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**Udog** · 05-19-2018, 07:29 AM

Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

Odds to win the Super Bowl this coming season:

100-1: Washington Redskins, Arizona Cardinals

80-1: Bengals, Browns, Bills, Jets, Dolphins, Bucs, Seahawks

60-1: Indianapolis Colts, Chicago Bears

50-1: New Jersey Giants, Baltimore Ravens

40-1: Denver Broncos

30-1: Detroit Lions, Carolina Panthers

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Armadillo: Saturday's List of 13: Random stuff with weekend here…….

13) Solid food recommendation here in Las Vegas: Villa Pizzeria on Durango Drive. Really good pizza, and not expensive at all. Nice people work there and they had four TV’s in there showing the Golden Knights’ game. One of best pizzas I’ve ever had.

12) National League hasn’t won the season series from the AL since 2003; they’re off to a 37-16 lead so far this season.

11) Talk about how fragile life is: Texas governor Green Abbott uses a wheelchair. Why?

Back in the 80’s, when Abbott was a law student, he went out jogging one day and a tree fell on him, severely injuring his spine, which is why he has used a wheelchair ever since. What are the odds that someone goes out jogging and gets hit by a damn falling tree?

10) Major league record for most one-hitter thrown by one team in same season?

The 2015 Cleveland Indians threw six one-hitters.

9) Former Louisville AD Tom Jurich gets $4.5M from the school to take a hike. I mean, the guy got fired and still gets $4.5M.

8) Texas center Mo Bamba has a wingspan of 7-feet, 10 inches, the longest wingspan ever recorded at the NBA Combine.

7) Orioles won 7-4 in Boston Friday, snapping a 13-game road losing streak. Boston is 13-13 since starting the season 17-2.

6) QB Blake Barnett will be eligible to play ball at South Florida this year, after going to Alabama and Arizona State; he started the first game of Alabama’s 2016 season but was benched before halftime of their opener with USC and never got his job back.

5) In their history, NHL’s Washington Capitals are 3-5 in series when they grabbed a 2-0 series lead. By way of comparison, Montreal is 51-5 in series that they led 2-0.

4) Ohio State graduate transfer quarterback Joe Burrow has committed to finishing out his collegiate career at LSU; he’ll have two years to play in Baton Rouge. LSU beat out Cincinnati for the young man’s services.

3) NFL star JJ Watt is going to pay for all ten funerals of the people who were murdered in Texas Friday. Watt is a great football player but a way better person.

2) I’d be remiss if I didn’t say something else about the shooting in Texas Friday; as Americans, it is our duty to speak our minds, while we still have the right to do so.

It makes me want to puke to hear a politician invoke religion, or God, or “Sorry for your loss” after the 22nd school shooting this year. It is May 19, so in 138 days, we’ve had 22 shootings in a school. If you’re bad at Math, thats one every 6.27 days.

Hanging flags at half-staff means jack; tightening the gun laws would mean a whole lot more. Other countries have virtually eliminated these types of murders. Why can’t we?

1) Our politicians are so damn corrupt that even though ONE OF THEIR OWN SENATORS GOT SHOT last year, they are still in the NRA’s pocket. They should all be ashamed of themselves.

**Udog** · 05-19-2018, 08:33 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Saturday, May 19

Washington @ Tampa Bay

Game 5-6
May 19, 2018 @ 7:15 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
12.018
Tampa Bay
14.149
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Tampa Bay
by 2
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Tampa Bay
-170
6
Dunkel Pick:
Tampa Bay
(-170); Over

NHL
Long Sheet

Saturday, May 19

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WASHINGTON (59-30-0-9, 127 pts.) at TAMPA BAY (64-27-0-5, 133 pts.) - 5/19/2018, 7:15 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TAMPA BAY is 65-32 ATS (+32.8 Units) in all games this season.
TAMPA BAY is 35-15 ATS (+9.1 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game this season.
TAMPA BAY is 234-236 ATS (+545.0 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season since 1996.
WASHINGTON is 60-39 ATS (+11.8 Units) in all games this season.
WASHINGTON is 36-23 ATS (+7.8 Units) second half of the season this season.
WASHINGTON is 16-4 ATS (+10.8 Units) on Saturday games this season.
WASHINGTON is 5-0 ATS (+5.0 Units) in road games in the conference finals since 1996.
WASHINGTON is 8-2 ATS (+5.8 Units) in road games revenging a home loss versus opponent this season.
WASHINGTON is 27-12 ATS (+11.0 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
WASHINGTON is 36-21 ATS (+13.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
WASHINGTON is 21-13 ATS (+7.9 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 8-5 (+4.0 Units) against the spread versus TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 8-5-0 straight up against TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
5 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.2 Units)

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NHL

Saturday, May 19

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Trend Report
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Washington Capitals
Washington is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Washington is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games
Washington is 11-1 ATS in its last 12 games on the road
Washington is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games on the road
Washington is 9-4 ATS in its last 13 games when playing Tampa Bay
Washington is 15-7 SU in its last 22 games when playing Tampa Bay
Washington is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Washington is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Washington's last 12 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games
Tampa Bay is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
Tampa Bay is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games at home
Tampa Bay is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games at home
Tampa Bay is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 games when playing Washington
Tampa Bay is 7-15 SU in its last 22 games when playing Washington
Tampa Bay is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Washington
Tampa Bay is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Tampa Bay's last 12 games when playing at home against Washington

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**Udog** · 05-19-2018, 09:46 AM

NHL Eastern Confernce Finals Game 5 betting preview: Capitals at Lightning

The road team is a perfect 4-0 thus far in the Eastern Conference Finals. Can Ovechkin and the Caps keep that trend going or will the Bolts break through on home ice?

Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning (-170, 6)

Series tied 2-2

Neither team has figured out a way to win on home ice yet in the Eastern Conference finals as the Washington Capitals visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday for Game 5 of the best-of-seven series. The Capitals had a 7-1 edge in even-strength goals to dominate the first two games in Tampa Bay and the Lightning responded by winning two in Washington with a red-hot power play and brilliant goaltending from Andrei Vasilevskiy.

“It’s pretty bizarre,” Tampa Bay captain Steven Stamkos, who has six goals in the last seven games, told reporters, “but you come on the road and there’s just this business-like attitude where you’re together as a group, you’re with each other for dinner, you’re watching the other game, you’re playing cards, you’re going into the hockey rink and just playing.” Vasilevskiy stopped 72 of the 76 shots he faced the last two games and the Capitals will have to find a way to cool off the Lightning power play, which is 6-for-14 in the series and that does not include Alex Killorn’s winning goal in Thursday’s 4-2 triumph that came six seconds after a man advantage. Washington, which is 7-1 on the road in the postseason, can’t complain about the chances it created the last two games at home - outshooting Tampa Bay 76-43 combined - and has a 145-99 edge in shots during the series. “It’s a missed opportunity,” Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin told reporters. “It is what it is. Nothing we can do. We’re not going to look back. We’re just going to look forward. This group of guys has been in different situations all year and we fight through it.”

TV: 7:15 p.m. ET, NBC, CBC, TVA

SERIES PRICE (PER SPORTS INTERACTION):

LINE HISTORY: The Lightning opened this pivotal Game 5 as -165 home favorites and have been bet up to -170 as of Saturday morning. The total hit the board at an even 6.

CONSENSUS: Bettors are taking a team to win on home ice for the first time in this series with 57 percent of public wagers on the Lightning. Bettors also like the Over, which is seeing 64 percent of wagers.

GOALIE SHOWDOWN:
GP W L GAA SAVE % SO
Andrei Vasilevskiy (Lightning) 14 10 4 2.63 .918 0
Braden Holtby (Capitals) 15 10 5 2.24 .917 0

INJURY REPORT:

Capitals - No injuries to report.

Lightning - LW Adam Erne (Questionable, lower body).

ABOUT THE CAPITALS: Nicklas Backstrom (hand) returned to the lineup for Game 4 after missing the previous four contests, recording four shots and winning six of nine faceoffs with a minus-1 rating in 18:51 of ice time. Center Evgeny Kuznetsov scored Thursday for his seventh point of the series and has 21 in the postseason, tying Ovechkin’s franchise record in one playoff season that was set in 2009. Defenseman John Carlson, who has 14 points in the playoffs, was a minus-3 on Thursday and center Lars Eller (five points in the series) has been called for five minor penalties in the last two contests - two leading to power-play goals.

ABOUT THE LIGHTNING: Vasilevskiy has allowed two goals or fewer in eight of 14 playoff games, including the last two and Stamkos told reporters after Thursday’s win: “Vasy was there to bail us out. That’s why he’s one of, if not the best, goalie in the world.” Stamkos has scored with the man advantage in each of the last four games and passed Martin St. Louis for the franchise record with 11 power-play goals in the playoffs. Center Brayden Point recorded a goal and an assist in each of the last three games and owns 16 points in the postseason to tie Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov for the team lead - all of them scoring seven and setting up nine.

MATCHUP CHART:

TRENDS:

* Capitals are 14-2 in their last 16 road games.
* Road team is 5-0 in the last five meetings.
* Under is 6-2-2 in Capitals last 10 after scoring two goals or less in their previous game.
* Over is 11-3-2 in Lightning last 16 after allowing two goals or less in their previous game.
* Over is 12-3-1 in the last 16 meetings in Tampa Bay.

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