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**Udog** · 02-24-2020, 07:50 AM

Armadillo: Monday's six-pack

NBA trends submitted for your perusal……

— Milwaukee won/covered six of its last seven games.

— Cavaliers are 3-10 ATS in last thirteen home games.

— 76ers covered nine of their last 11 home games.

— Brooklyn won five of last six, covered eight of last nine games.

— Knicks are 4-9 ATS in their last thirteen road games.

— Minnesota covered once in its last thirteen games.

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

13) Is this the weirdest rule in pro sports?

At every NHL game, an emergency goalie is available to either team, should both their goalies get hurt in that game. It is actually possible for the emergency guy to play for both teams in the same game.

Saturday, both of Carolina’s goalies left the game with injuries, so 42-year-old Dave Ayres came in as the emergency backup goaltender — and stopped 8 of 10 shots to get credit for the Hurricanes’ 6-3 win over the hometown Toronto Maple Leafs. Ayres was paid $500 for the game and was allowed to keep his game-worn jersey.

Ayres is a Zamboni driver and arena maintenance worker for the Maple Leafs’ AHL affiliate, the Toronto Marlies. Now he is a celebrity with a great story to tell.

12) Chicago Cubs are starting their own TV network this season, the Marquee Sports Network, which signed on for the first time Saturday afternoon.

The Cubs owning their own TV channel has been a cornerstone of the Ricketts family’s plans to improve the Cubs’ revenue flow since they acquired the ballclub, Wrigley Field and associated properties in 2009.

11) Virginia Commonwealth lost its last four basketball games, is 17-10, 7-7 in A-14 and has slid off the NCAA bubble, for now. This is VCU’s first four-game losing streak in 20 years.

10) Arizona Diamondbacks must be thrilled about this; newly acquired pitcher Madison Bumgarner has been competing in rodeo events under the alias Mason Saunders and even won $26,560 in a team-roping competition in December.

What could possibly go wrong?

Bumgarner agreed to an $85M, five-year contract with the Diamondbacks in December; he injured his pitching shoulder in 2017 in a dirt bike accident and missed three months of San Francisco’s season. He hasn’t been quite the same since then.

9) An 84-year old lady at an Ole Miss basketball game made a 94-foot putt the length of the basketball court during a timeout in the Rebels’ basketball game, and won herself a new car in the process, as part of an auto dealer’s promotion in the arena.

Was cool how excited the other fans in the arena were for her.

8) One unexpected by-product of the longer 3-point arc in college basketball; decent amount of kids step out of bounds on the sideline as they try to stay behind the arc to catch a pass, or drive to the basket.

7) Upsets:
— Wagner (+6) 75, St Francis 71 OT
— Loyola Md (+4.5) 70, Lafayette 68
— Canisius (+3.5) 57, Manhattan 56

6) Best wishes to Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh, who had a knee replaced recently and won’t be at the NFL Combine this week.

5) I’ve said this before, but when you listen to really good announce teams, it is like you’re eavesdropping on two friends having a conversation.

In the case of ESPN’s NBA broadcasts with Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson, that would be three friends having a conversation. The three pf them are great together.

4) Colorado Buffaloes hired Karl Dorrell as their new football coach; The 56-year old Dorrell was an assistant for the Buffs for six years back in the 90’s, under Bill McCartney, Rick Neuheisel.

3) XFL teams have both white/dark jerseys, unlike the AAF last year, where teams had only one color, which made the league seem like a cheapskate league, which it was.

The point-after conversion options continue to be fascinating; no one knows what the right thing to do is. I’m thinking that going for three points from the 10-yard line is the right play, unless you have a QB who is a good runner, then I might prefer the 2-point option from the 5-yard line.

2) XFL trend; Over is 3-0 in Houston games, 1-8 in all the other games.

1) Was listening on TV the other night and Wally Szczerbiak was talking about when he played in the NBA All-Star Game; he mentioned how guys on the winning team make more money than guys on the losing team.

Turns out that guys on the winning team make $100,000 each; guys on losing side make $25,000 each. I did not know that.

**Udog** · 02-24-2020, 07:53 AM

69OTTAWA -70 COLUMBUS
OTTAWA is 1-16 ATS (-16.6 Units) after getting shutout in their previous game in the last 3 seasons.

**Udog** · 02-24-2020, 08:49 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Monday, February 24

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OTTAWA (21-30-0-11, 53 pts.) at COLUMBUS (30-19-0-14, 74 pts.) - 2/24/2020, 7:08 PM
Top Trends for this game.
OTTAWA is 6-22 ATS (+37.5 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 3 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 3-9 ATS (-8.6 Units) in February games this season.
COLUMBUS is 1-8 ATS (-11.3 Units) in home games after 3 or more consecutive losses over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLUMBUS is 6-2 (+3.7 Units) against the spread versus OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
COLUMBUS is 6-2-0 straight up against OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.0 Units)

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**BettorsChat** · 02-24-2020, 09:37 AM

NHL Injuries

OTTAWA
[D] 02/22/2020 - Thomas Chabot injured last game, is "?" Monday vs Columbus ( Lower Body )
[RW] 02/22/2020 - Tyler Ennis is "?" Monday vs Columbus ( Traded )
[C] 02/22/2020 - Vladislav Namestnikov is "?" Monday vs Columbus ( Traded )

COLUMBUS
[GO] 02/23/2020 - Joonas Korpisalo is upgraded to available Monday vs Ottawa ( Knee )

**Udog** · 02-24-2020, 10:19 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Monday, February 24

Ottawa @ Columbus

Game 69-70
February 24, 2020 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Ottawa
9.498
Columbus
10.966
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Columbus
by 1 1/2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Columbus
-210
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Columbus
(-210); Over

**Udog** · 02-24-2020, 10:25 AM

by: Josh Inglis

OTTAWA SENATORS AT COLOMBUS BLUE JACKETS
LONE MONDAY GAME

The Columbus Blue Jackets come into Monday night’s showdown with the Ottawa Senators having lost eight in a row and hitting the Over in five of their last six. A big reason for the losing skid has been injuries to key players but also the play of their goaltending.

After leading the league in goals against for most of 2020, the BJ’s have slipped to the fifth-most goals against (3.67/game) over the last 10 days. Columbus’ M/O is win low-scoring affairs as its offense is a bottom-third unit in goals per game, and without top-end goaltending, its playoff hopes are diminishing.

The Senators haven’t been stepping up their game of late either as they are 3-9 SU in their last 12 and 1-10 SU in their last 11 road games. With two struggling teams, our only play on Monday is to bet against the goaltending and hammer the Over which opened at 5.5 but should move to 6 . Ottawa is 6-1-1 O/U on totals of 6 of late while the last meeting between the two clubs back in December ended in a 4-3 Ottawa win in overtime.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS AT DETROIT RED WINGS
RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL

It may not be known to everyone, but the New Jersey Devils are hot right now. They are 6-3 SU in their last nine and have knocked off the Capitals, Blue Jackets and Flyers to name a few in that stretch. They also beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on February 13 and have the chance to deal the Wings another loss on Tuesday.

The Devils have the seventh-lowest goals against in February and have been getting great goaltending from MacKenzie Blackwood (see below) who is 6-0 SU in his last six. It’s tough to get any value against the Wings, but taking the Devils on the puckline (-1.5) might be the best move. New Jersey may be just 3-3 ATS in its last six wins, but Detroit has allowed its opponents to go 11-2 ATS in its last 13 losses. We are grabbing the Devils on the puckline this Tuesday.

NEW YORK RANGERS AT NEW YORK ISLANDERS
BATTLE OF NEW YORK

Tuesday gives us the battle of both New York clubs as the Islanders play host to the surging Rangers. One month ago, the Rangers had zero playoff aspirations, now one week before March the Rangers are just four points out a playoff spot after collecting the third-most points in the East over the last 10 games.

The Islanders are just 1-4 SU in their last five but have played better at home of late collecting nine of a possible 10 points in their last five home contests. Not to be outdone, the Rangers have won seven straight on the road, a streak that all began with a 3-2 win in February versus the Islanders. We expect the Rangers to be a good-value underdog on Tuesday and we are backing the them on the moneyline.

EDMONTON OILERS AT LAS VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
EVEN CONNOR CAN’T TOPPLE KNIGHTS

Connor McDavid is back but even the best player in the league might not be enough for the Edmonton Oilers as they visit the Vegas Golden Knights who have ripped off six straight wins. Vegas has been quite comfortable at home of late as the Knights have played five of their last six in Vegas and start another four-game homestand on Wednesday night.

Las Vegas owns the third-best home record in the West and have scored at least five goals in four of its last six home matches. The Oilers are 16-10 SU versus the Eastern Conference this year but just 16-19 SU versus the West. We like the boys in the desert to keep things rolling at home and are grabbing the Knights on the 3-way moneyline on Wednesday.

GOALIE PROFILE: MACKENZIE BLACKWOOD, NEW JERSEY DEVILS

As we mentioned above, the Devils have been playing better than their record of late and a lot of that has to do with the goaltending of rookie goalie MacKenzie Blackwood. The Devils backstop has won six straight starts and has allowed more than two goals just once in that stretch while picking up two shutouts.

In those six victories, the Devils won at +170, -130, +110, -190, -115 and +190. Blackwood might be worth taking some longshot stabs in the next week while the team is playing well in front of him. New Jersey has the Red Wings, Sharks and Kings on deck which are all winnable road games for Blackwood and the Devils.

INJURY UPDATE: THE CAROLINA HURRICANES

Last Saturday night was a bittersweet win for the Hurricanes as they lost both their goalies to injuries and Top-4 defense Brett Pesce who will be out “a while”. The Canes are already without defender Dougie Hamilton — who was in the middle of Norris-type season — and will certainly be active ahead of the trade deadline.

Goalie James Reimer is also expected to be out “a while” which leaves Petr Mrazek who exited the game after getting run over by Leafs’ Kyle Clifford. The Hurricanes had to use an emergency goalie in the game who was actually the Zamboni driver for the Leafs’ affiliated team the Toronto Marlies — and the Leafs still lost.

With so many injuries to the back end, Carolina may be a team to avoid or to play on the Over going forward. The Hurricanes take on the Dallas Stars on Tuesday with a total of 5.5 being the most probable opening line.

HAT TRICK TRENDS

• The Colorado Avalanche are without their best winger and No. 1 goalie due to injuries. Their O/U record reflects this. In their last 10, the Avs are 1-9 O/U and have only had 19 combined goals in their last five games — the lowest total in the league. Colorado plays the Sabres on Wednesday.

• The Dallas Stars are known as an Under team (22-38-2 O/U on the year) but their special teams have bettors looking at the Over. The Stars’ powerplay is scoring at a league-best 31 percent in February while their penalty kill has been porous, sitting in third-last at 30 percent. Dallas is 3-1-1 O/U in its last five and hasn’t seen a total of 6 since Jan.

• We understand that sometimes you want to watch some action but don’t have time for the full game. Well, we got you fam, and for those quick hitters the NHL has first-period betting that can get you in and out in under 30-35 minutes. The best teams at hitting first-period Overs in the last 10 games are the Philadelphia Flyers, Vegas Golden Knights, Washington Capitals, and Florida Panthers who are all converting at a rate of 80 percent.

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