Saturday's NHL Trends and Indexes - 4/10

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Saturday, April 10

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Armadillo:Saturday's Den: Doing some thinking out loud……..

13) Padres 3, Texas 0:
— Joe Musgrove threw a no-hitter for San Diego.
— Padres have played 8,206 games; this was their first no-hitter.
— San Diego has thrown 30 one-hitters, been no-hit 10 times themselves.
— Only Texas baserunner was a hit batsman.
— Musgrove grew up in San Diego, is a lifelong Padre fan.

12) Way back when, July 21, 1970; Padres were playing the Mets at home. San Diego’s 2nd year in the major leagues. Clay Kirby was throwing a no-hitter through 8 innings, but San Diego still trailed 1-0; they pinch-hit for Kirby in the bottom of the 8th (future Toronto manager Cito Gaston was the pinch-hitter).

The relief pitcher gave up two runs in the top of the 9th, Padres lost 3-0, but 51 years later, they finally get their first no-hitter.

11) Victor Caratini was San Diego’s catcher last night.

Last season, there were two no-hitters in the major leagues, Lucas Giolito for the White Sox, Alec Mills for the Cubs.

Catcher for Alec Mills’ no-hitter? Victor Caratini.

10) Seattle got four outs from newly acquired P James Paxton this season, before his arm blew out and now he needs Tommy John surgery and is out for the next year-plus.

9) 41-year old Rich Hill pitches for Tampa Bay: he’s had an interesting career:

2005-08— 18-17, 4.37 in 64 games (54 starts) for the Cubs.
2009— 3-3, 7.80 in 14 games (13 starts) for Baltimore
2010-12— allowed four runs in 31.2 total IP in relief, for Boston.
2013— allowed 30 runs in 38.2 IP in 63 relief stints for Cleveland.

2014— faced four batters for the Angels, didn’t get any of them out
2014— allowed one run in 5.1 IP in 14 relief stints for Bronx.
2015— 2-1, 1.55 in four starts for Boston
2016— 9-3, 2.25 in 14 starts for the A’s

2016-19— 30-16, 3.16 in 68 starts for the Dodgers
2020— 2-2, 3.03 in eight starts for Minnesota.
2021— Now he pitches for Tampa Bay. Quite a career.

8) Tejay Antone is a relief pitcher for the Reds; his father played football at Oklahoma, was on the Sooners’ 1975 national title team.

7) Cincinnati Bearcats fired basketball coach John Brannen Friday; this season a lot of players complained about the coach, some of them transferred and when you go 12-11 at a school that is used to winning, people aren’t very loyal.

Brannen went 32-21 in two years at Cincinnati, after going 81-51 in four years at Northern Kentucky.

I read a fairly long article about the situation, which didn’t name any specific complaints that the players had, other than Brannen had rules about what players could/couldn’t wear at team functions— stuff like that appears to have turned the players against him.

This season was probably lot harder on the players than we realize— they were basically alone all the time, even when they ate. Tensions ran high; apparently at Cincinnati, they boiled over.

6) Clippers’ defensive stalwart Patrick Beverley broke a bone in his left hand, had surgery on it, is out a minimum of 3-4 weeks.

5) Duncan Robinson is in his third year in the NBA, scoring 13.1 ppg for Miami; he’s scored 12.2 ppg in his pro career, is a career 42.5% shooter behind the arc. Not bad for a kid who played his freshman year of college at Division III Williams College.

He transferred from Williams to Michigan after one year; this almost never happens. D-3 basketball is good quality, but there is generally a huge gap in size/athletic ability between those levels. Kids in Division III are paying to go to college, plus they play ball.

Robinson actually scores more now than he did in college; he scored 9.3 ppg in three years at Michigan. Shooting is at a premium in the NBA, especially 6-7 guys who can shoot.

4) Hawks 120, Bulls 108:
— Chicago’s Zach LaVine scored 39 points in first half, but Chicago’s whole team was outscored 67-42 in the second half.
— Much-improved Atlanta has spurted since hiring Nate McMillan as its coach; they’re 28-25 and are the #5-seed in the East.

3) Dodgers 1, Nationals 0— Justin Turner’s 6th-inning homer was the only run, as LA won its home opener, and got its World Series rings, which are very large.

2) Angels 7, Toronto 1— Shohei Ohtani knocked in four runs for the 6-2 Angels.

1) A’s 6, Houston 2— Sean Manaea pitched six stellar innings, as Oakland got a much-needed win. Lowrie, Olson, Canha homered for the A’s.

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47FLORIDA -48 DALLAS
DALLAS are 2-12 ATS (-13.6 Units) in home games against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp in the current season.

49BOSTON -50 PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA is 0-7 ATS (-7.6 Units) in home games vs. winning teams in the current season.

51WINNIPEG -52 MONTREAL
MONTREAL is 12-18 ATS (-14.8 Units) against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the current season.

53CHICAGO -54 COLUMBUS
COLUMBUS are 1-8 ATS (-9.9 Units) against poor possession teams-averaging 3+ less shots on goal than opp in the current season.

55OTTAWA -56 TORONTO
OTTAWA is 14-59 ATS (-32.9 Units) in road games against good offensive teams - averaging 29.5+ shots on goal per game in the last 3 seasons.

57DETROIT -58 CAROLINA
DETROIT is 4-39 ATS (-38.9 Units) in road games after allowing 4 goals or more in the last 3 seasons.

59TAMPA BAY -60 NASHVILLE
TAMPA BAY is 43-20 ATS (13.7 Units) in road games against good offensive teams - averaging 29.5+ shots on goal per game over the last 2 seasons.

61MINNESOTA -62 ST LOUIS
ST LOUIS are 3-12 ATS (-16.5 Units) in home games against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the current season.

65LOS ANGELES -66 SAN JOSE
SAN JOSE is 11-16 ATS (-6.6 Units) in home games after covering 4 or 5 of their last 6 against the spread in the last 3 seasons.

83EDMONTON -84 CALGARY
EDMONTON is 20-4 ATS (15.2 Units) against poor defensive teams - opponents average 29.5+ shots on goal in the current season.

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Trend Report
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Florida @ Dallas
Florida
Florida is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Florida's last 5 games when playing Dallas
Dallas
Dallas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas's last 5 games when playing Florida

Boston @ Philadelphia
Boston
Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Philadelphia
Boston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 7 games when playing at home against Boston

Detroit @ Carolina
Detroit
Detroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Detroit is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Carolina
Carolina
Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

Chicago @ Columbus
Chicago
Chicago is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Columbus
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games when playing on the road against Columbus
Columbus
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Columbus's last 6 games when playing at home against Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Columbus's last 8 games at home

Winnipeg @ Montreal
Winnipeg
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 5 games when playing Montreal
Winnipeg is 17-3 ATS in its last 20 games on the road
Montreal
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montreal's last 5 games when playing Winnipeg
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montreal's last 6 games when playing at home against Winnipeg

Ottawa @ Toronto
Ottawa
Ottawa is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Ottawa's last 7 games on the road
Toronto
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Ottawa

Tampa Bay @ Nashville
Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Tampa Bay's last 10 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Nashville
Nashville
Nashville is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games
Nashville is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Minnesota @ St. Louis
Minnesota
Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
St. Louis
St. Louis is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota

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

Los Angeles @ San Jose
Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Los Angeles's last 8 games when playing on the road against San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Los Angeles's last 6 games
San Jose
San Jose is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Los Angeles
San Jose is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home


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