Tuesday's NHL Trends and Indexes - 5/24

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Trends and Indexes

Tuesday, May 24

Good Luck on day #145 of 2016!

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Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack

-- Giants win 1-0 for second consecutive day, first time they've won consecutive games 1-0 since August, 1980.

-- Padres lost in 17 innings Sunday, then on a messed-up pop-up Monday, wasting lot of good pitching by starters Rea, Pomeranz.

-- Sharks 6, Blues 3-- San Jose is one game away from Stanley Cup finals.

-- Royals lost Alex Gordon for 4-6 weeks with a broken hand.

-- Draymond Green will play tonight; he got fined but the league backed off on his suspension- the league prefers good TV ratings to actual justice.

-- Atlanta Braves have five of the first 80 picks in the June 9 amateur draft.

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Armadillo: Tuesday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but........

13) Major league baseball teams aren't allowed to play more than 20 days in a row, so players on Colorado/Pittsburgh had to vote to play Monday, after Sunday's game was rained out in the second inning.

Pirates will now take the field 34 days in a row, Colorado 27, but playing yesterday was better than the Rockies flying in for one day later this season.

12) With Lucas Duda out for an extended time bith back issues, would the Mets trade for a 3B, move David Wright to first? He has been struggling with throws, anyway, this could be the time to put him at first base.

11) Interesting matchup in Chicago tonight: Indians are 7-0 when Josh Tomlin starts on the mound, White Sox are 9-0 when Chris Sale pitches.

10) White Sox announcer Steve Stone was talking about former Braves' slugger Rico Carty (.299 career BA, 204 HRs). Apparently Carty wasn't a trusting soul-- he kept his wallet in hsi uniform pants while he was playing. Seriously.

9) On the Pirate game yesterday afternoon, Colorado announcers were saying that when he played for the Bronx Bombers, New York coaches tried to get Dominic Cervelli to quit and become a minor league coach, like Crash Davis in Bull Durham.

Cervelli just signed a three-year, $31M extension; hope he sends a copy of his checks to New York, so they can see how wrong they were.

8) I've spent a lot of time keeping score at baseball games, was even an official scorer in the minor leagues for two years, but if I started keeping score again, I'd have to change the way I kept score, because of shifting defenses.

A good scorecard is something you can look at six months later and tell what went on in that game, even if you never saw the game. Jotting down "5-3" is no longer enough, because the 3B ("5") might have shifted to the right side of the infield. Now you need to take notes and be more descriptive, in order to be more accurate.

7) Raptors 105, Cavaliers 99- Why do teams play so much better at home?

6) Trevon Blueitt is going back to Xavier; the Musketeers have their top four guys on the perimeter back and are a top 25 team.

5) Drivers in this year's Indianapolis 500 represent 11 different countries.

4) In his last 1,001 innings pitched, Clayton Kershaw's ERA is 1.995.

3) Players who have come to bat with most men on base this season:
Rizzo 150, Polanco 147, Pujols 143, Abreu 137.

2) Players with 100+ PA who have driven in the highest %age of baserunners:
Bruce 26.7%, Betts 24.2%, Markakis 24.2%, Bradley Jr 23.4%

1) Players with 100+ PA who have driven in the lowest %age of baserunners
Gennett 1-64, MTaylor 2-68, Norris 3-85.

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NHL
Dunkel

Tuesday, May 24


Pittsburgh @ Tampa Bay

Game 21-22
May 24, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Pittsburgh
12.710
Tampa Bay
13.735
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Tampa Bay
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Pittsburgh
-140
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Tampa Bay
(+120); Under




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Armadillo's Write-Up

Tuesday, May 24

Tampa Bay-Pittsburgh (TB 3-2)
Tampa Bay tied Game 5 with 3:16 left, won it 0:53 into OT; they can end series with win on home ice, but road team is 3-2 in this series. Lightning won seven of its last ten games with Penguins- they won four of last five played here. Over is 10-1-1 in last 12 series games. Lightning is 2-11 on power play in first three games in this series, Pittsburgh is 3-16. Pittsburgh is 6-4 in its last ten games, going 4-3 in last seven on road. Tampa Bay won three of last four home games; four of its last eight games overall went to overtime.

Playoffs tally: 1st round-- Home: 23-24, Over: 16-17-14
2nd round-- Home: 16-9, Over: 11-5-9
Conference finals-- Home 4-6, Over 5-4-1




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Tuesday, May 24

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Trend Report
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8:00 PM
PITTSBURGH vs. TAMPA BAY
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Pittsburgh is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games at home
Tampa Bay is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Pittsburgh


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NHL
Long Sheet

Tuesday, May 24

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PITTSBURGH (58-30-0-10, 126 pts.) at TAMPA BAY (57-34-0-6, 120 pts.) - 5/24/2016, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PITTSBURGH is 14-22 ATS (-15.7 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 2 seasons.
TAMPA BAY is 39-20 ATS (+6.7 Units) second half of the season this season.
TAMPA BAY is 203-211 ATS (+496.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season since 1996.
PITTSBURGH is 58-40 ATS (+4.0 Units) in all games this season.
PITTSBURGH is 40-21 ATS (+10.7 Units) second half of the season this season.
PITTSBURGH is 60-43 ATS (+105.7 Units) in road games on Tuesday nights since 1996.
TAMPA BAY is 7-12 ATS (-9.5 Units) on Tuesday nights this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
TAMPA BAY is 7-7 (+1.6 Units) against the spread versus PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons
TAMPA BAY is 7-7-0 straight up against PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons
11 of 13 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+9.0 Units)

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NHL
Short Sheet

Tuesday, May 24

Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 8:05 PM ET
Pittsburgh: 26-13 SU after 1 or more consecutive losses
Tampa Bay: 7-12 SU on Tuesday nights

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NHL

Tuesday, May 24

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Tuesday's NHL Conference Finals betting preview: Penguins at Lightning
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Nikita Kucherov's two goals and an assist Sunday gave him seven points in the last three games.

Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning (A: -140, H: +120, O/U: 5.5)

Lightning lead series 3-2

The Pittsburgh Penguins have lost back-to-back games for the first time since mid-January and a third straight defeat would put an abrupt end to their season. Pittsburgh looks to send the Eastern Conference finals to a deciding contest on home ice and avoid elimination when it visits the Tampa Bay Lightning for Game 6 on Tuesday night.

Penguins’ All-Star center Evgeni Malkin is confident despite seeing his team cough up a two-goal lead in a 4-3 overtime loss on Sunday, telling reporters “I believe in my team. I believe in myself. We’re coming back to Pittsburgh (for Game 7) for sure.” The Penguins have been doing a good job focusing on the next challenge after a loss, according to coach Mike Sullivan, and must find a way to slow down Nikita Kucherov after his two goals and an assist Sunday gave him seven points in the last three games. The Lightning sat in the same position last season before losing Game 6 at home against the New York Rangers and going on the road to win the series, but hope to make it easier this time. “I think our guys are doing a heck of a job this year handling all sorts of situations, whether it’s injuries, being down, being up. … the list goes on,” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper told reporters. “The guys have really matured as a group on how to win hockey games.”

TV: 8 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, CBC, TVAS

PROBABLE GOALIES:

Penguins - Marc-Andre Fleury (W/L: 0-1, GAA: 2.33, SAVE %: .920)

Lightning - Andrei Vasilevskiy (W/L: 3-2, GAA: 2.65, SAVE %: .914)

ABOUT THE PENGUINS (58-30-10, 44-36 O/U): Sullivan’s two changes for Game 5 did not work out as forward Beau Bennett was a minus-2 after replacing Conor Sheary and goalie Marc-Andre Fleury allowed four goals on 25 shots in his first start since March 31. Sullivan told reporters Monday he would make a decision on game day of whether to switch back to Matt Murray (9-4, .923 save percentage) in goal. With Trevor Daley lost for the season due to a broken ankle that he sustained in Game 4, Olli Maatta took his spot on defense and contributed an assist while posting a plus-2 rating Sunday in 17:21 of ice time.

ABOUT THE LIGHTNING (57-34-6, 40-44 O/U): Tyler Johnson suffered a cut on his face when he was hit by a puck in pregame warm-ups before scoring the winner Game 4. He tallied for the third consecutive contest Sunday after defenseman Jason Garrison’s shot caromed into the net off his back in overtime. “He’s a winner, that’s what winners do,” Cooper told reporters. “They don’t back down.” Vezina finalist Ben Bishop (left leg) won’t likely be back for Game 6, which means Andrei Vasilevskiy (.925 save percentage in series) gets his fifth consecutive start in net and defenseman Anton Stralman told reporters, “He’s been terrific. Unbelievable.”

TRENDS:

* Penguins are 5-0 in their last 5 Tuesday games.
* Lightning are 5-1 in their last 6 games playing on 1 days rest.
* Over is 3-0-1 in Penguins last 4 Conference Finals games.
* Over is 5-0 in the last 5 meetings in Tampa Bay.
* Over is 20-4-3 in the last 27 meetings.

CONSENSUS: The Penguins are picking up 53 percent of the Consensus wagers as road favorites tonight in Tampa Bay. Over 5.5 is pulling in 53 percent of the picks at the time of publication of this preview.


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