sending the New York Islanders to a 4-0 win in Nationwide Arena.

John Tavares and Nikolay Kulemin also scored for the Islanders, while Jaroslav Halak made 36 saves to earn his second win of the season and 37th shutout of his career.

The Blue Jackets, still searching for their first point in seven games this season, got 25 saves from Curtis McElhinney, making his second straight start for struggling starter Sergei Bobrovsky.

Penguins 3, Panthers 2 (OT)

PITTSBURGH -- Evgeni Malkin scored a power-play goal 1:21 into overtime, Sidney Crosby scored his first goal of the season and Pittsburgh came back from squandering a two-goal lead in the third period to beat Florida.

Crosby's line, held to a single goal in Pittsburgh's first five games, scored twice, with Phil Kessel also scoring. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 31 shots for his third straight victory.

Fourth-liners Quinton Howden and Derek MacKenzie scored in the third for Columbus to force overtime.

Devils 3, Coyotes 2 (OT)

NEWARK, N.J. -- Adam Larsson scored in overtime and Cory Schneider made 18 saves to lead New Jersey over Arizona at the Prudential Center.

Travis Zajac and Mike Cammalleri also scored for New Jersey, which won its second straight and first at home this season.

Mike Smith made 22 saves for Arizona, which lost away from Gila River Arena for the first time this season. The Coyotes have dropped three in a row. Anthony Duclair and Mikkel Boedker scored Arizona's goals.

Predators 5, Lightning 4 (SO)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Filip Forsberg scored the only goal of the shootout and Pekka Rinne stoned all three Tampa Bay shooters for a victory at Bridgestone Arena.

James Neal scored two goals and Mike Fisher and Shea Weber added their firsts of the season for the offense while Rinne came up with 25 saves in the win.

Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov, Ryan Callahan and Erik Condra scored in regulation for Tampa Bay while Ben Bishop made 29 saves.

Capitals 6, Flames 2

CALGARY, Alberta -- Alex Ovechkin surpassed the 900-point plateau as he tallied a goal and an assist to help Washington top Calgary.

Nicklas Backstrom scored twice for the Capitals, while Evgeny Kuznetsov chipped in with three assists. Andre Burakovsky and T.J. Oshie also scored for Washington, while goaltender Braden Holtby made 17 saves.

Sean Monahan and Mark Giordano scored for the Flames, who lost all four of their home games at the Scotiabank Saddledome so far this season. Kari Ramo started in net for the Flames, but was pulled at 11:37 of the second period after giving up four goals on 18 shots. Back-up Jonas Hiller went on to make 10 saves on 12 shots in a relief effort.

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