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**Udog** · 05-23-2017, 07:47 AM

Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack

Some over/under win totals for college football this coming fall:

— Utah 6.5, over -$120

— Virginia Tech, 9

— Washington, 9.5

— Washington State 7.5, over -$125

— West Virginia 7, over -$120

— Wisconsin 9.5, over -$125

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

13) Apparently there are severe political problems in Venezuela which are stressing out lot of the Venezuelan ballplayers playing in the major leagues here.

Chip Caray said on the Braves game last night there are over 90 players/coaches from Venezuela in professional baseball right now. If a ballplayer here speaks out against what is going on there, it can have severe repercussions for his family back home. Not a good situation.

12) So far, 631 college basketball players have announced the intent to transfer; 271 of them haven’t said where they’re going yet. Thats just about two transfers per Division I team.

11) According to people in Las Vegas who know about such things, when Celtics (+16) won Game 3 in Cleveland Sunday, it was the third biggest upset in ANY NBA game in the last 22 years, coming after a Nuggets (+17) upset of Washington in ’97 and the Lakers’ (+17) upset of Golden State last fall.

10) Gonzaga/Creighton signed to play a home/home series; sounds a made-for-TV deal, which is good for us, the viewing public. Good for Gonzaga’s strength of schedule, too. Creighton plays in the Big East, so their SOS doesn’t need the help.

9) No baseball team has ever started 12-24 or worse and rallied to make the playoffs.

8) Last fall, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones gave around 200 policemen in North Little Rock game tickets and transportation to Cowboys’ games in Dallas, as a way of thanking them for their service. Now all that has been ruled an ethics violation, for the cops accepting the gifts. Jones refused reimbursement; seems to me that all this lacks some common sense, but thats just me.

7) Monday was former major league pitcher Tommy John’s 74th birthday; the crafty lefty pitched 2,544 innings AFTER the revolutionary elbow surgery in 1963, that now bears his name.

6) Atlanta Hawks’ Paul Millsap is voiding the last year for his $21.4M contract and will become a free agent this summer. Millsap is 32 but still a highly productive player.

5) Braves 5, Pirates 2— Ender Inciarte had five hits for the Braves, first Atlanta player to do that since Jason Hayward four years ago.

Newly acquired Matt Adams homered for the Braves, making him the first person to homer for two different teams in brand new SunTrust Park— he homered for St Louis there earlier this season.

4) We talked a few days ago about Arizona’s Chris Iannetta getting hit by a pitch in the face, breaking his nose and a couple of teeth. Iannetta came off the 7-day DL Sunday and hit a homer in his first at-bat back, which can’t be an easy thing to do.

3) Warriors 129, Spurs 115— Took Kevin Durant’s advice and watched baseball instead. Golden State now awaits the Cavaliers in the NBA Finals, assuming Cleveland can put away an underdog Celtics team playing without its best player, Isaiah Thomas.

This was the last NBA game for Manu Ginobili, who had a great, great career.

2) Two drivers who will compete in the Indianapolis 500 this weekend were robbed at gunpoint of a drive-thru window at a Taco Bell in Indianapolis Sunday night. The crime was perpetrated by two kids, a 14 and 15-year old, at 9:40 pm. I have no idea what else to say about this.

1) Nashville 6, Anaheim 3— Predators are in the Stanley Cup final for the first time ever.

**Udog** · 05-23-2017, 08:52 AM

Monday's NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Betting Preview: Penguins at Senators

The Penguins are -154 road favorites to win Game 6 against the Senators and advance to the Stanley Cup finals for the second straight season.

Pittsburgh Penguins at Ottawa Senators (+130, 5)

Penguins lead series 3-2

Sidney Crosby was on the ice the last time a defending champion returned to the Stanley Cup final, with his Pittsburgh Penguins upending Detroit in seven games for the third of the franchise's four titles. Crosby looks to once again punch his team's ticket to the NHL's showcase event on Tuesday when the visiting Penguins bid to close out the Ottawa Senators in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final.

"We've been really good at just focusing on the game at hand regardless of the situation, good or bad," Crosby told reporters on the heels of scoring in his third straight contest in Sunday's 7-0 shellacking to give Pittsburgh a 3-2 edge in the series. "We've had a lot of different things happen throughout the year where we've just had to focus on that next game and that will have to be the same approach here heading into Game 6." While Crosby played it close to the vest with his comments, Ottawa coach Guy Boucher raised a few eyebrows and many sarcastic quips over social media after essentially "crowning" the Penguins after the barrage. "We know they're a better team. Everybody knows that on the planet," said Boucher, who has grown comfortable playing the underdog card in these playoffs.

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

LINE HISTORY: Oddsmakers have opened the Senators as +130 home underdogs with their season on the line in Game 6 and there has been little movement off that number. The total hit the board at 5.

PROBABLE GOALIE MATCHUP: Matt Murray (PIT) vs. Craig Anderson (OTT)

Murray - GP: 3, W/L: 2-0, GAA: 1.08, SAVE %: .958
Anderson - GP: 17, W/L: 10-7, GAA: 2.44, SAVE %: .916

INJURY REPORT:

Penguins - LW S. Wilson (Questionable Tuesday, upper body), RW P. Hornqvist (Questionable Tuesday, upper body), D J. Schultz (Questionable Tuesday, upper body), RW T. Kuhnhackl (Questionable Tuesday, lower body), D C. Ruhwedel (Questionable Tuesday, concussion), D K. Letang (Out for season, neck).

Senators - C D. Brassard (Probable Tuesday, undisclosed), D E. Karlsson (Probable Tuesday, ankle), D C. Ceci (Probable Tuesday, undisclosed), D M. Borowiecki (Questionable Tuesday, leg), LW A. Burrows (Doubtful Tuesday, leg).

ABOUT THE PENGUINS: Evgeni Malkin (NHL-best 17 assists, 23 points) notched three assists to push his career playoff total to 98, moving him past team owner Mario Lemieux (96) for second on the franchise's all-time list. While much is expected of superstars Malkin, Crosby and Phil Kessel, Pittsburgh's third line of Bryan Rust (goal, assist), Nick Bonino (two assists) and Carter Rowney (three assists) combined for seven points in Game 5 with Rust showing - pardon the pun - no rust after missing the previous two games with an upper-body injury. Matt Murray, who recorded his second career postseason shutout following a 25-save performance, has turned aside 68 of 71 shots since replacing Marc-Andre Fleury and owns a 17-6 record in 24 playoff appearances.

ABOUT THE SENATORS: Captain Erik Karlsson (team-leading 13 assists, 15 points), who is playing with two hairline fractures in his left heel, is expected to be back in the lineup after receiving a bit of a breather with Sunday's contest well out of hand. "We decided to shorten the bench a bit and come back (fresher) for the next one," Karlsson told reporters, with Boucher admitting as much in resting fellow defenseman Cody Ceci and forward Derick Brassard in the final period. Boucher also scoffed at the notion of starting backup Mike Condon over Craig Anderson, who will be back in net after being pulled twice for four goals on 14 shots to spoil his 36th birthday.

TRENDS:

* Penguins are 1-8 in their last nine games when their opponent allows five more goals in their previous game.
* Senators are 4-1 in their last five home games.
* Over is 5-2-1 in Penguins last eight road games.
* Over is 5-1-3 in Senators last nine games after scoring two goals or less in their previous game.

**Udog** · 05-23-2017, 09:07 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Tuesday, May 23

Pittsburgh @ Ottawa

Game 59-60
May 23, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Pittsburgh
11.018
Ottawa
12.570
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Ottawa
by 1 1/2
3
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Pittsburgh
-155
5
Dunkel Pick:
Ottawa
(+135); Under

NHL
Long Sheet

Tuesday, May 23

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PITTSBURGH (61-25-0-13, 135 pts.) at OTTAWA (54-35-0-10, 118 pts.) - 5/23/2017, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
OTTAWA is 54-45 ATS (+1.3 Units) in all games this season.
OTTAWA is 34-29 ATS (+0.3 Units) second half of the season this season.
OTTAWA is 26-21 ATS (-2.4 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
OTTAWA is 48-37 ATS (+88.0 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 3 seasons.
OTTAWA is 29-19 ATS (+48.2 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
OTTAWA is 30-20 ATS (+50.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
OTTAWA is 18-13 ATS (+34.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
PITTSBURGH is 125-80 ATS (+6.3 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
PITTSBURGH is 82-48 ATS (+12.3 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
PITTSBURGH is 64-46 ATS (+111.5 Units) in road games on Tuesday nights since 1996.
PITTSBURGH is 45-29 ATS (+10.9 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
PITTSBURGH is 9-5 (+1.6 Units) against the spread versus OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 9-5-0 straight up against OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
7 of 13 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.4 Units)

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NHL
Short Sheet

Tuesday, May 23

Eastern Conference Finals – Best of 7 – Game 6 – PIT Leads 3-2

Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 8:00 PM ET
Pittsburgh: 101-53 SU as a favorite
Ottawa: 89-81 at home off back to back overs

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Tuesday, May 23

Ottawa faces elimination at home after losing 7-0 in Pittsburgh in Game 5 Sunday. Senators lost three of last four games, are 5-5 in their last ten, with three of five wins in OT. Over is 4-2-1 in their last seven games overall. Penguins won four of last six road games. Under is 4-2-1 in last seven games between these rivals. Penguins are 5-19 on power play in their last six games; they were 3-3 Sunday. Ottawa is 0-29 on power play in their last ten games. Ottawa won three of its last four home games.

Conference finals
Ottawa-Pittsburgh
Ottawa 2-1 OT
Pitt 1-0
Ottawa 5-1
Pitt 3-2
Pitt 7-0

Nashville-Anaheim
Nashville 3-2 OT
Anaheim 5-3
Nashville 2-1
Anaheim 3-2 OT
Nashville 3-1
Nashville 6-3
Predators win series, 4-2

NHL

Tuesday, May 23

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Trend Report
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8:00 PM
PITTSBURGH vs. OTTAWA
Pittsburgh is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Pittsburgh is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Ottawa is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Ottawa is 8-17 SU in its last 25 games when playing Pittsburgh

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