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**Udog** · 05-23-2018, 09:34 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

Odds on some interesting NFL games this season:

Week 2: Vikings @ Green Bay (-2.5)

Week 3: Cowboys @ Seattle (-1.5)

Week 4: Eagles (-2.5) @ Tennessee

Week 5: Redskins @ New Orleans (-7.5)

Week 6: Chiefs @ New England (-7)

Week 7: Broncos (-1.5) @ Arizona

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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Mid-week musings…….

13) Rockets 95, Warriors 92— Houston held Golden State to 12 4th-quarter points as they evened Wester finals 2-2.

Rockets’ PJ Tucker didn’t score a basket (0-4) but he grabbed 16 rebounds and was +7 in 44:08, which means Houston was outscored by 10 points in the 3:52 he sat out.

12) A gutty gambler dropped $50,000 on the Rockets to win the NBA title at 10-1 at the SouthPoint Casino Tuesday. Later on Tuesday, someone put $10,000 on the Rockets to win Game 4, at a +$400 money line.

11) Michigan Wolverines opened as a 7-point underdog at Notre Dame this coming football season; they’re now a 1-point favorite.

10) Tampa Bay Rays brought SS prospect Willie Adames up Tuesday; he got to the ballpark a half hour before the game, but still started and homered off of Chris Sale.

9) On May 22, 1990, the Reds lost 3-1 in 16 innings to the Cubs; Cincy walked Andre Dawson intentionally five times that day.

Who was batting behind Dawson? Former big league manager Lloyd McClendon was 0-6, then Dave Clark went 1-2

Cincinnati wound up winning the World Series that year.

8) Seattle Mariners put CF Dee Gordon (toe) on the DL. Tigers’ P Matthew Boyd left with an oblique injury after allowing one hit in four IP at Minnesota.

7) Chargers’ TE Hunter Henry tore his ACL, is done for 2018.

6) Reds 7, Pirates 2— Matt Harvey wins his home debut for the Reds, allowing one run in six IP. Devin Mesoraco is playing well for the Mets, so a good trade for both teams.

5) Jets traded QB Christian Hackenberg to Oakland for a 7th-round pick. Hackenberg suited up for five games with the Jets, but never took a snap.

4) Orioles’ SS Manny Machado is married to the sister of Indians’ 1B Yonder Alonso.

3) Someone didn’t vote for Jayson Tatum on the NBA’s all-rookie team; whoever that is should lose their right to vote.

2) Mets signed OF Jose Bautista not long after the Braves cut him; he batted 5th, and scored the Mets’ only run in a 5-1 loss to the Marlins.

1) Super Bowl champ Eagles released starting LB Michael Kendricks Tuesday; he had been with the club the last six seasons.

**Udog** · 05-23-2018, 09:34 AM

NHL Eastern Confernce Finals Game 7 betting preview and odds: Capitals at Lightning

Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning (-145, 5.5)

Series tied 3-3.

The Washington Capitals look to put past playoff failures in the rear-view mirror when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night for a deciding Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals. The Capitals, who sit one win away from their first trip to the Stanley Cup finals since 1998 after a 3-0 victory Monday, have a 4-11 record overall and a 1-3 mark on the road all-time in Game 7s while the Lightning are 5-2 (3-0 at home) in deciding contests.

“I don’t think there’s (another) team I’ve ever had that I’d want to go into Game 7 with,” Washington’s Barry Trotz, who has coached 107 playoff contests in his career and 1,524 in the regular season, told reporters. “This team has done a lot of special things this year. It’s grown. It continues to do that. What an opportunity. … We’ll see if we can earn the right to keep playing.” While Washington’s superstar Alex Ovechkin looks to take his team to the Cup finals for the first time in his tenure, fellow captain Steven Stamkos of Tampa Bay (four goals in the series) hopes to make it for the second time in four seasons with Vegas awaiting the winner for Game 1 on Monday. The Lightning will have raise their level of play after being outshot by an average of more that 10 per game in the series and take pressure off goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, who has turned aside 131 of 139 attempts while winning three of the last four contests. “We wish we would have wrapped it up (Monday),” Tampa Bay right wing Ryan Callahan told reporters. “At the end of the day, Game 7s are fun. You enjoy it. This is why you battle for home-ice advantage throughout the regular season.”

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

LINE HISTORY: The Lightning opened as -150 moneyline favorites and as of Tuesday night that number is down to -145. The total hit betting boards at 5.5 and has yet to move.

CONSENSUS: Bettors are taking the home favorites with 60 percent of wagers coming on the Lightning. Users are also expecting a high scoring Game 7 with 55 percent of totals selections coming on the Over.

GOALIE SHOWDOWN:
W L OTL GAA Save % SO
Braden Holtby 34 16 4 2.99 .907 0
Andrei Vasilevskiy 44 17 3 2.62 .920 8

INJURY REPORT:

Capitals - No injuries to report.

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

ABOUT THE CAPITALS (28-17-4-1, 28-20 O/U): Washington outhit the Lightning 39-19, many of those leading to its 17 takeaways in Game 6, and defenseman Brooks Orpik told reporters: “You try to empty the tank as much as you can. That’s probably one area where we have an edge is the size and physical play.” Right wing T.J. Oshie scored two of the three goals Monday and has seven points in the series while Nicklas Backstrom set up a pair of tallies for his first points in three games since returning from a hand injury. Center Evgeny Kuznetsov had an assist Monday to extend his point streak to nine games and has 23 overall - a franchise playoff record.

ABOUT THE LIGHTNING (35-13-2-0, 29-19 O/U): Tampa Bay has been outshot 209-145 in the series, managing only 24 in Game 6, and have not scored a goal since 33 seconds into the second period of Game 5 on Saturday night. “We’ve got to execute, that’s part of it,” coach Jon Cooper told reporters. “People say executing is passing the puck and putting it on the tape. Executing is getting pucks on net, putting them where you can get it back. We just haven’t been near aggressive enough at that.” Right wing Nikita Kucherov, who leads the team with 17 points in the playoffs, and Stamkos each managed one shot on net in Game 6 while combining for a minus-3 rating.

MATCHUP CHART:

TRENDS:

* Capitals are 14-3 in their last 17 road games.
* Lightning are 37-15 in their last 52 home games.
* Under is 2-0-2 in Capitals last 4 overall.
* Under is 4-0-3 in Lightning last 7 following a loss of 3 or more goals.
* Under is 2-0-2 in the last 4 meetings.

**Udog** · 05-23-2018, 09:36 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, May 23

Washington @ Tampa Bay

Game 53-54
May 23, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
13.064
Tampa Bay
12.103
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Tampa Bay
-150
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(+130); Under

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, May 23

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WASHINGTON (60-31-0-9, 129 pts.) at TAMPA BAY (65-28-0-5, 135 pts.) - 5/23/2018, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 9-6 (+4.0 Units) against the spread versus TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 9-6-0 straight up against TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
5 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.9 Units, Under=-0.2 Units)

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NHL

Wednesday, May 23

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Trend Report
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Washington Capitals
Washington is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games
Washington is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games
Washington is 12-1 ATS in its last 13 games on the road
Washington is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games on the road
Washington is 11-4 ATS in its last 15 games when playing Tampa Bay
Washington is 16-8 SU in its last 24 games when playing Tampa Bay
Washington is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Washington's last 17 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Tampa Bay is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games
Tampa Bay is 4-11 ATS in its last 15 games when playing Washington
Tampa Bay is 8-16 SU in its last 24 games when playing Washington
Tampa Bay is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Tampa Bay's last 17 games when playing at home against Washington

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