Saturday's NHL Trends and Indexes - 2/27

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Trends and Indexes

Saturday, February 27

Good Luck on day #58 of 2016!

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Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

Six of the top college basketball conferences in the country.........

-- SEC-- Kentucky (11-4) is in first place; Texas A&M, South Carolina are next.

-- Big 14-- Indiana (13-3) leads Iowa and Maryland by a game.

-- Big East-- Villanova (13-2) leads; half the league is either 7-8 or 8-7.

-- Pac-12-- Oregon (11-4) is in first place; Utah-Arizona-Cal are game behind.

-- ACC-- North Carolina (12-3) leads; Louisville and Miami are game behind.

-- Big X-- Kansas (12-3) has two-game lead; they'll win 12th league title in row.

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Armadillo: Saturday's List of 13: Clearing out a cluttered mind.........

13) Watching the Gonzaga reality show on HBO earlier this week, you realize how much the success of a basketball team can help the entire profile of a school, increasing applications to a college- normal students see the great atmosphere at the games, and they want to be a part of it. People are generally frontrunners.

12) As I type this, I'm sitting here watching HBO's special on UNLV basketball, one of my favorite hours of television ever. Lot of great memories, but the success of those teams has also made it so much harder for the current Rebels. It can be hard to compete against ghosts, to live up to unrealistic expectations.

11) Three college basketball teams who make the most 3-point baskets per game:
North Florida 12.5, Akron 11.5, The Citadel 11.4.

10) Most fun college team to watch this season: the Oakland Grizzlies, who run like hell, have a great point guard and a kid named Max Hooper who has taken 229 shots this season, all 3-pointers. Hooper's dad has cancer; he came to his son's Senior Night Friday night in his hospital bed- a touching moment when his son ran up the stairs to hug his dad after the game.

9) Monmouth signed hoop coach King Rice to a 5-year college extension, which is high comedy, since there is no way Rice will still be at Monmouth five years from now-- some big money school will come and scoop him up. Monmouth was 48-105 in five years before Rice got there- now they're 42-21 the last two years.

8) I watch the NFL Combine and these workouts are great and I'm sure the teams find them very useful, but at the end of the day, I only want to know one thing about each player that tries out-- CAN HE PLAY??????

Lifting weights is impressive, running fast is good, but Tom Brady ran like me at his Combine workout and he's turned out OK. Brady can lead a team, and there is nothing that measures that in February workouts-- it only gets measured in actual games.

7) Memphis QB Paxton Lynch is working with the former CFL head coach Charlie Taaffe as he tries to get up to speed with NFL terminology. Taaffe was at UCF when Blake Bortles played there; he is very good at developing QBs, so that has to be a big help for a young man like Lynch, who hopes to be drafted in the first round.

Sidebar; Charlie Taaffe is from Albany; I've met his brother Bob a few times. Charlie was head coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for a couple years; he knows his stuff.

6) Kyle Lowry had 43 points, nine assists as Toronto beat the Cavaliers at buzzer in a fun game to watch. Raptors are 39-18, currently the #2 team in the East.

5) Get well soon, golfer Jason Bohn, the 71st-ranked golfer in the world, who suffered a mild heart attack after his round on Friday. Bohn is 42 years old.

4) San Jose Sharks lost 3-1 to Buffalo last night, the first game in Sharks' history with no penalties for either side.

3) I thought the Astros were getting rid of that hill they had in centerfield at Minute Maid Park, but I heard yesterday they're keeping it for one more year. Originally, it was put there because there used to be a hill like that at old Crosley Field in Cincinnati, but it was a bad idea then and it still is.

2) College baseball saw home runs go up about 30% last year after they switched to baseball with lower seams. College baseball teams bunt too much, by the way. Kid on Texas Tech last night hit a homer, then squared to bunt on first pitch of his next AB.

1) Tuesday at 1:00 on MLB Network: Blue Jays-Phillies. Then at 4:00 from out in Arizona, Indians-Reds. Real live major league baseball. Can't wait.

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NHL
Long Sheet

Saturday, February 27

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ARIZONA (27-28-0-6, 60 pts.) at PHILADELPHIA (27-22-0-11, 65 pts.) - 2/27/2016, 1:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
ARIZONA is 2-2 (+0.0 Units) against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
PHILADELPHIA is 2-2-0 straight up against ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.0 Units)

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WINNIPEG (26-30-0-4, 56 pts.) at PITTSBURGH (30-21-0-8, 68 pts.) - 2/27/2016, 3:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PITTSBURGH is 74-72 ATS (+168.9 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
PITTSBURGH is 33-39 ATS (-21.3 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
PITTSBURGH is 4-1 (+3.0 Units) against the spread versus WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 4-1-0 straight up against WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.3 Units)

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FLORIDA (35-18-0-7, 77 pts.) at COLUMBUS (25-29-0-8, 58 pts.) - 2/27/2016, 3:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLUMBUS is 5-3 (+1.6 Units) against the spread versus FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
COLUMBUS is 5-3-0 straight up against FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
6 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.0 Units)

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ST LOUIS (35-19-0-9, 79 pts.) at NASHVILLE (30-21-0-11, 71 pts.) - 2/27/2016, 3:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NASHVILLE is 198-145 ATS (+51.9 Units) on Saturday games since 1996.
NASHVILLE is 205-167 ATS (+394.6 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent since 1996.
ST LOUIS is 10-1 ATS (+8.5 Units) in road games in February games over the last 2 seasons.
ST LOUIS is 100-80 ATS (+181.7 Units) in road games after a non-conference game since 1996.
NASHVILLE is 30-32 ATS (-15.7 Units) in all games this season.
NASHVILLE is 7-14 ATS (-12.1 Units) vs. division opponents this season.
NASHVILLE is 4-11 ATS (-9.9 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more this season.
NASHVILLE is 13-25 ATS (+39.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ST LOUIS is 11-3 (+7.5 Units) against the spread versus NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
ST LOUIS is 11-3-0 straight up against NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
7 of 12 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.1 Units)

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NY RANGERS (35-20-0-6, 76 pts.) at DALLAS (38-18-0-6, 82 pts.) - 2/27/2016, 4:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DALLAS is 11-2 ATS (+8.3 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game this season.
NY RANGERS are 99-63 ATS (+14.6 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
NY RANGERS are 58-31 ATS (+15.7 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
NY RANGERS are 22-11 ATS (+9.8 Units) in road games after a non-conference game over the last 2 seasons.
NY RANGERS are 16-8 ATS (+24.0 Units) in road games in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
NY RANGERS are 16-8 ATS (+24.8 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 2-8 ATS (-9.5 Units) in home games in February games over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 21-28 ATS (-9.2 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 14-20 ATS (-15.2 Units) in home games revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
NY RANGERS is 3-2 (+0.3 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
NY RANGERS is 3-2-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.8 Units)

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TORONTO (21-28-0-10, 52 pts.) at MONTREAL (29-27-0-5, 63 pts.) - 2/27/2016, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TORONTO is 51-90 ATS (+156.3 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 16-51 ATS (+79.8 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 2-17 ATS (+28.5 Units) in road games on Saturday games over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 1-14 ATS (+19.9 Units) vs. division opponents this season.
TORONTO is 7-28 ATS (+45.2 Units) revenging a home loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 28-60 ATS (+101.3 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 21-38 ATS (-21.0 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 7-21 ATS (-14.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
MONTREAL is 27-10 ATS (+15.0 Units) on Saturday games over the last 2 seasons.
MONTREAL is 11-17 ATS (-11.9 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
MONTREAL is 10-2 (+7.5 Units) against the spread versus TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 10-2-0 straight up against TORONTO 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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DETROIT (30-20-0-11, 71 pts.) at COLORADO (32-27-0-4, 68 pts.) - 2/27/2016, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLORADO is 3-2 (+2.0 Units) against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
COLORADO is 3-2-0 straight up against DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.7 Units)

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OTTAWA (29-27-0-6, 64 pts.) at CALGARY (26-30-0-4, 56 pts.) - 2/27/2016, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CALGARY is 76-77 ATS (-27.9 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
CALGARY is 11-4 ATS (+6.4 Units) in home games in non-conference games this season.
OTTAWA is 28-21 ATS (+50.6 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
OTTAWA is 21-13 ATS (+35.1 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
OTTAWA is 3-2 (+0.7 Units) against the spread versus CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
OTTAWA is 3-2-0 straight up against CALGARY 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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BUFFALO (25-30-0-7, 57 pts.) at LOS ANGELES (36-20-0-4, 76 pts.) - 2/27/2016, 11:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
BUFFALO is 3-2 (+2.7 Units) against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
BUFFALO is 3-2-0 straight up against LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
4 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.1 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, February 27

Hot teams
-- Flyers won three of last five games.
-- Penguins are 4-0 in game following its last four wis.
-- Florida won three of its last four games.
-- Predators won four of their last five games.
-- Rangers won three of their last four games.
-- Colorado won five of its last seven games.
-- Senators won four of their last five games.
-- Los Angeles won its last three games, all by 2-1 scores.

Cold teams
-- Arizona lost last four games, last three by one goal each.
-- Winnipeg lost four of its last five games.
-- Penguins lost three of their last five games.
-- St Louis lost its last two games, after winning its previous five.
-- Dallas Stars lost four of their last five games.
-- Maple Leafs lost seven of their last nine games. Montreal lost four of its last six.
-- Red Wings lost four of their last five games.
-- Calgary lost six of its last seven games.
-- Buffalo lost four of its last six games.

Series records
-- Flyers won four of last six games with Arizona.
-- Penguins won six of last seven games with Winnipeg.
-- Florida won its last three games with Columbus.
-- Blues won their last five games with Nashville.
-- Rangers won five of last eight games with Dallas.
-- Canadiens won their last nine games with Toronto.
-- Road team won last six Detroit-Colorado games; this game is being played outdoors.
-- Ottawa won five of its last seven games with Calgary.
-- Kings lost five of their last seven games with Buffalo.

Totals
-- Last three Arizona games stayed under the total.
-- Last four Pittsburgh games went over the total.
-- Five of last six Florida-Columbus games stayed under total.
-- Last six Nashville games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 5-1-1 in last seven Ranger-Dallas games.
-- Seven of last nine Toronto games went over total.
-- Under is 6-1-1 in last eight Detroit-Colorado games.
-- Five of last six Ottawa-Calgary games went over the total.
-- Last six Los Angeles games stayed under the total.

Back-to-backs
-- Buffalo won three of last four games if it played the night before.

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NHL

Saturday, February 27

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Trend Report
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1:00 PM
ARIZONA vs. PHILADELPHIA
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 6 games when playing at home against Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing Arizona

3:00 PM
FLORIDA vs. COLUMBUS
Florida is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Florida's last 5 games when playing on the road against Columbus
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Columbus's last 6 games when playing Florida
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Columbus's last 14 games at home

3:00 PM
ST. LOUIS vs. NASHVILLE
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Nashville
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Nashville's last 23 games when playing at home against St. Louis
Nashville is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against St. Louis

3:00 PM
WINNIPEG vs. PITTSBURGH
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Winnipeg's last 10 games on the road
Winnipeg is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games

4:00 PM
NY RANGERS vs. DALLAS
NY Rangers are 3-6-2 SU in their last 11 games ,when playing on the road against Dallas
NY Rangers are 8-3 SU in their last 11 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Dallas's last 9 games when playing at home against NY Rangers
Dallas is 2-3-1 SU in their last 6 games ,when playing at home against NY Rangers

7:00 PM
TORONTO vs. MONTREAL
Toronto is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Montreal
Toronto is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Montreal is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Montreal's last 15 games at home

8:00 PM
DETROIT vs. COLORADO
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 6 games on the road
Detroit is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Colorado is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home
Colorado is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit

10:00 PM
OTTAWA vs. CALGARY
Ottawa is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Ottawa is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Calgary
Calgary is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Calgary's last 6 games

11:00 PM
BUFFALO vs. LOS ANGELES
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Buffalo's last 5 games when playing Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Buffalo's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 7 games when playing at home against Buffalo
Los Angeles is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games at home


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NHL
Dunkel

Saturday, February 27


Toronto @ Montreal

Game 61-62
February 27, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Toronto
11.616
Montreal
10.514
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Toronto
by 1
5 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Montreal
-170
5
Dunkel Pick:
Toronto
(+150); Over

Detroit @ Colorado

Game 63-64
February 27, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Detroit
10.515
Colorado
12.044
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Colorado
by 1 1/2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Colorado
-115
5
Dunkel Pick:
Colorado
(-115); Over

Ottawa @ Calgary

Game 65-66
February 27, 2016 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Ottawa
10.414
Calgary
12.423
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Calgary
by 2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Calgary
-125
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Calgary
(-125); Under

Buffalo @ Los Angeles

Game 67-68
February 27, 2016 @ 11:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Buffalo
12.122
Los Angeles
11.221
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Buffalo
by 1
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
-280
5
Dunkel Pick:
Buffalo
(+240); Under

Arizona @ Philadelphia

Game 51-52
February 27, 2016 @ 1:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Arizona
10.202
Philadelphia
11.736
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Philadelphia
by 1 1/2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Philadelphia
-140
5
Dunkel Pick:
Philadelphia
(-140); Over

Winnipeg @ Pittsburgh

Game 53-54
February 27, 2016 @ 3:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Winnipeg
10.212
Pittsburgh
12.733
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Pittsburgh
by 2 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Pittsburgh
-230
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Pittsburgh
(-230); Under

Florida @ Columbus

Game 55-56
February 27, 2016 @ 3:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Florida
12.216
Columbus
10.788
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Florida
by 1 1/2
5 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Columbus
-115
5
Dunkel Pick:
Florida
(-105); Over

St. Louis @ Nashville

Game 57-58
February 27, 2016 @ 3:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
St. Louis
12.712
Nashville
11.313
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
St. Louis
by 1 1/2
3 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Nashville
-135
5
Dunkel Pick:
St. Louis
(+115); Under

NY Rangers @ Dallas

Game 59-60
February 27, 2016 @ 4:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
NY Rangers
12.413
Dallas
11.099
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
NY Rangers
by 1 1/2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Dallas
-135
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
NY Rangers
(+115); Under