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NHL roundup: Flyers top Oilers for 7th straight win
December 9, 2016

PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Raffl finished off a furious Flyers comeback by scoring the game-winning goal with 1:29 remaining to give Philadelphia a wild 6-5 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night at the Wells Fargo Center.

The Flyers trailed 5-3 with less than 15 minutes to play, but rallied for their seven straight win.

Claude Giroux had two goals and one assist, and Mark Streit, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Jakub Voracek also scored for Philadelphia.

Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists, and Connor McDavid and Andrej Sekera added one goal and one assist apiece for the Oilers. Benoit Pouliot and Klefbom also scored for Edmonton, which blew a lead for the fourth consecutive game.

The Flyers' Steve Mason stopped 28 shots to earn his sixth straight win. Jonas Gustavsson stopped 25 to take the loss.

Avalanche 4, Bruins 2

BOSTON -- Nate Mackinnon scored a shorthanded goal to help Colorado, which hasn't lost in Boston since 1998, end a six-game losing streak.

Matt Duchene, Carl Soderberg and John Mitchell also scored for the Avalanche.

David Pastrnak scored both Bruins goals.

Islanders 3, Blues 2

NEW YORK -- Anders Lee scored two goals, including the game-winner with 7:18 remaining in the third period, as New York Islanders remained red-hot with a victory over St. Louis at Barclays Center.

John Tavares also scored for the Islanders, who won for the fifth time in six games (5-0-1). Thomas Greiss made 24 saves.

Robby Fabbri and Kyle Brodziak scored for the Blues, who lost for only the third time in 11 games. Jake Allen made 24 saves.

Penguins 5, Panthers 1

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Pittsburgh ruined the home debut of new Florida coach Tom Rowe with a win at the BB&T Center.

The Penguins got three first-period goals from Sidney Crosby (18th of the season), Conor Sheary (seventh) and Tom Kuhnhackl (second). Matt Cullen scored his seventh goal of the season with 14:12 left in the third and Carl Hagelin scored an empty-net goal with an assist from goalie Matthew Murray.

Jaromir Jagr, who won Stanley Cups with the Penguins in 1991 and 1992, scored the Panthers' goal.

Canucks 5, Lightning 1

TAMPA, Fla. -- Ryan Miller stopped 38 shots to lead Vancouver over Tampa Bay.

Jayson Megna and Jack Skille each scored twice while Erik Gudbranson added a goal and an assist as the Canucks won on the road for just the fourth time this season. Miller left the game with 6:02 left in the game during a timeout and headed for the locker room for the remainder of the game, replaced by Jacob Markstrom.

Jonathan Drouin scored for the Lightning, who have just one victory in the past seven games.

Rangers 2, Jets 1

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Kevin Hayes scored with 1:09 remaining to lift New York over the Winnipeg.

Antti Raanta made 17 saves for New York while Michael Hutchinson stopped 22 shots.

The Rangers opened the scoring with a tic-tac-toe play on the first power play of game when Chris Kreider converted a goal-mouth pass from Derek Stepan.

Mark Scheifele, who was playing in his first game back after missing three contests with a leg injury, scored the Jets' goal.

Canadiens 5, Devils 2

MONTREAL -- Torrey Mitchell scored twice to help Montreal win against New Jersey at the Bell Centre.

Phillip Danault, Artturi Lehkonen and Max Pacioretty also scored for the Canadiens, who earned their 2,000th home win in franchise history. Carey Price stopped 19 shots.

Adam Henrique and Taylor Hall scored for the Devils, who fell for the first time in regulation in December. Cory Schneider made 44 saves.

Flames 2, Coyotes 1

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Mark Giordano scored a power-play goal, Chad Johnson made 27 saves, Johnny Gaudreau had two assists, and Dougie Hamilton scored at 1:09 of overtime to lift Calgary over Arizona, for its fifth straight win.

Johnson is 10-2-0 since taking over the starting goaltending duties from Brian Elliott.

Mike Smith made 33 saves for the Coyotes, who scored two goals or fewer for the 11th time in the past 14 games. Max Domi scored the Coyotes goal.

Stars 5, Predators 2

DALLAS -- Jamie Benn and Jason Spezza each had a goal and two assists, and Kari Lehtonen stopped 34 of 36 shots for Dallas in a win against the Nashville at American Airlines Center.

Antoine Roussel and Tyler Seguin also had a goal and an assist each for the Stars, who also got a goal from Brett Ritchie.

Viktor Arvidsson and Calle Jarnkrok scored for the Predators.

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Friday’s six-pack

Six interesting NFL trends, with Week 14 upon us:

— Cleveland is 1-9 vs spread in its last ten divisional games.

— Rams are 1-5-1 vs spread in their last seven games.

— Falcons are 6-17 in their last 23 games as a favorite.

— Tennessee is 2-8 in its last ten games as a home favorite.

— New Orleans covered its last seven road games.

— Texans are 7-1-1 vs spread in their last nine divisional games.

Friday’s List of 13: Our bottom 5, top 8 in the NFL

32) Browns— 25 people in San Antonio voted for Gregg Popovich for President; when I heard that, i was actually surprised the number was only 25. Wish I had thought of it when I was in the voting booth; Popovich would’ve been a better choice than Gary Johnson.

31) Jaguars— Football coach Willie Taggart was making $1.8M at South Florida, left USF to go to Oregon, where he will make less than Purdue’s Jeff Brohm, who was making $800K at Western Kentucky. Brohm will make $3.3M, Taggart $3.2M.

30) 49ers— Niners are favored this week, for second week in a row. They’re 1-11.

29) Bears— At the Pearl Harbor basketball games this week (Seton Hall-Cal, Princeton-Hawai’i), a 97-year old World War II veteran played the National Anthem on a harmonica and it was tremendous.

28) Rams— If the Chargers move to the LA Coliseum next year, will they put FieldTurf down? Hosting three teams on the same field could be dicey for a natural grass field.

8) Giants— Big ballgame with the Cowboys in Swamp Stadium Sunday night. Giant defense is going to miss the injured Pierre-Paul.

7) Steelers— 13 years later, if you had to rank Eli-Big Ben-Rivers’ careers, who would be 1-2-3? They were all in the same draft.

6) Lions— Will OC Jim Bob Cooter be a head coaching candidate next month? He’s done a great job with Matthew Stafford.

5) Seahawks— Ever see Pawn Stars on the History Channel? I’ve been in that shop in Las Vegas; much smaller than it looks on TV, mostly jewelry there, but a cool place. It is worth a couple hours to look around and see if there is anything worth buying.

4) Chiefs— KC’s defense/special teams have accounted for NFL-high 49.5% of Chiefs’ points this season. By way of comparison:

2015 Broncos: 45.9%…..2000 Ravens: 46.5%…..1985 Bears: 42.1%

3) Raiders— A school district in Texas, the McKinney Independent School District, broke ground this week on a $69M football stadium. For a high school team. Oy.

2) Patriots— RIP John Glenn 95, an Astronaut/US Senator (for 25 years) who lived a great life. He was the first American to orbit the earth, and actually went up in space again in 1998, at age 77. RIP, sir.

1— Cowboys— Some team in the next couple years will draft a QB and throw him in the starting lineup right away in part because of the success Dak Prescott is having. They better have as good an offensive line as Dallas has, or else……..

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NHL BETTING TRENDS
Money Line

10:05 pm 12/9/2016
(61) SAN JOSE @(62) ANAHEIM
Play ON SAN JOSE using the money line in All games in a road game where where the total is 5 or less.
The record is 28 Wins and 12 Losses for the last two seasons (+17 units)
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NHL BETTING TRENDS
Puck Line

10:05 pm 12/9/2016
(61) SAN JOSE @(62) ANAHEIM
Play OVER SAN JOSE using the puck line in All games in a road game where where the total is 5 or less.
The record is 28 Overs and 12 Unders for the last two seasons (+17 units)
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NHL BETTING TRENDS
Under

10:05 pm 12/9/2016
(61) SAN JOSE @(62) ANAHEIM
Play UNDER SAN JOSE on the total in All games first half of the season.
The record is 3 Overs and 17 Unders this season (+14.3 units)
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10:05 pm 12/9/2016
(61) SAN JOSE @(62) ANAHEIM
Play UNDER SAN JOSE on the total in All games in all games.
The record is 3 Overs and 17 Unders this season (+14.3 units)
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7:05 pm 12/9/2016
(51) WASHINGTON @(52) BUFFALO
Play UNDER BUFFALO on the total in Home games first half of the season.
The record is 7 Overs and 21 Unders for the last two seasons (+13.35 units)
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nhl record: ( like in baseball i only play dogs and totals )

12/01/2016 8-8-1 50.00% +350
12/02/2016 1-1-1 50.00% +0
12/03/2016 3-3-0 50.00% +175
12/04/2016 7-4-0 63.64% +1725
12/05/2016 1-4-1 20.00% -1600
12/06/2016 7-6-3 53.85% +600
12/07/2016 4-2-0 66.67% +1325
12/08/2016 8-6-0 57.14% +1500

WLT Pct Units

M/L Picks 84-118-0 41.58% -6395

O/U Picks 160-149-54 51.78% -1950

oct- nov triple plays - ***** 102 - 111 - 27
dec triple plays - ***** 24 - 21 - 4

12/01- dog of the day...................( carolina + 170 lost 1 -2 )
12/03 - dog of the day..................( chicago +115 lost 1 - 3 )
12/04 - dog of the day..................( philly + 140 wins 4 - 2 )
12/05 - dog of the day..................( arizona + 205 lost 1 - 4 )
12/05 - dog of the day..................( florida + 135 lost 3 - 4 )
12/06 - dog of the day..................(florida + 135 lost 2 - 3 )
12/06 - dog of the day..................( montreal+ 150 lost 2 - 3 )
12/06 - dog of the day..................( colorado + 175 lost 3 - 4 )
12/06 - total of the day ................( colorado /nashville ov 5' wins 4 - 3 )
12/07 - dog of the day # 1............( boston +120/washington lost 4 - 3 )
12/07 - dog of the day # 2............( ottawa + 175/san jose win 4 - 2 )
12/08 - dog of the night................( new jersey + 150/ montreal 2 - 5 )

big plays
record based on 5 units

m/l-...........4 -10 - 0 - 18.75

o/u-.......... 2 - 2 - 0 - 100

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, December 9

Washington won six of last seven games with Buffalo; Caps won three of last four visits to western NY. Under is 2-1-2 in last five series games. Washington won its last two games in OT; their last three all went OT/SO- they lost last two on road. Under is 3-2-1 in their last six games. Buffalo is 3-4 in last seven games overall; they won four of its last six home games. Over is 3-1-1 in their last five games overall.

Blues won their last five games with New Jersey (under 3-2); they won 2-0/1-0 in last two visits here since a 7-1 loss three years ago. Devils lost five of last seven games overall, six of last seven on road; over is 6-0-2 in their last eight games. St Louis won seven of last ten games overall, six of last seven at home. Over is 5-1-2 in their last eight games.

Columbus is 5-3 in its last eight games with Detroit; Blue Jackets won three of last five visits to Motor City. Under is 7-2-1 in last ten series games. Columbus is 7-3 in its last ten games, winning four of last five on road; under is 5-2-1 in their last eight games. Red Wings are 5-3 in their last eight games, losing three of last four at home; six of their last eight games went to OT/SO. Last three Detroit games went over total.

Road team won eight of last nine Edmonton-Minnesota games; Oilers won won three of last four visits to Twin Cities. Under is 7-3 in last ten series games. Edmonton lost six of last eight games, splitting last six games on road (over 5-1). Minnesota is 4-3 in last seven games, winning three of last four at home; Under is 2-0-1 in their last three games.

Road team won five of last seven Ranger-Chicago games; New York won its last three visits to Windy City, all by one goal. Under is 4-1-1 in last six series games. Rangers are 3-2 in last five road games but are 0-4 in game following their last four wins. Three of last four New York games went over the total. Blackhawks won three of their last four home games; under is 5-1 in their last six games overall.

Anaheim won four of last five games with San Jose; Sharks lost three of last four visits to the Duck Pond. Under is 6-1-2 in last nine series games. San Jose won six of its last eight games, but lost two of last three on road. Under is 4-1-3 in their last eight games. Anaheim won four of its last six games, including its last two at home; under is 3-2 in Ducks’ last five games.

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NHL

Friday, December 9

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Trend Report
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8:00 PM
WASHINGTON vs. BUFFALO
Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Washington is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Buffalo
Buffalo is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home
Buffalo is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games

8:30 PM
COLUMBUS vs. DETROIT
Columbus is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games when playing Detroit
Columbus is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Detroit is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games when playing Columbus
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing Columbus

8:30 PM
ST. LOUIS vs. NEW JERSEY
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis's last 6 games on the road
St. Louis is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games on the road
New Jersey is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of New Jersey's last 9 games when playing at home against St. Louis

9:00 PM
EDMONTON vs. MINNESOTA
Edmonton is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Edmonton's last 7 games when playing Minnesota
Minnesota is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Edmonton
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota's last 9 games when playing at home against Edmonton

9:30 PM
NY RANGERS vs. CHICAGO
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of the NY Rangers last 6 games when playing Chicago
NY Rangers are 7-3 SU in their last 10 games on the road
Chicago is 2-4 SU in their last 6 games when playing NY Rangers
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago's last 6 games when playing NY Rangers

11:00 PM
SAN JOSE vs. ANAHEIM
San Jose is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Jose's last 6 games when playing Anaheim
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Anaheim's last 6 games when playing San Jose
Anaheim is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Jose

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NHL
Long Sheet

Friday, December 9

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WASHINGTON (15-7-0-3, 33 pts.) at BUFFALO (10-10-0-6, 26 pts.) - 12/9/2016, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WASHINGTON is 43-19 ATS (+15.3 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 6-2 (+0.8 Units) against the spread versus BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 6-2-0 straight up against BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.3 Units)

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ST LOUIS (15-8-0-4, 34 pts.) at NEW JERSEY (12-8-0-6, 30 pts.) - 12/9/2016, 7:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
ST LOUIS is 4-0 (+4.1 Units) against the spread versus NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
ST LOUIS is 4-0-0 straight up against NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.2 Units, Under=-0.2 Units)

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COLUMBUS (15-5-0-4, 34 pts.) at DETROIT (13-11-0-3, 29 pts.) - 12/9/2016, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLUMBUS is 15-9 ATS (+24.5 Units) in all games this season.
COLUMBUS is 15-9 ATS (+27.7 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5 or less over the last 3 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 15-9 ATS (+24.5 Units) first half of the season this season.
COLUMBUS is 5-0 ATS (+5.0 Units) on Friday nights this season.
COLUMBUS is 10-4 ATS (+14.0 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
COLUMBUS is 31-23 ATS (+60.2 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 3 seasons.
DETROIT is 6-13 ATS (-13.9 Units) in home games when playing with 2 days rest over the last 3 seasons.
DETROIT is 13-18 ATS (-13.1 Units) in home games after a non-conference game over the last 3 seasons.
DETROIT is 95-102 ATS (-96.2 Units) after playing 3 consecutive road games since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLUMBUS is 3-3 (+1.6 Units) against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 3-3-0 straight up against COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.0 Units)

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EDMONTON (14-11-0-4, 32 pts.) at MINNESOTA (13-8-0-4, 30 pts.) - 12/9/2016, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MINNESOTA is 53-60 ATS (+139.2 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 18-25 ATS (-13.0 Units) after a non-conference game over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 23-35 ATS (-27.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 15-21 ATS (-17.4 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 5-2 (+0.2 Units) against the spread versus EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 5-2-0 straight up against EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.7 Units)

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NY RANGERS (18-9-0-1, 37 pts.) at CHICAGO (17-8-0-3, 37 pts.) - 12/9/2016, 8:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NY RANGERS are 2-9 ATS (-8.1 Units) in road games in December games over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 9-0 ATS (+9.0 Units) in home games after 3 or more consecutive unders over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 420-410 ATS (-70.9 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.
NY RANGERS are 16-5 ATS (+9.9 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 2 seasons.
NY RANGERS are 27-14 ATS (+10.8 Units) in road games after a non-conference game over the last 3 seasons.
NY RANGERS are 22-11 ATS (+10.7 Units) in road games in non-conference games over the last 3 seasons.
CHICAGO is 59-67 ATS (-39.5 Units) in home games on Friday nights since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
CHICAGO is 2-2-0 straight up against NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.8 Units)

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SAN JOSE (15-10-0-1, 31 pts.) at ANAHEIM (13-9-0-5, 31 pts.) - 12/9/2016, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SAN JOSE is 49-48 ATS (-29.3 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 219-171 ATS (+30.8 Units) after a non-conference game since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 28-12 ATS (+15.6 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5 or less over the last 2 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 20-8 ATS (+10.4 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN JOSE is 6-5 (+0.7 Units) against the spread versus ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
SAN JOSE is 6-5-0 straight up against ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
7 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+5.0 Units)

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NHL
Dunkel

Friday, December 9

San Jose @ Anaheim

Game 61-62
December 9, 2016 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
San Jose
12.625
Anaheim
11.319
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
San Jose
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Anaheim
-115
5
Dunkel Pick:
San Jose
(-105); Over

NY Rangers @ Chicago

Game 59-60
December 9, 2016 @ 8:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
NY Rangers
9.341
Chicago
11.581
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Chicago
by 2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Chicago
-130
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Chicago
(-130); Under

Edmonton @ Minnesota

Game 57-58
December 9, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Edmonton
12.301
Minnesota
10.845
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Edmonton
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
-155
5
Dunkel Pick:
Edmonton
(+135); Over

Columbus @ Detroit

Game 55-56
December 9, 2016 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Columbus
9.581
Detroit
11.341
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Detroit
by 2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Columbus
-130
5
Dunkel Pick:
Detroit
(+110); Under

St. Louis @ New Jersey

Game 53-54
December 9, 2016 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
St. Louis
12.790
New Jersey
9.670
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
St. Louis
by 3
3
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
St. Louis
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
St. Louis
N/A

Washington @ Buffalo

Game 51-52
December 9, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
10.685
Buffalo
11.938
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Buffalo
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
-140
5
Dunkel Pick:
Buffalo
(+120); Over

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9

GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

WAS at BUF 07:00 PM

BUF +105 *****

O 5.0

CLB at DET 07:30 PM

U 5.0

STL at NJ 07:30 PM

NJ +105 *****

O 5.0

EDM at MIN 08:00 PM

U 5.0

NYR at CHI 08:30 PM

NYR +120 ***** ( NHL DOG OF THE NIGHT )

U 5.5

SJ at ANA 10:00 PM

U 5.0 ***** ( NHL TOTAL OF THE NIGHT )

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NHL Capsules
December 10, 2016

CHICAGO (AP) Nick Holden scored 55 seconds into overtime, Antti Raanta made 26 saves against his former team and the New York Rangers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 1-0 on Friday night.

Derek Stepan passed from the boards to a streaking Holden in the middle of the ice, and he beat Scott Darling on the stick side for his fourth goal of the season.

Darling was going for his second straight shutout while subbing for injured starter Corey Crawford but had to settle for another solid performance.

Raanta, who made his NHL debut with Chicago in 2013 and played for the Blackhawks for two seasons before he was traded to New York, improved to 15-0-3 in 20 career appearances at the United Center.

The 27-year-old Raanta had 17 saves in Thursday's 2-1 victory at Winnipeg, and coach Alain Vigneault opted to give him a second straight start over Henrik Lundqvist because of his recent play and his success in Chicago.

DUCKS 3, SHARKS 2

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Hampus Lindholm got his first goal of the season with 5:38 remaining, helping Anaheim beat San Jose night after blowing a two-goal lead.

Goals by Brent Burns and Kevin Labanc brought San Jose back after Rickard Rakell and Antoine Vermette scored in the first period for Anaheim.

The 22-year-old Lindholm held out this season before signing a six-year contract extension in late October. He didn't play his first game until Nov. 9 and got his first goal in 15 contests.

Jonathan Bernier had 22 saves for the Ducks and withstood a frantic final attack after San Jose pulled its goalie with 2 minutes left.

Martin Jones stopped 29 shots for the Sharks.

BLUE JACKETS 4, RED WINGS 1

DETROIT (AP) - Brandon Dubinsky scored a tiebreaking goal in the second period and surging Columbus won its fifth straight game.

Lukas Sedlak got his first NHL goal for the Blue Jackets, who have earned at least a point in 12 of their last 13 games. Cam Atkinson contributed a short-handed goal in the first period for Columbus.

Dylan Larkin's power-play goal in the second was the only scoring of the night for the Red Wings. Sergei Bobrovsky had 32 saves for the Blue Jackets.

Sam Gagner scored into an empty net with 13.9 seconds remaining.

Detroit goalie Petr Mrazek was pulled in favor of Jimmy Howard after Sedlak's goal made it 3-1 in the second.

WILD 3, OILERS 2, SO

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Eric Staal scored in the sixth round of a shootout and Minnesota beat Edmonton.

Matt Dumba and Jason Zucker scored in regulation for Minnesota, which has won three straight.

Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk made 25 saves. He entered with a league-best .946 save percentage and 1.65 goals-against average.

Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had goals for the Oilers, whose four-game losing streak began with a 2-1 home overtime loss to the Wild last Sunday.

CAPITALS 4, SABRES 1

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - T.J. Oshie and Marcus Johansson each scored a goal, Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves and Washington beat Buffalo for its third straight win.

Jakub Vrana and John Carlson also scored, helping Washington beat Buffalo for the third time in 15 days.

Kyle Okposo had a goal and Robin Lehner made 25 saves for Buffalo. The Sabres have lost three of their last four.

BLUES 4, DEVILS 1

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Robby Fabbri scored twice and Vladimir Tarasenko had three assists, lifting St. Louis over New Jersey.

Tarasenko had eight of St. Louis' 32 shots on goal, while Ryan Reaves and Jaden Schwartz also scored for the Blues.

Jake Allen stopped 20 shots and won for the ninth time in 10 starts.

Keith Kinkaid had 28 saves for New Jersey, and PA Parenteau had a goal.

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Saturday’s six-pack

— Titans covered twice in last 10 games as a home favorite.

— Seahawks are 13-6 vs spread in their last 19 games.

— Carolina is 4-10-1 vs spread in their last 15 games.

— Lions are 6-1-1 in last 8 games as an NFC North home favorite.

— Surprising fact: the Prime Minister of Japan went to college at USC.

— Hartford 65, Boston College 63— BC is in same league as Duke, UNC, Louisville and they’ve already lost to Nicholls St and Hartford. Yikes.

Saturday’s List of 13: Random thoughts on a cold day

Catching up on some stuff from during the week…….

13) First of all, a football-related weather forecast; supposed to snow heavily in Green Bay all day Sunday; 6-8 inches in all. Could be Packers’ snowiest home game since 1985, so if you’re wagering or have fantasy players in that game, act accordingly.

12) Houston Rockets’ Sam Dekker is a good example of a guy working his butt off to improve his body and therefore his game, making himself a serviceable NBA player. Dekker played in only three games LY, hurt his back; he is averaging 16+ minutes a game this year.

11) College football coaching moves: Willie Taggart goes from South Florida to Oregon, Purdue hires Western Kentucky coach Jeff Brohm and Houston promotes OC Major Applewhite to replace the departed Tom Herman.

10) Taggart was making $1.8M at South Florida, will make $3.2M now. Brohm was making $800K at WKU, will make $3.3M now- interesting. Good luck competing against Harbaugh and Urban Meyer, by the way.

Brohm’s first game at Purdue will be against his old boss Bobby Petrino and Louisville.

9) Gonzaga 98, Washington 71— If you’re coaching in the Pac-12 and one of your better players transfers to Gonzaga, what does it say about your program? Spokane is way out of the way, dangerously close to Idaho, but they win a lot and kids like to win.

What Gonzaga did to Washington in this game was flat embarrassing— Lorenzo Romar’s team has fallen into the trap of recruiting one-and-done kids, meaning his team is always very young but with very little chance to develop team chemistry, since their better guys have at least one eye on the NBA already.

8) Tex-Arlington 66, Saint Mary’s 51— We like Arlington, but were still surprised that this game wasn’t close at all. UTA was quicker all over the court and dominated the game. In no way did the Gaels look like a top 15 team.

7) Iowa 78, Iowa State 64— People get impatient with me for not picking games in pre-conference play anymore, and I point to games like this, scores that make zero sense. Iowa isn’t a good team; Cyclones are one of the most experienced teams in America and they got waxed in this game, against an in-state rival. Go figure.

6) If Chiefs’ speedster Tyreek Hill played for the Giants, Showtime would’ve already done one (or more) movies about him and he’d have 6-7 commercials on TV every day. He’s very good and still underrated.

5) Louisiana Tech’s football team is 8-5; in only two of their 13 games was the Las Vegas pointspread single digits- Tech was favored by 10+ points eight times, an underdog of 10+ three times. That is very unusual.

4) ESPN’s Jeff Van Gundy is a great basketball analyst; he was explaining Friday night how Houston’s Clint Capela is actually an upgrade over Dwight Howard for the Rockets, because it allows Houston to easily define what they want to do on offense (pick/roll). As soon as he explained it, Rockets scored an easy basket, with Capela getting the layup.

3) CF Dexter Fowler signed with St Louis, the Cubs’ arch-rival; move allows Matt Carpenter to drop down into the middle of the Cardinals’ lineup.

2) I really like Florida State’s Darvin Cook as a running back; think he’ll be an excellent NFL player. Not sure why he’s not getting more of a push for postseason awards but he’ll get paid next year and for years to come.

1— Long time ago, I put myself thru college as a student manager of the school’s basketball team; it was mostly great fun, learned a lot plus our team was really good so that helped too.

For a year, our JV basketball coach shared an office with the school’s swimming coach. One day, a kid on the JV hoop team calls in to say he can’t come to practice that day- the swimming coach takes the call, and asks the kid for his number, so the JV coach can call him back.

“Coach already knows my number; I’m number 45.” And he hangs up.

Oy.

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NHL BETTING TRENDS
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8:05 pm 12/10/2016
(15) NASHVILLE @(16) ARIZONA
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(5) COLORADO @(6) MONTREAL
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8:05 pm 12/10/2016
(15) NASHVILLE @(16) ARIZONA
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Over

10:05 pm 12/10/2016
(17) WINNIPEG @(18) CALGARY
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7:05 pm 12/10/2016
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Under

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(19) CAROLINA @(20) SAN JOSE
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nhl record: ( like in baseball i only play dogs and totals )

12/01/2016 8-8-1 50.00% +350
12/02/2016 1-1-1 50.00% +0
12/03/2016 3-3-0 50.00% +175
12/04/2016 7-4-0 63.64% +1725
12/05/2016 1-4-1 20.00% -1600
12/06/2016 7-6-3 53.85% +600
12/07/2016 4-2-0 66.67% +1325
12/08/2016 8-6-0 57.14% +1500
12/09/2016 2-2-5 50.00% +100

WLT Pct Units

M/L Picks 85-120-0 41.46% -6795

O/U Picks 161-149-59 51.94% -1450

oct- nov triple plays - ***** 102 - 111 - 27
dec triple plays - ***** 25 - 23 - 1

12/01- dog of the day...................( carolina + 170 lost 1 -2 )
12/03 - dog of the day..................( chicago +115 lost 1 - 3 )
12/04 - dog of the day..................( philly + 140 wins 4 - 2 )
12/05 - dog of the day..................( arizona + 205 lost 1 - 4 )
12/05 - dog of the day..................( florida + 135 lost 3 - 4 )
12/06 - dog of the day..................(florida + 135 lost 2 - 3 )
12/06 - dog of the day..................( montreal+ 150 lost 2 - 3 )
12/06 - dog of the day..................( colorado + 175 lost 3 - 4 )
12/06 - total of the day ................( colorado /nashville ov 5' wins 4 - 3 )
12/07 - dog of the day # 1............( boston +120/washington lost 4 - 3 )
12/07 - dog of the day # 2............( ottawa + 175/san jose win 4 - 2 )
12/08 - dog of the night................( new jersey + 150/ montreal 2 - 5 )
12/09 - dog of the night................( new york rangers + 120/ chicago 1 - 0 )
12/09 - total of the night...............( san jose/anaheim un 5 2 - 3 )

big plays
record based on 5 units

m/l-...........5 -12 - 0 - 22.75

o/u-.......... 2 - 2 - 1 - 100

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, December 10

Dallas Stars won 2-1/2-1/3-1 in last three games with Philly; under is 7-3 in last ten series games. Teams split last four meetings here. Dallas is 2-4 in last six games, losing four of last five on road- over is 3-2 in their last five road games. Flyers won their last seven games overall (three in OT/SO), their last five at home; over is 2-0-1 in their last three games.

Kings lost their last four games with Ottawa; over is 5-2 in last seven series games. Senators won 1-0/5-3 in last two visits here. Ottawa are 2-3 in last five games but won three of last four on road; over is 3-1 in their last four road tilts. Los Angeles was outscored 12-6 in losing its last three home games; over is 5-2-2 in their last nine games overall.

Colorado won 6-1/3-2 in its last two games with Montreal; Avalanche won three of last five visits here, with three of last four going over total. Colorado lost six of its last seven games but won three of last four on road. Over is 3-1-1 in their last five road games. Canadiens lost three of last five games but won three of last four at home; over is 2-0-1 in their last three games.

Vancouver is 6-4 in its last ten games with Florida; Canucks won three of last five games in this building. Under is 5-2-2 in last nine series games. Vancouver won four of last six games; they’re 3-2 in last five on road. Under is 3-2-2 in their last seven games. Panthers lost last four games, two in OT; they scored six goals in those games. Over is 2-0-1 in Florida’s last three games.

Penguins ousted Tampa Bay from playoffs in seven games LY; they’re 2-3 in last five games in this building. Four of last five series games went over total. Pittsburgh won its last four games, scoring 24 goals; they split their last four road games. Last nine Penguin games went over the total. Tampa Bay lost five of its last seven games overall, split its last four at home. Over is 5-2-1 in their last eight games.

Bruins won five of last seven games with Toronto (under 5-2); Maple Leafs lost three of last four games in this building. Toronto lost three in row, six of last eight games; their last three games all stayed under total. Leafs lost four of last five road games. Boston is 4-6 in its last ten games but won three of last four at home; last three Bruin games went over the total.

Islanders won last five games with Columbus, three by one goal; New York won four of last five visits to Ohio. Over is 6-3 in last nine series games. Islanders won five of their last six games but split last four road games; over is 3-2 in their last five games. Blue Jackets won their last five games, allowing seven goals; they won 5-1/4-1 in last two home games. Under is 3-1-2 in last six Columbus games.

Nashville won seven of its last nine games with Arizona; four of last five series games stayed under total. Predators lost three of last five visits to desert. Nashville lost three of its last four games, both overall and on road; seven of ltheir ast eight games went over total. Arizona has scored total of eight goals in its six-game losing streak; they lost last three home games. Under is 7-1 in last eight Coyote games.

Home side won last five Winnipeg-Calgary games; Jets lost 5-2/4-1/4-1 in last three visits here. Last three series games stayed under the total. Winnipeg is 4-6 in its last ten games but won last two on road; their last four games were all decided by one goal. Calgary allowed a total of seven goals in its five-game win streak; they won last three home games, outscoring foes 14-5. Under is 6-2-1 in Flames’ last nine games.

Carolina won seven of its last nine games with San Jose; three of last four series games went over the total. Hurricanes won three of last four games in this building. Carolina lost six of last seven road games; they’re 3-6 in last nine games overall. Under is 6-2-2 in their last 10 games. San Jose lost 4-2/3-2 in last two games but they’ve won five of last seven home games. Under is 4-1-2 in Sharks’ last seven home games.