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**Udog** · 05-21-2018, 08:02 AM

Armadillo: Monday's six-pack

Odds to win the NFC this coming season:

4-1: Philadelphia Eagles

5-1: Los Angeles Rams

6-1: Minnesota Vikings

7-1: Green Bay Packers

9-1: Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints

10-1: San Francisco 49ers

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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports weekend…….

13) In 2003, 44 starting pitchers threw 200+ innings in the major leagues. Last year, 15 pitchers threw 200+ innings. Pitchers are getting like race horses; way less durable.

12) Tampa Bay Rays are doing something different this year; with Archer-Snell-Faria their only three regular starting pitchers, they’re patching together the other games using their bullpen, even starting the same pitcher (Sergio Romo) in games Saturday/Sunday over the weekend.

So far, the Rays are 6-9 in the bullpen games.

11) Golden Knights’ Jonathan Marchessault is the first NHL player ever to score a goal in the first minute of a playoff game, and also in the last minute of the same game.

10) A golfer named Michael Arnaud on the web.com tour shot a 27 for nine holes this weekend; his first seven holes went: birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie- he shot 60 on the day.

9) Braves 10, Marlins 9— Atlanta scored six runs in the bottom of the ninth inning.

8) Cubs split a twinbill in Cincinnati Saturday; they went 3-27 with runners in scoring position in the two games. No bueno.

7) HBO’s Hard Knocks should do training camp with Hamilton TigerCats of the CFL; Johnny Manziel is one the QB’s and 75-year old Jerry Glanville is the defensive coordinator, which means he’ll be leaving tickets for Elvis Presley at TiCat games all over Canada.

6) PJ Tucker is a key player for the Houston Rockets now, but from 2007-12, he played pro ball in six different countries, improving his game, preparing himself for his big chance, and when it came, boy was he ready.

5) A 93-year old guy in Ohio got his first hole-in-one last week, after playing golf for 65 years.

4) Golden Knights 3, Jets 2— Las Vegas is mad about hockey; everywhere you go, there are tons of people here watching Knights’ games. An expansion team playing for a title is a great story.

3) Mariners 3, Tigers 2 (11)— Francisco Liriano had a no-hitter going in 8th inning, but then Mitch Haniger tied the game with a homer off a reliever in the 8th inning.

2) A’s 9, Blue Jays 2— Oakland wraps up a stretch of 13 games against Houston-NY-Boston and Toronto, with last 10 of those games on the road and they went 7-6, 7-3 on the road trip.

1) One thing about Las Vegas sportsbooks; every time I wear a golf shirt from a college, and I mean every time, at least a couple people will comment on whichever team’s shirt I’m wearing, which leads to interesting conversations.

Saturday night it was an LSU shirt, Sunday a USC shirt. Doesn’t matter which team.

**Udog** · 05-21-2018, 08:25 AM

NHL Eastern Conference Finals Game 6 betting preview: Lightning at Capitals

Tampa Bay Lightning at Washington Capitals (-125, 6)

Lightning lead series 3-2

The Washington Capitals looked unstoppable after posting two straight road victories to open the Eastern Conference finals, but one week later they are fighting for survival as they host the Tampa Bay Lightning for Game 6 on Monday night. The Capitals have dropped three straight, including Saturday’s 3-2 setback in Tampa Bay, as the Lightning moved within a victory of their third trip to the Stanley Cup finals and second in four years.

“A lot of people counted us out when we were down 0-2 (to Columbus) in the first round. Things got hard in the last series (against Pittsburgh) and we could have melted, and we just kept playing,” Washington defenseman Matt Niskanen told reporters. “So that’s what we’ve got to do again. Bring our best effort for Game 6 at home, win a game, and then we’ll go from there.” The Capitals battled back after falling behind 3-0 in Game 5, outshooting Tampa Bay 26-9 in the final 40 minutes, and hope to carry that momentum over on home ice where they are 3-5 in the postseason. The Lightning have won five of six on the road in the playoffs and goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy has been outstanding in three straight wins while turning aside 100 of the 106 shots he has faced to improve to 11-4 in the postseason, but they know there is plenty of work to do. “We have a lot of unfinished business. This isn’t even close to being over,” Tampa Bay right wing Ryan Callahan told reporters. “This last game is definitely the hardest. … To go in their building and try to close them out, it’s going to be tough.”

TV: NBC Sports Network, CBC, Sportsnet One, TVA

SERIES PRICE (PER SPORTS INTERACTION):

LINE HISTORY: The Capitals opened as -130 moneyline favorites for Game 6 but money coming in on the visiting Lightning has brought that number down to -125 on game day. The total hit betting boards at 6 and has yet to move off the opening number.

ABOUT THE LIGHTNING: Callahan, along with "fourth line" mates Cedric Paquette and Chris Kunitz, have played a big part defensively against the Alex Ovechkin unit the last three games and contributed two goals and two assists in Game 5. “They played a winning role for our team and they inspire everyone,” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper told reporters. “They pull our team into the fight, that’s what they do.” Right wing Nikita Kucherov notched an assist in Game 5 to take over the team lead with 17 points, one better than captain Steven Stamkos and fellow center Brayden Point, while left wing Ondrej Palat has at least a point in three straight contests and 12 overall.

ABOUT THE CAPITALS: Washington gave up a goal in the first minute in each of the first two periods Saturday after trailing through the opening 20 minutes in both Game 3 and 4 at home, forcing it to chase the Lightning most of all three contests. “We know we’ve got to come out with a better start at home, give our fans something to cheer about, and play the brand of hockey at home that we’ve had so much success (at) over the past years to this point,” defenseman John Carlson told reporters. Center Evgeny Kuznetsov has scored in four consecutive games and owns at least a point in eight straight to break the franchise record for points in a single postseason (22).

MATCHUP CHART:

INJURY REPORT:

Lightning - LW Adam Erne (Questionable, Lower Body).

Capitals - No injuries to report.

TRENDS:

* Lightning are 5-1 in their last 6 games following a win.
* Under is 2-0-2 in Lightning last 4 games following a win.
* Under is 2-0-3 in the last 5 meetings in Washington.
* Road team is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings.

CONSENSUS: 66 percent of moneyline wagers are coming in on the home chalk Washington Capitals. The Over is seeing the edge in the total action with 56 percent of the bets.

**Udog** · 05-21-2018, 08:44 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Monday, May 21

Tampa Bay @ Washington

Game 9-10
May 21, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Tampa Bay
13.122
Washington
12.044
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Tampa Bay
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
-130
6
Dunkel Pick:
Tampa Bay
(+110); Under

NHL
Long Sheet

Monday, May 21

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TAMPA BAY (65-27-0-5, 135 pts.) at WASHINGTON (59-31-0-9, 127 pts.) - 5/21/2018, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WASHINGTON is 60-40 ATS (+0.2 Units) in all games this season.
WASHINGTON is 36-24 ATS (+0.1 Units) second half of the season this season.
WASHINGTON is 27-13 ATS (+9.9 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
WASHINGTON is 36-22 ATS (+7.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
WASHINGTON is 21-14 ATS (+6.0 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
TAMPA BAY is 66-32 ATS (+12.2 Units) in all games this season.
TAMPA BAY is 35-18 ATS (+8.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
TAMPA BAY is 235-236 ATS (+499.9 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 8-6 (+3.0 Units) against the spread versus TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 8-6-0 straight up against TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
5 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.2 Units)

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NHL

Monday, May 21

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Trend Report
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Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games
Tampa Bay is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games
Tampa Bay is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 4-10 ATS in its last 14 games when playing Washington
Tampa Bay is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Washington
Tampa Bay is 8-15 SU in its last 23 games when playing Washington
Tampa Bay is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington Capitals
Washington is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
Washington is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games
Washington is 3-10 ATS in its last 13 games at home
Washington is 10-4 ATS in its last 14 games when playing Tampa Bay
Washington is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games when playing Tampa Bay
Washington is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Tampa Bay
Washington is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay

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