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**Udog** · 05-30-2018, 09:13 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

SouthPoint released college over/under win totals for football season:

— NC State 7

— Notre Dame 9.5, over -$120

— Oklahoma State 8, over -$120

— Penn State 9.5

— Purdue 6

— Rice 3

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

13) Guy at South Point Casino Tuesday bet $90,000 on Golden State to win the NBA Finals; if they do win, he wins $10,000. Risking $90K to win $10K makes for a long couple weeks until the deed is actually done.

12) Houston Rockets missed 27 straight 3-pointers Monday night; read somewhere on the Interweb that their odds of missing 27 straight 3-pointers was something like 70,000-1.

During the time the Rockets were going 0-27, Golden State was 13-23 behind the arc.

11) Dodgers’ first 25 wins this season were won by 15 different pitchers, which is kind of hard to believe. Had to double-check that, but it is true.

10) When major league teams play a doubleheader, the two home plate umpires do not work the other game.

9) World Series of Poker started Tuesday; will be 78 events from now until July 17. Few years ago, I was staying at the Rio and walked around the World Series for a half hour or so- wasn’t much fun watching other people play cards.

Very quiet room though; this huge floor of a convention center filled with card tables- the only sound you hear is chips clicking together.

8) Why people buy “conference championship” t-shirts? Why? Wait to see if your team wins the league championship; thats the t-shirt you want. If your team loses in the finals, then you go back and buy the conference champ t-shirt, if you want.

7) In 22 road games, Aaron Judge is hitting .221 with three homers, seven RBI.

In 30 home games, he is hitting .337 with 12 homers and 33 RBI.

6) Giants’ P Dereck Rodriguez made his MLB last night in Denver, after Jeff Samardzija left the game after the first inning with a shoulder issue. Dereck is the son of Hall of Fame catcher Pudge Rodriguez.

5) Mets put Noah Syndergaard on the DL Tuesday morning with a sprained ligament in a finger on his pitching hand, then oft-injured Steven Matz left Tuesday night’s game with an injury, apparently a blister on his pitching hand.

4) Glad to hear the 76ers’ coach Brett Brown got a 3-year contract extension; he coached thru lot of losing seasons but then finally got to enjoy success this season. Good for him.

3) Atlanta Braves started eight different pitchers in their last 11 games.

2) Going into Tuesday’s game, Dodgers had been without Clayton Kershaw for 24 games. In those games, LA’s starting pitchers had a 2.98 ERA, 1.12 WHIP.

1— NC State hasn’t won a conference title in football, basketball or baseball since 1992.

**Udog** · 05-30-2018, 09:23 AM

NHL Stanley Cup Final Game 2 betting preview and odds: Capitals at Golden Knights

Washington Capitals at Vegas Golden Knights (-155, 5.5)

Knights lead series 1-0.

Those looking to break the bank in Sin City have often tried to disprove the theory that "The House always wins," often times leaving with a bruised ego and a lighter wallet. The Vegas Golden Knights, who have posted better odds at home than most tables in the casino, aim to continue their good fortune at T-Mobile Arena on Wednesday in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Washington Capitals.

Tomas Nosek scored the go-ahead goal midway into the third period and added insurance into the empty net in Monday's 6-4 triumph for Vegas, which has outscored the opposition 31-16 en route to posting a 7-1 mark at home in the playoffs. The 25-year-old Nosek, who has eight regular-season goals in 84 career contests, has four points (three goals, one assist) in his last three games while fellow fourth-liner Ryan Reaves has tallied in back-to-back contests for the first time since April 6 and 8, 2017. "We didn't play our best game," Capitals superstar captain Alex Ovechkin said after his club's first contest since a Game 7 win over Tampa Bay on Wednesday. "I think next game is going to be different and all the nervousness, all the bad things (go) away (from) this game. We just have to forget about it and bounce back." Countryman Evgeny Kuznetsov notched an assist in the topsy-turvy series opener to extend his franchise-record postseason point streak to 11 games, during which the 26-year-old Russian has scored six goals and set up 10 others.

TV: 8 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC, Sportsnet, TVAS

SERIES PRICE (PER PINNACLE):

LINE HISTORY: The Golden Knights opened as -150 home favorites for Game 2 and as of Tuesday night that number is up slightly to -155. The total hit betting boards at 5.5 and has been steady.

CONSENSUS: Bettors are taking the home favorites with 58 percent of wagers coming on the Knights. Users are also expecting another high scoring game Wednesday with 70 percent of totals selections coming on the Over.

GOALIE SHOWDOWN (ALL STATS POSTSEASON):
W L OTL GAA Save % SO
Braden Holtby 12 6 1 2.20 .919 2
Marc-Andre Fleury 13 2 1 1.81 .942 4

INJURY REPORT:

Capitals - No injuries to report.

Golden Knights - LW William Carrier (Questionable, Upper Body), G Malcolm Subban (Questionable, Illness), D Clayton Stoner (Out Indefinitely, Abdominal).

ABOUT THE CAPITALS (61-32-8-1, 54-43 O/U): Habitual line-stepper Tom Wilson's blindsided hit on Jonathan Marchessault did not result in a hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety on Tuesday, with the league citing that it was shoulder to shoulder rather than to the head and that it was in the flow of the game. The 24-year-old Wilson, who received a three-game suspension in the Eastern Conference semifinal series against Pittsburgh, said he has no plans to change his playing style. "You always have your reputation," Wilson said. "When you play my physical style, you're going to have that reputation. I trust myself. I play the game hard. It's my job to bring that energy, that physicality. Right after he got up, he said 'good hit.'"

ABOUT THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS (64-26-5-3, 48-46 O/U): Reilly Smith continued his stellar postseason by scoring a goal and setting up another in the series opener, giving him 18 points (three goals, 15 assists) in 16 outings. Fellow forward Marchessault has done him one better with 19 points (eight goals, 11 assists), snapping a tie with New York Islanders' Jude Drouin (1975) and San Jose Sharks' Igor Larionov (1994) for the most with a franchise in its first-ever postseason. Marchessault, who set up Smith's second-period goal, has flustered the Capitals with four assists in three encounters this season.

MATCHUP CHART:

TRENDS:

* Capitals are 13-3 in their last 16 road games.
* Golden Knights are 16-1 in their last 17 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
* Under is 12-3 in Capitals last 15 vs. Pacific.
* Over is 5-1 in Golden Knights last 6 home games.

**Udog** · 05-30-2018, 09:27 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, May 30

Washington @ Vegas

Game 3-4
May 30, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
15.077
Vegas
13.586
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Vegas
-165
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(+145); Under

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, May 30

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WASHINGTON (61-32-0-9, 131 pts.) at VEGAS (64-27-0-7, 135 pts.) - 5/30/2018, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
VEGAS is 3-0 (+3.0 Units) against the spread versus WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
VEGAS is 3-0-0 straight up against WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.1 Units)

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NHL

Wednesday, May 30

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Trend Report
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Washington Capitals
Washington is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games
Washington is 12-6 SU in its last 18 games
Washington is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Washington is 13-2 ATS in its last 15 games on the road
Washington is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games on the road
Vegas Golden Knights
Vegas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Vegas is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Vegas is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vegas's last 6 games at home

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