Saturday's NHL Trends and Indexes - 1/23

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Saturday, January 23

Good Luck on day #23 of 2021!

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College basketball teams who get highest %age of their points on 3’s:
1) Wofford 8-4, 5-1 SoCon
2) Evansville 6-8, 4-4 MVC
4) Akron 7-3, 5-2
5) San Francisco 10-7, 4-3
7) Rice 10-4, 4-2 C-USA
9) St Joe’s 1-11, 0-6

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 412,780
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.


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Armadillo: Saturday's Den: Clearing out a cluttered mind……..

13) RIP to the great Hank Aaron, who passed away at age 86; despite hitting 755 home runs and knocking in 2,297 runs (most ever) he is probably still the most underrated player ever.

— If you took away his 755 homers, Aaron still had 3,016 other hits.
— Aaron and Willie Mays were teammates in 22 All-Star games.
— Aaron hit 755 homers, despite never hitting more than 47 in one season.

12) Including postseason games, Hank Aaron ht 72 home runs off of Hall of Fame pitchers; no one else has more than 62 (Willie Stargell).

11) When Aaron hit 715th homer on April 8, 1974; a Braves’ reliever named Tom House caught the ball in the bullpen. House pitched in the majors for eight years, won 29 games, saved 33 more. 46 years later, he is still prominent in the world of sports.

House is considered by many to be the “father of modern throwing mechanics.” Not only does he help baseball players, NFL quarterbacks work with him on their throwing motions.

10) When his time came to be elected to the Hall of Fame, nine writers didn’t vote for Aaron, which is pretty amazing.

9) Hank Aaron won the NL MVP two years before I was born; when I was 12 years old, he led the National League in slugging %age and OPS. What a great player he was. RIP, sir.

8) Houston Texans raised some eyebrows when they interviewed 41-year old QB Josh McCown for their head coaching position; McCown was on the Eagles’/Texans’ practice squad this year; he appeared in three games for Philly in 2019.

Last time an NFL player became a head coach as soon as he retired was 1961, when Norm Van Brocklin became coach of the expansion Vikings, the year he led the Eagles to an NFL title.

7) If the Texans ever hired an active player as their head coach, Deshaun Watson’s head might blow off; he’s already mad as hell the team isn’t consulting him about who they hire.

5) Was watching South Carolina-Missouri basketball the other night; was concerned when I saw this guy with a shaved head coaching South Carolina, assuming that Frank Martin was still under the weather from COVID, which he’s had twice. I was hoping he would feel better soon.

Few minutes later, I realized, that is Frank Martin!!! He looked 100% different with a shaved head, another unusual aspect of this pandemic. Just glad that he feels well enough to coach.

4) TV play-by-play guy Rich Waltz was working a hoop game from UNLV the other night; some major league baseball team would do their fans a big favor if they hired Waltz as their play-by-play guy, he is very good. He worked for the Marlins for several years.

3) Disappointing TV news; NBC Sports Network is shutting down at the end of this year, with USA Network picking up lot of their NHL/NASCAR broadcasts. Starting next year, NBC’s new streaming service Peacock will also carry some of the NBC Sports programming.

2) Baseball stuff:
— Red Sox signed IF/OF Kiké Hernandez to a 2-year, $14M deal; he is a career .240 hitter in seven big league seasons, but he can play all over the field.
— Padres retain Jurickson Profar for three years, $21M
— Ryan Zimmerman re-signs with Washington for one year, $1M
— Miami Marlins signed reliever Anthony Bass for two years, unknown $$$.

1) Nuggets 130, Suns 126 OT:
— Suns were up by 14 at halftime.
— Jokic had 31 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists.
— Nuggets’ subs were a combined +30.
— Suns’ star Booker didn’t play last couple minutes; he either hit his minutes limit (they play again tonight) or he got banged up in a scramble for a loose ball.

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33MONTREAL -34 VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER is 8-1 ATS (7.7 Units) when playing against a good team (Win Pct. 60% to 75%) over the last 2 seasons.

35PHILADELPHIA -36 BOSTON
PHILADELPHIA is 35-21 ATS (16.9 Units) against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp over the last 2 seasons.

35PHILADELPHIA -36 BOSTON
ALAIN VIGNEAULT is 35-21 ATS (11.9 Units) against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp (Coach of PHILADELPHIA)

37TAMPA BAY -38 COLUMBUS
COLUMBUS are 37-83 ATS (-54.3 Units) off a close loss by 1 goal to a division rival since 1996.

39LOS ANGELES -40 ST LOUIS
ST LOUIS are 16-24 ATS (-16.4 Units) against good passing teams - averaging 5 or more assists per game over the last 2 seasons.

41OTTAWA -42 WINNIPEG
OTTAWA is 10-48 ATS (-29.8 Units) in road games against good offensive teams - averaging 29.5+ shots on goal per game in the last 3 seasons.




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Trend Report
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Tampa Bay @ Columbus
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Columbus
Columbus is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
Columbus is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Philadelphia @ Boston
Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 7 games when playing on the road against Boston
Philadelphia is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Boston
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston's last 7 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games

Montreal @ Vancouver
Montreal
Montreal is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Montreal is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Vancouver
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vancouver's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vancouver's last 6 games at home

Los Angeles @ St. Louis
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Los Angeles's last 5 games on the road
St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis's last 7 games when playing at home against Los Angeles

Ottawa @ Winnipeg
Ottawa
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Ottawa's last 7 games when playing Winnipeg
Ottawa is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Ottawa
Winnipeg is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Ottawa


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Saturday, January 23

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MONTREAL (3-0-0-2, 8 pts.) at VANCOUVER (2-4-0-0, 4 pts.) - 1/23/2021, 7:08 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VANCOUVER is 25-20 ATS (+49.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
MONTREAL is 117-117 ATS (+255.7 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
MONTREAL is 4-2 (+1.4 Units) against the spread versus VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 4-2-0 straight up against VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.4 Units, Under=-0.3 Units)

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PHILADELPHIA (3-1-0-1, 7 pts.) at BOSTON (2-1-0-1, 5 pts.) - 1/23/2021, 7:08 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHILADELPHIA is 54-36 ATS (+15.3 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 18-9 ATS (+8.9 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 26-14 ATS (+10.1 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
PHILADELPHIA is 5-3 (+4.0 Units) against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
PHILADELPHIA is 5-3-0 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.5 Units)

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TAMPA BAY (3-0-0-0, 6 pts.) at COLUMBUS (1-2-0-2, 4 pts.) - 1/23/2021, 2:08 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TAMPA BAY is 436-439 ATS (-132.0 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
TAMPA BAY is 126-58 ATS (+22.8 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
TAMPA BAY is 26-7 ATS (+12.6 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
TAMPA BAY is 9-5-0 straight up against COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
9 of 13 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.7 Units)

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LOS ANGELES (1-1-0-2, 4 pts.) at ST LOUIS (2-1-0-1, 5 pts.) - 1/23/2021, 8:08 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LOS ANGELES is 9-4 ATS (+14.4 Units) after playing 3 consecutive home games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ST LOUIS is 3-2 (+0.2 Units) against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
ST LOUIS is 3-2-0 straight up against LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.7 Units)

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OTTAWA (1-2-0-1, 3 pts.) at WINNIPEG (3-1-0-0, 6 pts.) - 1/23/2021, 10:08 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
WINNIPEG is 4-2 (+0.1 Units) against the spread versus OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
WINNIPEG is 4-2-0 straight up against OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.9 Units)

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