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**Udog** · 04-27-2016, 07:26 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

-- Toronto 102, Indiana 99-- Pacers led by 15 in the fourth quarter.

-- Atlanta 110, Boston 83-- Home side won all five series games.

-- New Mexico State promoted from within, tabbed Paul Weir as its head coach to replace Marvin Menzies. Weir has a recruiting connection in Canada.

-- That leaves Delaware, Northern Colorado as the only D-I head coaching jobs that have yet to be filled for next season.

-- Delaware's Kory Holden transferred to South Carolina- good player.

-- Pirates 9, Rockies 4-- Andrew McCutchen hit three homers for the Bucs.

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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Mid-week musings.......

13) MSNBC's Hallie Jackson was in the gym where Hoosiers was filmed last night for a political rally, but admitted on air that she has never seen the iconic basketball movie. Ms Jackson will be 32 on Friday, two years before Hoosiers was made; she went to college at Johns Hopkins, an elite college, but so did Andy Enfield, the basketball coach at USC.

I've never seen Star Wars or The Godfather; I can't say anything.

12) Uh-oh. Prince didn't have a will or a trust, so his sister, six half-siblings are in line to divide his estate, estimated at $300M, which doesn't include the stash of hundreds of unpublished songs, which figure to be worth another small fortune. Hopefully they can divide everything up peacefully.

11) Over/under given by a doctor Tuesday on recovery time for Chris Paul's hand injury: four weeks. If Paul misses four weeks, his next game for the Clippers will be in October- they're not going far without him.

10) I like Steve Kerr, I'm a big fan of his, but how in God's name does a coach who missed 43 of 82 regular season games win Coach of the Year? No player who missed 43 games would ever win MVP-- it makes very little sense.

9) Dick Vermeil is only coach in NFL history who worked for three different teams, but was never fired by any of them.

8) Obscure trivia: Christian Yelich is an OF for the Miami Marlins; his great-grandfather is the guy who designed the LA Rams' football helmets back in the 40's, the first helmets with the team's logo on them.

7) Chicago White Sox are 6-0 in games where the winning run scored in the 7th inning or later; Toronto is 1-7 in such games.

6) Padres are only major league team that doesn't have a bobblehead giveaway night this year; they didn't have one LY, either.

5) Was surprised to hear that New Hampshire has produced 51 major league baseball players and four major league managers.

4) Kelly Ripa makes $26M a year? Seriously? And she blows off three days of work because no one told her a co-worker got another job? As a friend of mine likes to say and I'll clean it up here, "Grow the (bleep) up!!!"

3) What would happen if Bernie Sanders ran as a third party candidate in the Presidential election? Who would that help? Could he win?

2) These politicians must be tired; Bernie Sanders is 74, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are both pushing 70, but they've all been bouncing around the country like rock stars. Has to be exhausting.

1) Tonight Nashville-Anaheim play a Game 7 in NHL playoffs. Nashville has never had a Game 7 in its franchise history; Ducks lost their last four Game 7's, are 2-5 in Game 7's in their franchise history.

**Udog** · 04-27-2016, 07:30 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, April 27

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NY ISLANDERS (49-29-0-10, 108 pts.) at TAMPA BAY (50-32-0-5, 105 pts.) - 4/27/2016, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TAMPA BAY is 19-6 ATS (+9.4 Units) in home games second half of the season this season.
TAMPA BAY is 7-0 ATS (+7.0 Units) when playing with 3 or more days rest this season.
TAMPA BAY is 15-4 ATS (+10.9 Units) in the second round of the playoffs since 1996.
NY ISLANDERS are 23-15 ATS (+7.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
TAMPA BAY is 14-21 ATS (-17.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
NY ISLANDERS is 5-4 (+1.5 Units) against the spread versus TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
NY ISLANDERS is 5-4-0 straight up against TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.5 Units, Under=-0.3 Units)

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NASHVILLE (44-30-0-14, 102 pts.) at ANAHEIM (49-28-0-11, 109 pts.) - 4/27/2016, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NASHVILLE is 44-44 ATS (-16.0 Units) in all games this season.
NASHVILLE is 8-15 ATS (-15.5 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more this season.
NASHVILLE is 20-34 ATS (+54.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 172-109 ATS (+283.5 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 72-39 ATS (+9.1 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ANAHEIM is 9-6 (+0.8 Units) against the spread versus NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
ANAHEIM is 9-6-0 straight up against NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
9 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+7.5 Units)

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NHL
Short Sheet

Wednesday, April 27

NY Islanders at Tampa Bay, 7:05 PM ET
NY Islanders: 25-14 SU after covering 2 of their last 3
Tampa Bay: 6-11 SU revenging a loss where opponent scored 4 or more goals

Nashville at Anaheim, 10:05 PM ET
Nashville: 4-15 SU as an underdog
Anaheim: 58-33 SU after playing a road game

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, April 27

NY Islanders-Tampa Bay (0-0)
Islanders won four of last five games with Tampa Bay, but lost three of last four visits here, in a series where hisme side won six of last seven games- over is 4-1-1 in last six. Islanders just beat Florida in six tough games; their last three wins were all in OT. NY won four of last five road games overall. Tampa Bay won four of its last five games, allowing eight goals in dispatching Red Wings in five games- they had three extra days to rest here. Lightning won its last four home games, allowing five goals.

Nashville-Anaheim (3-3)
First-ever Game 7 for Predators, who've won only two playoff series in franchise history, last of which was in 2012. Ducks are 2-5 in Game 7's, losing last four. Home side won last two series games, after losing first four; in last 16 series games, over is 10-2-4, 3-0-2 in last five played here. Predators are 2-3 in last five visits here, 2-1 in this series. Under is 5-2-3 in last ten Nashville games overall, 6-2-3 in last eleven Duck games. Anaheim is 3-21 on power play in the series, Nashville 1-23, 0-10 last three games.

Playoffs tally: Home: 23-23, Over: 16-16-14

NHL

Wednesday, April 27

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
NY ISLANDERS vs. TAMPA BAY
The total has gone OVER in 4 of the NY Islanders last 6 games when playing Tampa Bay
NY Islanders are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 6 games when playing NY Islanders
Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home

10:00 PM
NASHVILLE vs. ANAHEIM
Nashville is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Nashville is 6-12 SU in its last 18 games when playing Anaheim
Anaheim is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games at home
Anaheim is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Nashville

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**Udog** · 04-27-2016, 08:41 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, April 27

Nashville @ Anaheim

Game 85-86
April 27, 2016 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Nashville
10.483
Anaheim
12.414
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Anaheim
by 2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Anaheim
-165
5
Dunkel Pick:
Anaheim
(-165); Under

Nashville @ Tampa Bay

Game 3-4
April 27, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Nashville
9.867
Tampa Bay
12.100
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Tampa Bay
by 2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Tampa Bay
-160
5
Dunkel Pick:
Tampa Bay
(-160); Under

**Udog** · 04-27-2016, 12:57 PM

NHL

Wednesday, April 27

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Stanley Cup Playoffs: Wednesday's NHL betting preview
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David Perron and his Ducks teammates look at take a bite out of the Preds as heavy favorites to win Game 7.

We have a weird overlap board tonight with the opening game of the second round in the East (Islanders vs Lightning) and another thrilling Game 7 in the West (Predators vs Ducks).

New York Islanders at Tampa Bay Lightning (A: -110, H: -110, O/U: 5)

Series tied 0-0

Captain John Tavares leads the way as the New York Islanders enter the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs for the first time since 1993 on Wednesday when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning for Game 1. Tavares scored the tying and winning goals in the series-clinching 2-1 double-overtime victory over Florida on Sunday, finishing with nine points in six games.

“When he plays the right way, it’s contagious for our group,” New York coach Jack Capuano told reporters. “I just think that’s what he’s done since I’ve been here. He’s got great creativity as we know, but he’s a great leader for our hockey club.” The Lightning come in with almost a week of rest after dispatching of Detroit in five games as Nikita Kucherov registered five goals and three assists while Ben Bishop posted a .950 save percentage. Tampa Bay is not expected to get captain Steven Stamkos (blood clot) back soon, but top-pair defenseman Anton Stralman (broken fibula) could return by the end of the series. “It’s only going to get harder, and I know our group’s ready for it,” said Tavares, who owns 25 points in 23 career games versus the Lightning. “We’re looking forward to the next challenge.”

TV: 7 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, CBC, TVAS

PROBABLE GOALIES: Islanders - T. Greiss (0.928%), Lightning - B. Bishop (0.907%).

ABOUT THE ISLANDERS (49-29-10, 37-51 ATS, 36-44 O/U): Kyle Okposo contributed six points, Frans Nielsen (three goals) had four and late-callup Alan Quine had three in the tight series against the Panthers. Jaroslav Halak (groin) has been skating, but the net belongs to Thomas Greiss after he went 23-11-4 in the regular season and more than did his part with a 1.79 goals-against average and .944 save percentage in the first round. Josh Bailey suffered an upper-body injury in Game 6 and will likely be replaced by fellow forward Ryan Strome in the lineup.

ABOUT THE LIGHTNING (50-32-5, 36-51 ATS, 35-41 O/U): Stamkos, who scored a team-high 36 goals this season, practiced with the team for the first time this month on Tuesday but will be on blood thinners for an undetermined amount of time. The Lightning will need others to step up again in the second round, including forwards Tyler Johnson (seven points), Alex Killorn (three goals, two assists) and Jonathan Drouin (four assists). Defenseman Victor Hedman led all Tampa Bay players in ice time at 27:02 per game in the first round and was second behind Kucherov (15) in shots with 14.

TRENDS:

* Islanders are 7-0 in their last 7 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.
* Lightning are 12-2 in their last 14 Conference Semifinals games.
* Under is 5-1 in Islanders last 6 games playing on 2 days rest.
* Home team is 6-1 in the last 7 meetings.

Nashville Predators at Anaheim Ducks (A: +135, H: -179, O/U: 4.5)

Series tied 3-3

The Anaheim Ducks have been bounced from the playoffs in each of the past three seasons via a Game 7 loss at home, a dubious streak they will try to end when they host the Nashville Predators on Wednesday in a winner-takes-all matchup. The Predators forced the deciding contest with a 3-1 victory on Monday to advance to the first Game 7 in franchise history.

Predictably, the Ducks were not thinking about their past history and their inability to close out an opponent despite holding a 3-2 series lead three years running. “It’s a new team,” Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau told reporters following Monday's setback. “New time. Every year is different. Every day is different. And we’re looking forward to the game.” So are the Predators, who advanced to Game 7 the hard way, losing three straight after winning the opening two games of the series in California. "We did everything all year to push ourselves to this point," Nashville forward James Neal said. "Why not win one more game?"

TV: 10 p.m. ET, NBCSN, TVAS, Sportsnet, FSN Tennessee (Nashville), FSN West (Anaheim)

PROBABLE GOALIES: Predators - P. Rinne (0.907%), Ducks - F. Andersen (0.922%)

ABOUT THE PREDATORS (44-30-14, 37-51 ATS, 34-35 O/U): Netminder Pekka Rinne has not enjoyed his best season and the uneven play extended into the playoffs, surrendering 11 goals as Nashville dropped Games 3 through 5, but he was at his best with his team facing elimination and is embracing the prospect of a win-or-go-home matchup. "Just facing Game 7, you know what it means and what's at stake," Rinne said. "To be going to Anaheim, they have their home crowd, but I feel like we've been playing really well in their building. Just really excited about this one." Neal, held off the scoresheet since Game 1, scored on goal and set up another Monday.

ABOUT THE DUCKS (49-28-11, 42-46 ATS, 33-36 O/U): Corey Perry topped Anaheim by a wide margin with 34 goals -- the sixth time in the past eight seasons he has scored at least 30 times -- but he has yet to tally in the series against the Predators, although he has four notched four assists. Perry's frustration reached its peak with just over 6 1/2 minutes remaining in the third period of Game 6 as he took a pass all alone in the slot, only to have his point-blank tying attempt swallowed up by Rinne. "Those are ones I’ve got to bear down,” Perry said. "I just think I rushed the shot more than anything. Those things are just going like that right now."

TRENDS:

* Predators are 4-1 in their last 5 when their opponent scores 2 goals or less in their previous game.
* Ducks are 1-4 in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a losing road record.
* Under is 3-0-1 in Predators last 4 games following a win.
* Under is 4-0-2 in Ducks last 6 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.

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