Saturday's NHL Trends and Indexes - 3/27

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Saturday, March 27

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Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

Active leaders in career home runs:
662— Albert Pujols
487— Miguel Cabrera
424— Edwin Encarnación
417— Nelson Cruz
352— Ryan Braun
334— Robinson Cano

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 545,357
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) You know your life is good when someone offers you $120 million for six years, and you turn them down. Thats what Astros’ SS Carlos Correa did this week. No thanks to $120M.

Correa is represented by the William Morris Agency; they must be pretty sure Correa will get more than $20M a year down the road, or maybe they wanted opt-outs in the middle, or who knows? Correa will make $11,700,000 this year, is a free agent next winter.

12) As recently as 2010, starting pitchers in the major leagues threw 100+ pitches in 50% of their games, so half the time the starter threw 100+ pitches.

Last year? Starters threw 100+ pitches 10% of the time, as analytics people hammer home the idea that facing hitters a third time in a game is a bad thing.

11) An “immaculate inning” is when a pitcher strikes out the side on nine pitches; doesn’t happen much. 94 major league pitchers have done it.

Nolan Ryan is the only pitcher ever to throw an immaculate inning in both leagues.

10) Pitchers Max Fried (Braves), Jack Flaherty (Cardinals) and Lucas Giolito (White Sox) all went to the same high school, Harvard-Westlake in Los Angeles. They were all on the baseball team at the same time; they all have the same agent and they’ll all start on Opening Day this season.

Apparently it cost $42,000 a year to go Harvard-Westlake; 42 grand a year for freakin’ high school. Yikes.

9) Heard this stat again on TV the other night, it is staggering; Minnesota Twins have lost their last 18 playoff games. They’ve had good teams; losing 18 playoff games in a row is staggering.

8) NBA is going to have a play-in tournament in mid-May, just before their playoffs start:
— #7 and #8-seeds will play one game, winner gets #7-seed in playoffs.
— #9 and #10-seeds will play one game, loser gets eliminated.
— Winner of the second game plays the loser of the first game, winner gets the #8-seed.

7) There were 40 players traded at the NBA trading deadline Wednesday, the most of any deadline in the last 30 years.

6) Saw this note several times Wednesday and thought it was a joke; about the 4th time I saw it posted, I realized it was true- over the next seven NBA drafts, Oklahoma City Thunder has 34 draft choices, 17 in the first round, 17 in the second.

NBA rosters are only 15 players; what are they going to do with all that draft capital? They could field two teams. Will be interesting to see what they do from here on in.

5) Seattle Seahawks have only 3 picks in this year’s draft; Philadelphia has 11.

4) Miami Dolphins were busy Friday, they traded the #3 pick in this draft to the 49ers for the #12 pick and other stuff, then traded the #12 pick and other stuff to the Eagles for the #6 pick.

Miami has five picks in the first three rounds of next month’s draft; the main question though, isn’t draft picks, it is whether Tua Tagovailoa is good enough to be their franchise quarterback.

3) AL East rivals New York-Boston will play six series this season, five of them weekend series. Of the five Sunday games, four of them are on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball.

Not much original thinking there. How about promoting some other teams, or showing more west coast teams. Show the Angels/Padres more, or Houston- they have good players. People would like to see Trout, Tatis or Altuve more.

2) College basketball stuff:
Shaka Smart bolts Texas for Marquette. Smart was 109-86 at Texas, 51-56 in regular season conference games, 0-3 in NCAA Tournament games.

His Longhorns won the Big X tournament this year, but the first round loss to Abilene Christian ended the season on a dark note. Since making the Final Four at VCU in 2014, Smart is 2-7 in NCAA Tournament games. Right or wrong, that is what people remember.

Is Marquette a better job than Texas? Texas hasn’t made the Sweet 16 since 2008, Marquette made it in three of last four years under Buzz Williams (2011-13) but that was a while ago. Hiring Steve Wojciechowski was a blunder; Smart is an upgrade over him.

Big X is a tough league; been ranked 1st or 2nd the last eight seasons. Big East has usually been 3rd during that time. We’ll see how things turn out, but Smart’s seat was getting hot in Austin, and now he gets a fresh start at Marquette.

1) Random movie/TV trivia: Actress Mariska Hargitay, the star of Law and Order SVU, is the daughter of the famous actress Jayne Mansfield. Didn’t know that.

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33NY RANGERS -34 PHILADELPHIA
NY RANGERS are 22-12 ATS (17.5 Units) in road games against poor defensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp over the last 2 seasons.

35BUFFALO -36 BOSTON
BUFFALO is 1-16 ATS (-15.2 Units) against excellent power play teams- scoring on >17.5% of their chances in the current season.

37VEGAS -38 COLORADO
VEGAS are 9-0 ATS (9 Units) revenging a road blowout loss versus opponent by 3 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.

39COLUMBUS -40 DETROIT
DETROIT is 10-42 ATS (-26.7 Units) against terrible defensive teams - allowing 3+ goals/game over the last 2 seasons.

41TAMPA BAY -42 CAROLINA
TAMPA BAY is 43-19 ATS (15.1 Units) in road games against good offensive teams - averaging 29.5+ shots on goal per game over the last 2 seasons.

43EDMONTON -44 TORONTO
DAVE TIPPETT is 14-7 ATS (6.3 Units) in road games vs. winning teams (Coach of EDMONTON)

43EDMONTON -44 TORONTO
EDMONTON is 14-7 ATS (12.7 Units) in road games vs. winning teams over the last 2 seasons.

45NY ISLANDERS -46 PITTSBURGH
NY ISLANDERS are 9-0 ATS (9.3 Units) against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp in the current season.

47FLORIDA -48 DALLAS
DALLAS are 3-15 ATS (-15 Units) against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp in the current season.

49NASHVILLE -50 CHICAGO
NASHVILLE is 18-33 ATS (-18.3 Units) after successfully covering the spread in 2 or more consecutive games in the last 3 seasons.

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Trend Report
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NY Rangers @ Philadelphia
NY Rangers
NY Rangers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
NY Rangers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Philadelphia's last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 7 games when playing NY Rangers

Buffalo @ Boston
Buffalo
Buffalo is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Buffalo's last 5 games when playing Boston
Boston
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Buffalo
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 5 games when playing Buffalo

Vegas @ Colorado
Vegas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vegas's last 5 games when playing Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vegas's last 5 games
Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Colorado's last 5 games
Colorado is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Columbus @ Detroit
Columbus
Columbus is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Columbus is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games when playing Detroit
Detroit
Detroit is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing Columbus

Tampa Bay @ Carolina
Tampa Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Tampa Bay's last 7 games when playing Carolina
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Tampa Bay's last 7 games on the road
Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Carolina's last 7 games when playing Tampa Bay
Carolina is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games

Edmonton @ Toronto
Edmonton
Edmonton is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games
Edmonton is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Toronto
Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Edmonton
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games at home

NY Islanders @ Pittsburgh
NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of NY Islanders's last 11 games on the road
NY Islanders is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games
Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Pittsburgh's last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games when playing at home against NY Islanders

Nashville @ Chicago
Nashville
Nashville is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Nashville is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Chicago
Chicago is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Chicago is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Nashville

Florida @ Dallas
Florida
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Florida's last 10 games when playing on the road against Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Florida's last 5 games
Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Dallas's last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Dallas's last 10 games when playing at home against Florida

San Jose @ Arizona
San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 5 games when playing on the road against Arizona
San Jose is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing at home against San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona's last 5 games at home

Winnipeg @ Calgary
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Calgary
Winnipeg is 15-2 ATS in its last 17 games on the road
Calgary
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Calgary's last 6 games when playing at home against Winnipeg
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 5 games


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