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Stamkos hat trick sparks Lightning to 6-3 win over Rangers
December 10, 2018
By The Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Steven Stamkos had three goals to become the first player from the 2008 draft to reach 700 points, and the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning won their seventh consecutive game by beating the New York Rangers 6-3 on Monday night.

Stamkos scored power-play goals that tied the game in the first and second periods. The center completed his ninth hat trick and first since Oct. 13, 2014, from the slot at 10:41 of the third.

The Lightning star has 701 points in 696 career games. He joins Martin St. Louis (953) and Vincent Lecavalier (874) as the only Tampa Bay players reaching the 700-point milestone.

Ryan McDonagh had a go-ahead goal, Anthony Cirelli had the other two Tampa Bay goals, and Louis Domingue made 23 saves.

Kevin Hayes had two goals and Jesper Fast also scored for the Rangers, who have lost six of eight (2-5-1). Henrik Lundqvist stopped 30 shots.

PENGUINS 2, ISLANDERS 1, SO

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Jake Guentzel scored the decisive goal in the shootout to lift Pittsburgh over the Islanders.

Guentzel also assisted on Derick Brassard's tying goal in the third period, helping Pittsburgh improve to 3-0-1 in its last four games. Casey DeSmith had 25 saves through regulation and overtime.

Penguins star Phil Kessel beat Robin Lehner in the first round of the shootout, but Josh Bailey scored on New York's third attempt to keep the tiebreaker going. Valtteri Filppula was denied by DeSmith before Guentzel closed out the win for Pittsburgh.

DeSmith improved to 6-1-2 in his past nine starts.

Anthony Beauvillier scored in the second period for the Islanders, and Lehner finished with 23 stops.

RED WINGS 3, KINGS 1

DETROIT (AP) - Jimmy Howard made a season-high 42 saves and Dylan Larkin scored his 12th goal of the season to lift Detroit past Los Angeles.

Dennis Cholowski and Frans Nielsen also scored the Red Wings, who improved to 13-6-2 in their last 21 games. Howard came within 6:38 of his first shutout of the season.

Anze Kopitar scored the only goal for Los Angeles.

The Kings, who are tied with Chicago for the fewest points in the NHL, have been shut out only once this season. They spoiled Howard's bid in the third when Kopitar tapped in a loose puck at the doorstep.

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SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY DECEMBER 11, 2018
Time (ET) Away Home Site
7:05 PM Arizona Coyotes Boston Bruins TD Garden
7:05 PM Los Angeles Kings Buffalo Sabres KeyBank Center
7:05 PM Toronto Maple Leafs Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena
7:05 PM Vancouver Canucks Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena
7:35 PM Detroit Red Wings Washington Capitals Capital One Arena
8:05 PM Chicago Blackhawks Winnipeg Jets Bell MTS Place
8:05 PM Florida Panthers St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center
8:05 PM Montreal Canadiens Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center
8:05 PM Ottawa Senators Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena
9:05 PM Edmonton Oilers Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center


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NHL DEC. RECORD OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD

12/10/2018 3-3-0 50.00% -0.50
12/09/2018 1-4-1 20.00% -16.00
12/08/2018 1-2-0 33.33% -6.15
12/07/2018 2-5-0 28.57% -21.85
12/06/2018 9-8-0 52.94% +0.95
12/05/2018 2-1-0 66.67% +4.50
12/04/2018 6-7-0 46.15% -5.90
12/03/2018 1-4-0 20.00% -16.00
12/02/2018 2-5-0 28.57% -13.70
12/01/2018 8-10-0 44.44% -12.25

Record:...........35-49-0......41.66%.....-86.90


BEST BETS:

DATE........................ATS................... ..UNITS..................O/U..................UNITS.............TOTALS

12/10/2018.............0 - 2....................-10.00.................3 - 1..................+9.50..............-0.50
12/09/2018.............0 - 2....................-10.00.................1 - 2..................-6.00...............-16.00
12/08/2018.............0 - 0....................+0.00..................1 - 1..................-0.50...............-0.50
12/07/2018.............1 - 1....................+0.10..................1 - 3..................-11.50.............-11.40
12/06/2018.............1 - 4....................-14.90..................8 - 3...................+23.50............+8.60
12/05/2018.............0 - 0...................+0.00...................2 - 1..................+4.50..............+4.50
12/04/2018.............1 - 3....................-8.90...................3 - 1..................+9.50..............+0.60
12/03/2018.............0 - 1....................-5.00...................1 - 2..................-6.00...............-11.00
12/02/2018.............1 - 1...................+3.30...................2 - 4..................-12.00.............-8.70
12/01/2018.............1 - 3....................-8.75...................5 - 7..................-13.50.............-22.25

Record:...................5 - 17..................-54.15...............27 - 25.................-2.50..............-56.65

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Tuesday’s 6-pack

Highest payrolls in the NBA:

6) Portland Trailblazers $131,747,436

5) Houston Rockets $134,843,975

4) Toronto Raptors $141,265,305

3) Golden State Warriors $145,699,527

2) Oklahoma City Thunder $146,463,850

1) Miami Heat $158,203,135

Quote of the Day
“I think your play is embarrassing, me subbing them is saving them, maybe. Maybe we saved them. The pro player thing, this is basketball; this is about honoring the game and doing the right things.

Embarrassment is not giving the effort in that Bulls uniform, so I put five guys in that I thought could put the effort in. They’re disappointed, they feel bad about it. We need some leadership to step up, we need some guys to take leadership roles on the team.”
Chicago Bulls’ coach Jim Boylen

Tuesday’s quiz
Who was the Detroit Lions coach last time they won a playoff game?

Monday’s quiz
Matt Prater (then with the Broncos) holds the record for the longest FG in NFL history (64 yards); he kicked it against the Tennessee Titans.

Sunday’s quiz
Dwyane Wade played his college basketball at Marquette.

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

13) Saturday night the Chicago Bulls lost by 56 points to Boston- they lost at home, 133-76, which is obviously not good and it came a couple games after a coaching change.

But this is worse; on Sunday, the Bulls refused to practice, because new coach Jim Boylen held a couple of two-hour practices earlier in the week. During the season with lot of games, NBA teams don’t have 2-hour practices very often.

Chicago is 6-21, last in the Eastern Conference; their team payroll is $103,926,708, which is 2nd-lowest in the NBA. Their team sucks, but guys get mad when the coach shows them up by subbing out five guys at a time- they revolt at practicing. How do you get better?

I’m getting old…..lol

12) Baseball’s winter meetings are this week in Las Vegas, good chance to think ahead to next spring and also to feel warmer. Thinking about baseball takes some of the chill out of the air.

11) ESPN’s Sunday night baseball games will move an hour next year, starting at 7:00 instead of 8, which means there will be overlap with the 4:00 games on DirecTV, which is fine.

10) Tampa Bay Rays went 44-34 LY when they used an “opener” to pitch the first inning of a game; they’ve said they will use that tactic again in 2019.

9) Oakland Raiders fired GM Reggie McKenzie Monday; when you’re paying the coach $100M over ten years, you have to give him control of the franchise, so they told McKenzie to take a hike. Dallas/Chicago are two of the hottest teams in the NFL, thanks in large part to players they got from Oakland, which stockpiled draft picks as it prepares to move to Las Vegas in 2020.

8) 32-year old backup QB Josh Johnson, on his sixth NFL team, led two TD drives Sunday against the Giants; he said he used the Madden NFL video game in order to learn some of the names on the Redskins’ roster- he played Sunday despite only being on the team for five days.

Johnson was picked in the AAF draft last week; not sure now if he’ll play in the new spring league, if he finished the season with Redskins, which he figures to do.

Mark Sanchez said last week that the first time he talked to LT Trent Williams was in the huddle on the field in the Redskins’ loss at Philadelphia LW. Hard to win that way.

7) Tennessee 76, Gonzaga 73— Impressive win on a neutral floor for Rick Barnes’ Volunteers; they made 12-29 on the arc, with Schofield going 6-10.

6) I wonder how Michael O’Keefe’s acting career would’ve turned out if he hadn’t played golf against Judge Smails in Caddyshack.

5) Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell agreed to a contract extension through 2024 and has gotten $1M in additional salary for his assistant coaches, good news for Cyclone fans.

4) Kansas State is expected to hire North Dakota State’s Chris Kleiman its football coaching job; he is expected to accept the job but he is also expected to coach North Dakota State as far as they go in I-AA Playoffs. Kleiman is 67-6 at NDSU and has won three national titles.

3) Oakland A’s new AAA affiliate will be called the Las Vegas Aviators, a logo that I predict will take off in popularity.

2) Harold Baines is in the Baseball Hall of Fame? I’m not buying that, but it guarantees that Edgar Martinez is getting in down the road, which is a good thing.

1) I don’t get why the Heisman Trophy TV show is an hour long; a complete waste of 45 minutes. Introduce the four finalists and tell us who won; dragging it out to an hour must make money or they wouldn’t do it, but I never watch it- just let me know who won.

Best thing about the college football playoff is that it has taken a lot of the focus away from this individual award. I remember Joe Tessitore talking about the Heisman during a game on Labor Day weekend a few years ago, thats how ridiculous it had gotten.

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NHL

Tuesday, December 11

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Trend Report
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Arizona Coyotes
Arizona is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Arizona is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Arizona's last 8 games
Arizona is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Arizona is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Arizona's last 13 games on the road
Arizona is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Boston
Arizona is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Boston
Arizona is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
Boston Bruins
Boston is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Boston's last 12 games
Boston is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
Boston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Arizona
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Arizona
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona

Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Los Angeles is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Los Angeles's last 8 games
Los Angeles is 4-13 SU in its last 17 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 5 games on the road
Los Angeles is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Buffalo
Los Angeles is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Buffalo
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Los Angeles's last 5 games when playing Buffalo
Los Angeles is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Buffalo
Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Buffalo is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games
Buffalo is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
Buffalo is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Buffalo is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Buffalo's last 12 games at home
Buffalo is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Los Angeles
Buffalo is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Los Angeles
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Buffalo's last 5 games when playing Los Angeles
Buffalo is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Los Angeles

Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games
Toronto is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Toronto is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games on the road
Toronto is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Carolina
Toronto is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Carolina
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Toronto's last 13 games when playing Carolina
Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 7 games when playing on the road against Carolina
Carolina Hurricanes
Carolina is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
Carolina is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Carolina's last 7 games
Carolina is 2-7 ATS in its last 9 games at home
Carolina is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Carolina's last 6 games at home
Carolina is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Toronto
Carolina is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Carolina's last 13 games when playing Toronto
Carolina is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Carolina's last 7 games when playing at home against Toronto

Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Vancouver is 3-12 SU in its last 15 games
Vancouver is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games on the road
Vancouver is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vancouver's last 6 games on the road
Vancouver is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Columbus
Vancouver is 18-6 SU in its last 24 games when playing Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vancouver's last 7 games when playing Columbus
Vancouver is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Columbus
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Vancouver's last 10 games when playing on the road against Columbus
Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus is 6-14 ATS in its last 20 games at home
Columbus is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Vancouver
Columbus is 6-18 SU in its last 24 games when playing Vancouver
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Columbus's last 7 games when playing Vancouver
Columbus is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Columbus's last 10 games when playing at home against Vancouver

Detroit Red Wings
Detroit is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Detroit is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Detroit is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Detroit is 7-18 SU in its last 25 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Detroit's last 17 games on the road
Detroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Washington
Detroit is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games when playing Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Detroit's last 12 games when playing Washington
Detroit is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Detroit's last 15 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington Capitals
Washington is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games
Washington is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games
Washington is 4-8 ATS in its last 12 games at home
Washington is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
Washington is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Washington's last 12 games when playing Detroit
Washington is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Washington's last 15 games when playing at home against Detroit

Montreal Canadiens
Montreal is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
Montreal is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Montreal is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Montreal is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Montreal's last 6 games on the road
Montreal is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Montreal is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Montreal is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Montreal's last 10 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota Wild
Minnesota is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games
Minnesota is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
Minnesota is 5-10 ATS in its last 15 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 7 games at home
Minnesota is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Montreal
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Montreal
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Montreal
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Minnesota's last 10 games when playing at home against Montreal

Ottawa Senators
Ottawa is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 16 of Ottawa's last 23 games
Ottawa is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Ottawa is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Ottawa's last 14 games on the road
Ottawa is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Nashville
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Ottawa's last 6 games when playing Nashville
Ottawa is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Nashville
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Ottawa's last 7 games when playing on the road against Nashville
Nashville Predators
Nashville is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
Nashville is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Nashville is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Nashville's last 7 games at home
Nashville is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Ottawa
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Nashville's last 6 games when playing Ottawa
Nashville is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Ottawa
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Nashville's last 7 games when playing at home against Ottawa

Florida Panthers
Florida is 2-8 ATS in its last 10 games
Florida is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Florida's last 13 games
Florida is 15-8 ATS in its last 23 games on the road
Florida is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Florida is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Florida's last 5 games on the road
Florida is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing St. Louis
Florida is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing St. Louis
Florida is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Florida's last 5 games when playing St. Louis
Florida is 5-9-1 SU in its last 15 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
St. Louis Blues
St. Louis is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games
St. Louis is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of St. Louis's last 16 games
St. Louis is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games at home
St. Louis is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games at home
St. Louis is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Florida
St. Louis is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games when playing Florida
St. Louis is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Florida
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis's last 5 games when playing Florida

Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago is 7-14 ATS in its last 21 games
Chicago is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Chicago's last 8 games
Chicago is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 games on the road
Chicago is 1-12 SU in its last 13 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games on the road
Chicago is 4-8 ATS in its last 12 games when playing Winnipeg
Chicago is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg
Chicago is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg
Winnipeg Jets
Winnipeg is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games
Winnipeg is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Winnipeg's last 8 games
Winnipeg is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Winnipeg is 8-4 ATS in its last 12 games when playing Chicago
Winnipeg is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Chicago
Winnipeg is 5-11 SU in its last 16 games when playing at home against Chicago

Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton is 5-13 ATS in its last 18 games
Edmonton is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Edmonton's last 7 games
Edmonton is 2-8 ATS in its last 10 games on the road
Edmonton is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Edmonton is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Colorado
Edmonton is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Colorado
Colorado Avalanche
Colorado is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Colorado's last 6 games
Colorado is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Colorado's last 13 games at home
Colorado is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Edmonton
Colorado is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Edmonton

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NHL
Long Sheet

Tuesday, December 11

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TORONTO (20-9-0-1, 41 pts.) at CAROLINA (13-11-0-4, 30 pts.) - 12/11/2018, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TORONTO is 391-403 ATS (-115.6 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
CAROLINA is 10-1 ATS (+8.6 Units) in home games in December games over the last 3 seasons.
TORONTO is 28-18 ATS (+9.2 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 11-4 ATS (+6.5 Units) in road games first half of the season this season.
TORONTO is 9-2 ATS (+6.5 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
CAROLINA is 49-61 ATS (-37.9 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
CAROLINA is 7-17 ATS (-12.2 Units) on Tuesday nights over the last 2 seasons.
CAROLINA is 66-97 ATS (+168.6 Units) when playing with 3 or more days rest since 1996.
CAROLINA is 17-26 ATS (-15.9 Units) after a non-conference game over the last 2 seasons.
CAROLINA is 44-60 ATS (-43.2 Units) in home games after playing 3 consecutive road games since 1996.
CAROLINA is 19-34 ATS (-23.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
TORONTO is 4-3 (+0.2 Units) against the spread versus CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
TORONTO is 4-3-0 straight up against CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.9 Units)

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VANCOUVER (13-16-0-3, 29 pts.) at COLUMBUS (16-11-0-2, 34 pts.) - 12/11/2018, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLUMBUS is 64-40 ATS (+9.6 Units) first half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 176-161 ATS (+374.0 Units) in non-conference games since 1996.
COLUMBUS is 23-10 ATS (+10.8 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
VANCOUVER is 158-138 ATS (+306.9 Units) in road games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 202-228 ATS (+507.1 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
VANCOUVER is 3-1 (+4.2 Units) against the spread versus COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
VANCOUVER is 3-1-0 straight up against COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.0 Units)

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LOS ANGELES (11-19-0-1, 23 pts.) at BUFFALO (17-9-0-4, 38 pts.) - 12/11/2018, 7:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
LOS ANGELES is 3-2-0 straight up against BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.0 Units)

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ARIZONA (13-13-0-2, 28 pts.) at BOSTON (16-10-0-4, 36 pts.) - 12/11/2018, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ARIZONA is 22-47 ATS (+86.4 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 7-0 ATS (+7.0 Units) in home games after a division game this season.
ARIZONA is 5-1 ATS (+6.6 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
ARIZONA is 5-1 ATS (+6.6 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season this season.
BOSTON is 106-105 ATS (-58.6 Units) in home games in non-conference games since 1996.
BOSTON is 221-174 ATS (-50.6 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 5-0 (+5.0 Units) against the spread versus ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
BOSTON is 5-0-0 straight up against ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.8 Units)

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DETROIT (14-13-0-4, 32 pts.) at WASHINGTON (17-9-0-3, 37 pts.) - 12/11/2018, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DETROIT is 120-141 ATS (-83.1 Units) on Tuesday nights since 1996.
WASHINGTON is 83-53 ATS (+154.5 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 18-5 ATS (+10.9 Units) after playing 3 consecutive road games over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 5-2 (+1.4 Units) against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 5-2-0 straight up against DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.5 Units, Under=-0.4 Units)

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FLORIDA (11-11-0-6, 28 pts.) at ST LOUIS (10-14-0-4, 24 pts.) - 12/11/2018, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
FLORIDA is 11-17 ATS (-11.2 Units) in all games this season.
FLORIDA is 11-17 ATS (-11.2 Units) first half of the season this season.
FLORIDA is 112-168 ATS (+284.1 Units) when playing with 2 days rest since 1996.
FLORIDA is 168-248 ATS (+433.2 Units) in non-conference games since 1996.
FLORIDA is 10-20 ATS (-14.4 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
FLORIDA is 3-1 (+2.8 Units) against the spread versus ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
FLORIDA is 3-1-0 straight up against ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.2 Units)

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CHICAGO (9-17-0-5, 23 pts.) at WINNIPEG (18-9-0-2, 38 pts.) - 12/11/2018, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CHICAGO is 9-22 ATS (+34.0 Units) in all games this season.
CHICAGO is 9-22 ATS (+34.0 Units) first half of the season this season.
CHICAGO is 5-16 ATS (+23.8 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
CHICAGO is 1-9 ATS (+12.1 Units) after 3 or more consecutive losses this season.
CHICAGO is 17-40 ATS (+59.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 8-23 ATS (+31.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
WINNIPEG is 47-29 ATS (+11.2 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 3 seasons.
WINNIPEG is 37-13 ATS (+20.9 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
WINNIPEG is 25-9 ATS (+12.2 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
WINNIPEG is 7-4 (+2.8 Units) against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
WINNIPEG is 7-4-0 straight up against CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
5 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.5 Units, Under=-0.5 Units)

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OTTAWA (13-14-0-4, 30 pts.) at NASHVILLE (19-10-0-1, 39 pts.) - 12/11/2018, 8:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
NASHVILLE is 3-1 (+1.5 Units) against the spread versus OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
NASHVILLE is 3-1-0 straight up against OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.1 Units)

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MONTREAL (15-10-0-5, 35 pts.) at MINNESOTA (15-12-0-2, 32 pts.) - 12/11/2018, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MONTREAL is 44-69 ATS (-31.6 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
MONTREAL is 15-38 ATS (+57.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 193-124 ATS (+28.1 Units) in home games first half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 4-0 (+4.3 Units) against the spread versus MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 4-0-0 straight up against MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.9 Units)

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EDMONTON (16-12-0-2, 34 pts.) at COLORADO (17-8-0-5, 39 pts.) - 12/11/2018, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
EDMONTON is 14-26 ATS (-14.5 Units) on Tuesday nights over the last 3 seasons.
EDMONTON is 12-23 ATS (-15.8 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
EDMONTON is 1-8 ATS (-8.5 Units) after a 3 game unbeaten streak over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 63-56 ATS (+120.3 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 22-11 ATS (+36.4 Units) in a home game where the total is 6 or more over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 27-21 ATS (+52.6 Units) after a non-conference game over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 192-166 ATS (+358.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
EDMONTON is 5-2 (+2.4 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
EDMONTON is 5-2-0 straight up against COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.0 Units, Under=-0.7 Units)

[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Tuesday, December 11


Toronto @ Carolina

Game 43-44
December 11, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Toronto
12.335
Carolina
9.200
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Toronto
by 3
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Toronto
-125
6
Dunkel Pick:
Toronto
(-125); Over

Vancouver @ Columbus

Game 45-46
December 11, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Vancouver
10.364
Columbus
12.288
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Columbus
by 2
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Columbus
-210
6
Dunkel Pick:
Columbus
(-210); Over

Los Angeles @ Buffalo

Game 47-48
December 11, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Los Angeles
8.482
Buffalo
11.092
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Buffalo
by 2 1/2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Buffalo
-170
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Buffalo
(-170); Over

Arizona @ Boston

Game 49-50
December 11, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Arizona
10.672
Boston
11.989
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Boston
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Boston
-180
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Boston
(-180); Under

Detroit @ Washington

Game 51-52
December 11, 2018 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Detroit
11.247
Washington
13.741
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 2 1/2
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
-260
6
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(-260); Over

Florida @ St. Louis

Game 53-54
December 11, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Florida
7.693
St. Louis
11.190
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
St. Louis
by 3 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
St. Louis
-115
6
Dunkel Pick:
St. Louis
(-115); Over

Chicago @ Winnipeg

Game 55-56
December 11, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Chicago
9.895
Winnipeg
13.638
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Winnipeg
by 4
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Winnipeg
-240
6
Dunkel Pick:
Winnipeg
(-240); Over

Ottawa @ Nashville

Game 57-58
December 11, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Ottawa
8.402
Nashville
11.848
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Nashville
by 3 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Nashville
-260
6
Dunkel Pick:
Nashville
(-260); Over

Montreal @ Minnesota

Game 59-60
December 11, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Montreal
9.223
Minnesota
11.656
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 2 1/2
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
-160
6
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota
(-160); Over

Edmonton @ Colorado

Game 61-62
December 11, 2018 @ 9:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Edmonton
9.988
Colorado
12,366
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Colorado
by 2 1/2
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Colorado
-140
6
Dunkel Pick:
Colorado
(-140); Over

[StarDust Bum]

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

LA at BUF 07:00 PM
O 5.5

VAN at CLB 07:00 PM
VAN +171
O 6.0

TOR at CAR 07:00 PM
TOR -119
O 6.0

ARI at BOS 07:00 PM
U 5.5

DET at WAS 07:30 PM
O 6.0

CHI at WIN 08:00 PM
CHI +209
U 6.0

MON at MIN 08:00 PM
O 6.0

FLA at STL 08:00 PM
FLA +108
O 6.0

OTT at NAS 08:00 PM
OTT +231
O 6.0

EDM at COL 09:00 PM
EDM +127
O 6.0

[StarDust Bum]

Ovi's 21st hat trick helps Caps to 6-2 rout of Wings
December 11, 2018
By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) Alex Ovechkin scored his 21st hat trick and first this season to lift the Washington Capitals over the Detroit Red Wings 6-2 on Tuesday night.

Ovechkin entered the night as the NHL's goal leader and stretched his total to 25 through 30 games, halfway to a potential eighth 50-goal season.

Nicklas Backstrom had four assists to help Washington get its third straight victory and 10th in 12 games. T.J. Oshie added a goal in his return from an 11-game layoff due to a concussion, and Travis Boyd and Brett Connolly also scored early.

Braden Holtby made 35 stops for Washington, which had scored 12 straight goals over a stretch of more than six periods before Dylan Larkin and Gustav Nyquist broke through in the third.

Detroit coach Jeff Blashill pulled goaltender Jonathan Bernier midway through the second period after he saved 10 of Washington's first 15 shots. Jimmy Howard came in to finish off the Red Wings' first road loss since their previous trip here on Nov. 23, a night after making a season-high 42 stops in a win over Los Angeles.

BRUINS 4, COYOTES 3

BOSTON (AP) - Brad Marchand scored two goals and assisted on another during a four-goal, second-period flurry to lead Boston over Arizona.

Arizona led 2-0 before Boston scored four times in five minutes, starting when Danton Heinen and David Pastrnak delivered 33 seconds apart. Marchand gave the Bruins the lead two minutes later, and then added another two minutes after that to make it 4-2.

Tuukka Rask stopped 30 shots for Boston, which won its third straight game and beat the Coyotes for the 14th time in a row. Pastrnak also had two assists, and David Krejci had three for the Bruins.

Nick Schmaltz and Nick Cousins scored 40 seconds apart for Arizona in the first period, and Darcy Kuemper made 22 saves for the Coyotes.

CANUCKS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Jake Virtanen scored the tiebreaking goal with less than two minutes remaining and Jacob Markstrom stopped 34 shots as Vancouver rallied to beat Columbus.

Elias Pettersson got credit for a goal that went in off his skate to tie it with about 3:04 left, and Virtanen's goal put the Canucks ahead 78 seconds later.

Josh Leivo also scored in the third period for the Canucks, who have won three straight after losing 12 of 13.

Seth Jones and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored, and Joonas Korpisalo had 22 saves for the Blue Jackets, who have lost four of their last five and dropped their last three at home as they entered a stretch of five home games in nine days.

WILD 7, CANADIENS 1

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Matt Dumba scored twice, Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves and Minnesota took out some recent frustrations on Montreal.

The Wild scored four times in the second period to recover from a lousy swing through Western Canada, when Minnesota dropped two of three and lost captain Mikko Koivu to injury.

Nino Niederreiter, Charlie Coyle, Eric Staal, Jared Spurgeon and Zach Parise also scored for Minnesota (16-12-2), which went 4 for 4 on the power play.

Jeff Petry scored for Montreal (15-11-5), which ended a three-game winning streak.

JETS 6, BLACKHAWKS 3

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - Kyle Connor scored twice and Winnipeg gave Chicago its eighth straight loss.

Mark Scheifele and Tyler Myers each had a goal and assist, Mathieu Perreault scored and Brandon Tanev added an empty-net goal for Winnipeg (19-9-2). Dustin Byfuglien had three assists.

Laurent Brossoit played his eighth game (seventh start) for the Jets and made 32 saves.

Dylan Strome, Dominik Kahun and Alex DeBrincat scored for Chicago. Patrick Kane added a pair of assists.

Cam Ward stopped 28 shots for the Blackhawks (9-18-5), who also lost eight straight earlier this season, although two were in overtime. The current slump is all in regulation time.

BLUES 4, PANTHERS 3

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Brayden Schenn capped St. Louis' four-goal third period as the Blues beat Florida.

David Perron had two goals, and Ivan Barbashev also scored for St. Louis, which had lost three of four and eight of their last 11. Jake Allen made stopped 22 shots to improve to 2-4-0 in his career against Florida.

Evgenii Dadonov, MacKenzie Weegar and Mike Hoffman scored for the Panthers, who have lost four of five. Roberto Luongo had 29 saves.

Schenn's tiebreaking goal came off a rebound as he backhanded it past Luongo with 3:55 remaining.

PREDATORS 3, SENATORS 1

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Ryan Ellis scored his first game-winning goal of the season, Pekka Rinne made 25 saves and Nashville defeated Ottawa.

Austin Watson and Craig Smith also scored for the Predators, who halted a two-game skid.

Zack Smith scored for the Senators, who have lost four of five.

Nashville improved its record against Eastern Conference opponents to 9-0-0 this season.

MAPLE LEAFS 4, HURRICANES 1

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - William Nylander had two assists and Morgan Rielly scored the go-ahead goal to lift Toronto over Carolina.

The assists were the first points of the season for Nylander, who missed the first 28 games before signing a six-year deal worth $41.7 million.

Tyler Ennis, Patrick Marleau and John Tavares also scored for the Maple Leafs, who won for the third time in four road games. Frederik Andersen made 29 saves.

The Hurricanes got a goal from captain Justin Williams.

SABRES 4, KINGS 3, OT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Jeff Skinner scored a power-play goal 1:49 into overtime and Buffalo overcame a 3-1 deficit in the third period to beat Los Angeles.

Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist, and the Sabres snapped an 0-3-2 skid that immediately followed their franchise record-tying 10-game winning streak.

Johan Larsson and Zemgus Girgensons also scored for Buffalo, which improved to 6-7-2 when trailing through two periods. Linus Ullmark stopped 26 shots.

Jake Muzzin had a goal and an assist and Adrian Kempe and Matt Luff also scored for the Kings, who dropped to 2-5-1 in their past eight games.

OILERS 6, AVALANCHE 4

DENVER (AP) - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice as part of Edmonton's four-goal second period, Mikko Koskinen stopped 39 shots and the Oilers extended their winning streak to four games with a victory over Colorado.

Connor McDavid added a goal and an assist as the Oilers improved to 8-2-1 since coach Ken Hitchcock took over the struggling team on Nov. 20.

Kyle Brodziak scored his first goal in more than a month, Leon Draisaitl added another in his 300th NHL game and defenseman Darnell Nurse got into the scoring act with a slap shot early in the third.

Mikko Rantanen, the league's leading scorer, had a goal and three assists to give him at least a point in 12 straight games. It's tied for the longest active streak in the NHL with Alex Ovechkin.

Gabriel Landeskog had two goals and Colin Wilson added another for the Avalanche.

[StarDust Bum]

SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12, 2018
Time (ET) Away Home Site
7:05 PM Vegas Golden Knights New York Islanders Barclays Center
8:05 PM Pittsburgh Penguins Chicago Blackhawks United Center
8:35 PM Philadelphia Flyers Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome
10:05 PM Dallas Stars Anaheim Ducks Honda Center


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NHL DEC. RECORD OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD

12/11/2018 8-8-0 50.00% +2.40
12/10/2018 3-3-0 50.00% -0.50
12/09/2018 1-4-1 20.00% -16.00
12/08/2018 1-2-0 33.33% -6.15
12/07/2018 2-5-0 28.57% -21.85
12/06/2018 9-8-0 52.94% +0.95
12/05/2018 2-1-0 66.67% +4.50
12/04/2018 6-7-0 46.15% -5.90
12/03/2018 1-4-0 20.00% -16.00
12/02/2018 2-5-0 28.57% -13.70
12/01/2018 8-10-0 44.44% -12.25

Record:...........43-57-0......43.00%.....-84.50


BEST BETS:

DATE........................ATS................... ..UNITS..................O/U..................UNITS.............TOTALS

12/11/2018.............2 - 3.....................-0.10..................5 - 5..................-2.50...............-2.60
12/10/2018.............0 - 2....................-10.00.................3 - 1..................+9.50..............-0.50
12/09/2018.............0 - 2....................-10.00.................1 - 2..................-6.00...............-16.00
12/08/2018.............0 - 0....................+0.00..................1 - 1..................-0.50...............-0.50
12/07/2018.............1 - 1....................+0.10..................1 - 3..................-11.50.............-11.40
12/06/2018.............1 - 4....................-14.90..................8 - 3...................+23.50............+8.60
12/05/2018.............0 - 0...................+0.00...................2 - 1..................+4.50..............+4.50
12/04/2018.............1 - 3....................-8.90...................3 - 1..................+9.50..............+0.60
12/03/2018.............0 - 1....................-5.00...................1 - 2..................-6.00...............-11.00
12/02/2018.............1 - 1...................+3.30...................2 - 4..................-12.00.............-8.70
12/01/2018.............1 - 3....................-8.75...................5 - 7..................-13.50.............-22.25

Record:...................7 - 20..................-54.25...............32 - 30.................--5.00..............-59.25

[StarDust Bum]

Wednesday’s 6-pack

— Penn 78, Villanova 75— Villanova’s 25-game Big Five win streak ends.

— Colorado 78, New Mexico 75— Buffs were down 17, improve to 8-1.

— New Mexico gets 6-10 Kansas transfer Carlton Bragg eligible Sunday

— Spurs 111, Suns 86— Popovich moves into 4th place on all-time win list.

— Orioles hired Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde as their new manager.

— Texas Rangers hired former P Brandon McCarthy to help out in aspects of pitching development in the major and minor leagues.

Quote of the Day
“Sometimes it makes it worse when it’s right there. If you get blown out it doesn’t seem to hurt as bad as when you have a chance.’’
Ben Roethlisberger

Wednesday’s quiz
The Clippers were in San Diego before they played in LA; what was the team’s name before they moved to San Diego?
(Hint: They had 2 or 3 really good/well-known players)

Tuesday’s quiz
Wayne Fontes was Lions’ coach in 1991, last time Detroit won a playoff game.

Monday’s quiz
Matt Prater (then with the Broncos) holds the record for the longest FG in NFL history (64 yards); he kicked it against the Tennessee Titans.

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

13) Things you don’t see much; Dallas ran 93 plays Sunday, Philly only 48.

Cannot remember last time an NFL team ran 93 plays in a game. Cowboys had only done it once before EVER, running 94 plays in a 1978 win over Green Bay.

Does being on the field for 93 plays have a hangover effect this week, when the Eagles visit the Rams in Los Angeles?

12) Very few NFL games get butchered the way New England butchered their loss in Miami last week; Brady took a sack at the end of the first half when Patriots were out of timeouts and in the red zone, costing his team three points, a horrible mistake that was a lot like Russell Wilson’s INT at the end of the first half Monday night.

Then Miami scoring on a 69-yard desperation play to get the walk-off win; why is Gronkowski on the field for that play? Play started on the Miami 31; Tannehill ain’t throwing a Hail Mary pass 70+ yards. I’m guessing the Patriots’ flight home and defensive meetings Monday couldn’t have been very pleasant.

11) Minnesota Vikings fired OC John DeFilippo Tuesday, after the Vikings got whacked 21-7 by the Seahawks Monday night. Mike Zimmer has gone thru lot of QB’s/OC’s in his tenure as the Vikings’ coach.

10) Royals signed free agent OF Billy Hamilton, who runs really fast but as my dad often said, “He can’t steal first base.” When your on-base% is under .300, that not good.

9) More baseball dealings:
— Phillies gave Andrew McCutchen $16.7M a year for three years.
— Blue Jays released oft-injured SS Troy Tulowitzki, who is still owed $38M.
— White Sox acquired P Ivan Nova from Pittsburgh.

8) Steph Curry is going to host a PGA Tour event at Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City, CA, starting in the 2019-20 season. The tournament doesn’t have a sponsor yet; the golf course is going to get $3.6M in upgrades before then.

7) Memphis Grizzlies equipment assistant Brianè Miller was offered $100,000 for the sneakers LeBron James gave her over the weekend, but she says she has no interest in selling them.

6) ESPN released 11 Sunday night telecasts for 2019; what a surprise- five Red Sox games, four Bronx games, three Dodger games, zero Astros games. And they wonder why the sport isn’t as popular as it used to be? Houston is the 4th-biggest city in the country and they are one of the best teams— put their young stars on TV!!!!

This doesn’t even need to be stated, but A’s/Rays aren’t on the list. Both won 90+ games LY.

5) MLB Network is great this week, watching stuff from Winter Meetings every day, but then they put this guy Charlie Montoyo on Tuesday at 6pm, and I had no idea he was Toronto’s new manager. He worked for Kevin Cash in Tampa for four years, so thats a good thing these days, working with another successful manager.

4) So its 4am Monday night/Tuesday morning and I’m winding down getting ready for bed, then I hear trucks outside, and they start jackhammering the road across street from me, digging this big hole. Seven feet deep, 25-30 feet long. It is freakin’ 4am!!!!

So much for sleep……or water. Must’ve been a leak in the pipes.

Water came back on 11 hours later, the road looks like it is a war zone, kind of killed the day, though not having water to take a shower forced me to get some sleep. Feel bad for guys who are outside at 4am in 15-degree weather fixing plumbing.

3) City of Oakland is suing the Raiders, making it evident that this will be the Raiders’ last year playing home games in Oakland- they’re moving to Las Vegas in 2020.

2) Football coaches are nomads: Ole Miss hired former Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre as its new defensive coordinator, which will make their defense a lot better. Ole Miss will have two new coordinators next year; their OC Phil Longo is off to the same job at North Carolina.

Former Bowling Green coach Mike Jinks is the new running backs coach at USC; no offense to the fine folks at Bowling Green, but thats a promotion- RB coach at USC is a better job than HC at Bowling Green- what a storied history of RB’s the Trojans have had.

1) Former Tennessee football coach Butch Jones was hired this week by Maryland as an assistant to new head coach Mike Locksley; both guys were assistants at Alabama this season.

Colin Kaepernick should go be an assistant coach at Alabama; maybe he could get a job in the NFL then. Every other Saban assistant gets a new job fairly quickly.

[StarDust Bum]

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, December 12

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VEGAS (17-14-0-1, 35 pts.) at NY ISLANDERS (14-11-0-4, 32 pts.) - 12/12/2018, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NY ISLANDERS are 24-17 ATS (+42.1 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
VEGAS is 82-53 ATS (+16.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
VEGAS is 14-4 ATS (+9.0 Units) in December games over the last 2 seasons.
VEGAS is 43-26 ATS (+14.9 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
NY ISLANDERS are 86-125 ATS (-57.3 Units) in home games after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
NY ISLANDERS is 2-0 (+2.8 Units) against the spread versus VEGAS over the last 3 seasons
NY ISLANDERS is 2-0-0 straight up against VEGAS over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.2 Units, Under=-0.1 Units)

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PITTSBURGH (13-10-0-6, 32 pts.) at CHICAGO (9-17-0-5, 23 pts.) - 12/12/2018, 8:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
CHICAGO is 4-0 (+4.4 Units) against the spread versus PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons
CHICAGO is 4-0-0 straight up against PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.2 Units)

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PHILADELPHIA (12-13-0-3, 27 pts.) at CALGARY (19-10-0-2, 40 pts.) - 12/12/2018, 8:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHILADELPHIA is 6-16 ATS (-12.2 Units) when playing with 2 days rest over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 85-64 ATS (+20.5 Units) in road games in December games since 1996.
PHILADELPHIA is 89-84 ATS (+192.1 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season since 1996.
CALGARY is 5-15 ATS (-16.5 Units) in home games in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CALGARY is 2-2-0 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.7 Units)

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DALLAS (16-11-0-3, 35 pts.) at ANAHEIM (16-11-0-5, 37 pts.) - 12/12/2018, 10:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DALLAS is 19-46 ATS (+71.6 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 3 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 254-201 ATS (+16.3 Units) after a non-conference game since 1996.
ANAHEIM is 33-20 ATS (+11.1 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 35-18 ATS (+14.9 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 3 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 16-5 ATS (+10.0 Units) after playing 3 consecutive home games over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 446-448 ATS (-52.6 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.
DALLAS is 253-162 ATS (+59.0 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
DALLAS is 5-3 (+2.0 Units) against the spread versus ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
DALLAS is 5-3-0 straight up against ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.1 Units)

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NHL

Wednesday, December 12

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Trend Report
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Vegas Golden Knights
Vegas is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Vegas is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Vegas's last 8 games
Vegas is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vegas's last 7 games on the road
New York Islanders
NY Islanders is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of NY Islanders's last 8 games
NY Islanders is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 5 games at home

Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Pittsburgh is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Chicago
Pittsburgh is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Pittsburgh's last 13 games when playing Chicago
Pittsburgh is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Pittsburgh's last 12 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago is 7-15 ATS in its last 22 games
Chicago is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Chicago's last 9 games
Chicago is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Chicago is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games at home
Chicago is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
Chicago is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Chicago's last 13 games when playing Pittsburgh
Chicago is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Chicago's last 12 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh

Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Philadelphia is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games
Philadelphia is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing Calgary
Philadelphia is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Calgary
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing on the road against Calgary
Calgary Flames
Calgary is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Calgary is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 6 games
Calgary is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home
Calgary is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Calgary's last 16 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Calgary's last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
Calgary is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

Dallas Stars
Dallas is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games
Dallas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 7 games
Dallas is 9-4 ATS in its last 13 games on the road
Dallas is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Dallas is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Anaheim
Dallas is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Anaheim
Dallas is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Anaheim
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas's last 6 games when playing on the road against Anaheim
Anaheim Ducks
Anaheim is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
Anaheim is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Anaheim is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Anaheim's last 6 games at home
Anaheim is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Dallas
Anaheim is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Dallas
Anaheim is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Anaheim's last 6 games when playing at home against Dallas


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NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, December 12


Vegas @ NY Islanders

Game 63-64
December 12, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Vegas
12.166
NY Islanders
10.833
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Vegas
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Vegas
-140
6
Dunkel Pick:
Vegas
(-140); Under

Pittsburgh @ Chicago

Game 65-66
December 12, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Pittsburgh
11.275
Chicago
9.852
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Pittsburgh
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Pittsburgh
-185
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Pittsburgh
(-185); Over

Philadelphia @ Calgary

Game 67-68
December 12, 2018 @ 8:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Philadelphia
10.015
Calgary
12.929
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Calgary
by 3
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Calgary
-170
6
Dunkel Pick:
Calgary
(-170); Over

Dallas @ Anaheim

Game 69-70
December 12, 2018 @ 10:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Dallas
9.008
Anaheim
12.447
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Anaheim
by 3 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Anaheim
-110
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Anaheim
(-110); Under

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

VEG at NYI 07:00 PM
VEG -133
O 6.0

PIT at CHI 08:00 PM
PIT -172
U 6.0

PHI at CAL 08:30 PM
PHI +149
O 6.5

DAL at ANA 10:00 PM
DAL +102
U 5.5

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Nosek helps Golden Knights beat Islanders 3-2
December 12, 2018
By The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) Tomas Nosek scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period and the surging Vegas Golden Knights beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Wednesday night.

Jonathan Marchessault and William Karlsson also scored to help the Golden Knights win for the 10th time in 13 games. Marc-Andre Fleury, making his 11th straight start, stopped 23 shots to take over the NHL victory lead with 18.

Anthony Beauvillier and Adam Pelech scored for New York. The Islanders have lost six of eight. Robin Lehner finished with 14 saves to fall to 0-4-2 in his last seven appearances.

Nosek put Vegas ahead when he jumped on the rebound of a shot by Oscar Lindberg and put it in for his third 3:32 into the third.

BLACKHAWKS 6, PENGUINS 3

CHICAGO (AP) - Jonathan Toews had a goal and two assists, and the Blackhawks snapped an eight-game losing streak.

Marcus Kruger, Brent Seabrook, Andreas Martinsen, Brandon Saad each had a goal and an assist for Chicago. Alex DeBrincat scored a power-play goal, and Corey Crawford made 40 saves.

Toews became the 16th active player to reach 700 career points with the same franchise. He assisted on Saad's empty-netter for his 701st point.

Kruger snapped a 3-all tie when he beat Casey DeSmith from the front of the crease 3:49 into the third period.

Bryan Rust scored three times for Pittsburgh in his second career hat trick. DeSmith blocked 23 shots in his sixth straight start.

FLAMES 6, FLYERS 5, OT

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) - Johnny Gaudreau scored 35 seconds into overtime, lifting the Flames to the win.

Calgary trailed 5-3 before Sean Monahan and Rasmus Andersson scored in the final 68 seconds of third period. Gaudreau then secured the Flames' sixth win in seven games with his 13th goal of the season.

Matthew Tkachuk had four assists for the Flames (20-10-2), who leapfrogged idle Nashville for the top spot in the Western Conference. Monahan had two goals and an assist, and Gaudreau and Mark Giordano each had a goal and two assists.

Philadelphia (12-13-4) lost for the third time in four games. Sean Couturier had two goals and an assist for the Flyers in his return to the lineup after missing two games with a lower-body injury. Travis Sanheim, James van Riemsdyk and Dale Weise also scored.

DUCKS 6, STARS 3

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Ondrej Kase scored three times for Anaheim in his first NHL hat trick, and Brandon Montour had four points in the third period.

Anaheim trailed 3-2 midway through the third before scoring three goals in a three-minute span for its fifth win in six games.

Kase pounced on a loose puck in front and put it past Ben Bishop at 10:45. Montour, who also had three assists, gave Anaheim the lead 81 seconds later when he had a wide-open net after Bishop was knocked down by one of his own players.

Miro Heiskanen, Blake Comeau and Alexander Radulov scored for Dallas, which has dropped its last two after winning four straight. Bishop made 30 saves.

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SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY DECEMBER 13, 2018
Time (ET) Away Home Site
7:05 PM Arizona Coyotes Buffalo Sabres KeyBank Center
7:05 PM Los Angeles Kings Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena
7:35 PM Carolina Hurricanes Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre
7:35 PM Toronto Maple Leafs Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena
8:05 PM Edmonton Oilers Winnipeg Jets Bell MTS Place
8:05 PM Florida Panthers Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center
8:05 PM Vancouver Canucks Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena
10:35 PM Dallas Stars San Jose Sharks SAP Center at San Jose


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NHL DEC. RECORD OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD

12/12/2018 2-6-0 25.00% -25.10
12/11/2018 8-8-0 50.00% +2.40
12/10/2018 3-3-0 50.00% -0.50
12/09/2018 1-4-1 20.00% -16.00
12/08/2018 1-2-0 33.33% -6.15
12/07/2018 2-5-0 28.57% -21.85
12/06/2018 9-8-0 52.94% +0.95
12/05/2018 2-1-0 66.67% +4.50
12/04/2018 6-7-0 46.15% -5.90
12/03/2018 1-4-0 20.00% -16.00
12/02/2018 2-5-0 28.57% -13.70
12/01/2018 8-10-0 44.44% -12.25

Record:...........45-63-0......41.66%.....-109.60


BEST BETS:

DATE........................ATS................... ..UNITS..................O/U..................UNITS.............TOTALS

12/12/2018.............0 - 2....................-10.00.................1 - 3..................-11.50..............21.50
12/11/2018.............2 - 3.....................-0.10..................5 - 5..................-2.50...............-2.60
12/10/2018.............0 - 2....................-10.00.................3 - 1..................+9.50..............-0.50
12/09/2018.............0 - 2....................-10.00.................1 - 2..................-6.00...............-16.00
12/08/2018.............0 - 0....................+0.00..................1 - 1..................-0.50...............-0.50
12/07/2018.............1 - 1....................+0.10..................1 - 3..................-11.50.............-11.40
12/06/2018.............1 - 4....................-14.90..................8 - 3...................+23.50............+8.60
12/05/2018.............0 - 0...................+0.00...................2 - 1..................+4.50..............+4.50
12/04/2018.............1 - 3....................-8.90...................3 - 1..................+9.50..............+0.60
12/03/2018.............0 - 1....................-5.00...................1 - 2..................-6.00...............-11.00
12/02/2018.............1 - 1...................+3.30...................2 - 4..................-12.00.............-8.70
12/01/2018.............1 - 3....................-8.75...................5 - 7..................-13.50.............-22.25

Record:...................7 - 22..................-64.25...............33 - 33.................--16.50..............-80.75

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Thursday’s 6-pack

Looking at teams who allowed highest %age of 20+-yard plays on 1st down:

— Patriots have allowed 56 plays plays of 20+ yards; 37 on 1st down (66.1%)

— Chargers 32 of 52 plays (61.5%)

— Jets 42 of 71 plays (59.2%)

— Buccaneers 37 of 65 plays (56.9%)

— Steelers 30 of 55 plays (54.5%)

— Eagles 34 of 64 plays (53.1%)

— Lowest %age: Dallas 11 of 40 plays (27.5%)

Quote of the Day
“He’s good at basketball. I get asked that every day. I don’t know how to answer that anymore. Nothing he does surprises me.’’
Steve Kerr, talking about Steph Curry

Thursday’s quiz
Where did Steph Curry play his college basketball?

Wednesday’s quiz
The Clippers were in San Diego before they played in LA; they were the Buffalo Braves before they moved to San Diego, with Bob McAdoo, Jim McMillian, Randy Smith, Ernie DeGregorio.

Tuesday’s quiz
Wayne Fontes was Lions’ coach in 1991, last time Detroit won a playoff game.

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Thursday’s List of 13: Nobody asked me, but…….

13) If you were a college football player, which bowl would you NOT want to play in? There are a ton of bowls, 39 if I counted right. We’ll talk about this later on this month, but no way would I want to go somewhere cold, like Boise or the Bronx or Detroit. Bowl games should be warm; at least the game in Detroit is indoors.

Anyway, did you know players get swag bags at bowl games? Here are three of some of the best swag collections EVERY player gets at these games………

12) New Mexico Bowl North Texas vs. Utah State
— Oakley Jupiter Squared sunglasses
— Oakley 5 Speed backpack
— Bluetooth speaker
— water bottle
— beanie
— Montgomery pen
— Pacific Headwear trucker’s cap

11) Valero Alamo Bowl Iowa State vs. Washington State
— $425 Amazon gift card— Every kid gets $425, a good deal for the scrubs
— Fossil watch
— mini helmet
— team panoramic photo

10) AutoZone Liberty Bowl Missouri vs. Oklahoma State ¦
— Shopping trip to Memphis’ Bass Pro Shops
— Bose SoundLink micro Bluetooth speaker;
— Bulova watch
— Nike athletic shoes
— sport sandals
— backpack and sunglasses
— football

9) Minnesota QB coach Kevin Stefanski will take over as the new offensive coordinator of the Minnesota Vikings, after John DeFilippo was fired Tuesday. Here’s an idea; let your QB call his own damn plays— he makes $28M a year, I’m guessing he could do it.

8) We mentioned the other day how Mike MacIntyre got fired as the head coach at Colorado and is now the DC at Ole Miss. Turns out that MacIntyre will now be making over $1M more per year than he was at Colorado, and he’s not even the head coach.

7) I have the NBA Full Court package on DirecTV; I enjoy watching good basketball, but I read the stuff about the Chicago Bulls revolting against their new coach and not wanting to practice the day after a 56-point loss and it makes me want to cancel my subscription.

Not sure what the solution is, but the league has a problem on its hands.

6) The sport that loses the most in transition from in person to on TV is hockey. If you’ve never gone to a college or pro hockey game, you should— it is great fun. Watch the officials; they’re such great skaters.

5) I think Bob Uecker should’ve gotten an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Indians’ radio announcer Harry Doyle in the fine baseball movie Major League.

4) As recently as 1999, Vice-President Mike Pence was a radio talkshow host in Indiana. The guy’s head has to be spinning; his every move now is fodder for late-night comedians.

You have any idea how hard it is to just sit there with no emotion or no motion like he did in the Oval Office Tuesday? Someone on the Interweb compared him to the dead guy in Weekend at Bernie’s, and it didn’t seem like that big a stretch to agree with him.

3) Tampa Bay Rays’ plans for a new ballpark in Ybor City officially died this week when owner Stu Sternberg had a press conference at the Winter Meetings. Sounds like the Rays might be locked into the Trop now, until 2027- they could easily wind up in Montreal eventually.

2) The Heisman Trophy that Tim Brown won in 1987 sold for $435,763 at a public auction recently. Lot of money for a trophy.

1) Pretty cool that the Blue Jays will be paying Troy Tulowitzki $18.4M a year for the next two years, while he probably plays 2B for the A’s, who will be paying him the big league minimum. Now if he can only stay healthy…….