Thursday's NHL Trends and Indexes - 4/15

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Trends and Indexes

Thursday, April 15

Good Luck on day #105 of 2021!

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Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

Odds for this week’s RBC Heritage golf tournament:
19-2— Dustin Johnson
13-1— Webb Simpson
17-1— Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay
19-1— Daniel Berger
23-1— Tyrell Hatton
28-1— Cam Smith, Paul Casey, Will Zalatoris

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 562,428
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Armadillo: Thursday's Den: Doing some thinking out loud……..

13) White Sox 8, Indians 0:
— Carlos Rodon throws a no-hitter, allowing a hit batter in 9th inning.
— Last two years, Rodon started only 11 games; lot of injury issues.

— Already 2nd no-hitter this year, both with no walks, but one hit batter. Before this year, that had happened only four times in the previous 100 years.

12) Nationals 6, Cardinals 0— Yadier Molina is first player ever to catch 2,000+ games with the same team.

11) Coming into Wednesday’s games, major league batting average was only .235; last year it was .245, which was the lowest since 1972.

I’m thinking shifts will be outlawed next season; they want more offense in the game.

10) Near the end of last season, Angels’ SS Andrelton Simmons opted out of the season; he didn’t want to go into quarantine for the playoffs.

This year, now with Minnesota, Simmons opted not to get the vaccine.

This week, Simmons tested positive for COVID, so now he is in quarantine. Go figure.

9) Was weird seeing Blake Snell pitch for the Padres Tuesday night, throw 38 pitches and not finish the first inning. Teams are going to be very vigilant about monitoring pitch counts and inning counts this year, with last year having been a shortened season.

8) Minnesota rookie OF Alex Kirilloff is the first player ever whose first career hit came in a playoff game. He made his 2021 debut for the Twins yesterday.

7) Milwaukee’s Corbin Burnes is the first pitcher in the last 100 years to strike out 30+ batters in his first three starts of a season, without walking anyone.

6) Cleveland’s Shane Bieber has allowed five runs in 21.1 IP, striking out 35 guys, but he doesn’t have any wins; Indians didn’t score a run in the first five innings of any of those three games.

5) Toronto 5, Bronx 4:
— New York is 2-1 when Cole pitches, 3-6 with any other starter.
— DH Stanton got another day off; why? Is being a DH that strenuous?
— Bo Bichette hit a walk-off homer in the 9th inning.

4) Red Sox swept a twinbill in Minnesota; they’re first team ever to start a season 0-3, then win 9+ games in a row. Twins scored total of three runs in the two games.

3) Mets 5, Phillies 1:
— David Peterson pitched a strong game for the Mets.
— Peterson’s father was a horse trainer; he trained Seattle Slew the year after that great horse won the Triple Crown— owners had fired Billy Turner, the previous trainer.

2) College basketball stuff:
— Arizona named Gonzaga assistant Tommy Lloyd as their new coach.
— NC-Greensboro coach Wes Miller is now the Cincinnati coach.
— Joe Golding bolts from Abilene Christian to Texas-El Paso.

1) Gonzaga is a unique situation; they’re pretty much what UNLV was 30 years ago; I’m not sure a Pac-12 team hiring Mark Few’s right-hand man will translate well.
— Can he recruit top flight players to the desert?
— Can he recruit top flight players who will stay more than one year?
— Arizona has won A LOT over the last 35 years; can he satisfy a spoiled fanbase?

College basketball is changing drastically; every kid who makes two layups in a row either wants to jump to to the NBA or to a better conference. Very difficult to develop continuity.

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45WINNIPEG -46 TORONTO
TORONTO is 2-8 ATS (-10.6 Units) in home games when playing against a marginal winning team (Win Pct. 51% to 60%) over the last 2 seasons.

47NASHVILLE -48 CAROLINA
NASHVILLE is 8-1 ATS (6.9 Units) in road games off a win by 2 goals or more over a division rival over the last 2 seasons.

49FLORIDA -50 TAMPA BAY
FLORIDA is 0-7 ATS (-7.2 Units) when playing against a good team (Win Pct. 60% to 75%) in the current season.

51PHILADELPHIA -52 PITTSBURGH
PHILADELPHIA is 3-12 ATS (-9.8 Units) against explosive offensive teams - scoring 3+ goals/game in the current season.

53NEW JERSEY -54 NY RANGERS
NEW JERSEY is 8-1 ATS (6.9 Units) in road games off 2 consecutive losses against division rivals over the last 2 seasons.

55BUFFALO -56 WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON is 14-1 ATS (13.1 Units) against poor defensive teams - opponents average 29.5+ shots on goal in the current season.

57NY ISLANDERS -58 BOSTON
NY ISLANDERS are 16-5 ATS (10.8 Units) against good offensive teams - averaging 29.5+ shots on goal per game in the current season.

59CHICAGO -60 DETROIT
CHICAGO is 7-2 ATS (4.8 Units) in road games when playing with 2 days rest over the last 2 seasons.

61COLUMBUS -62 DALLAS
COLUMBUS are 2-11 ATS (-11.1 Units) in road games against horrible power play killing teams-opp score on >19% of chances in the current season.

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Trend Report
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Nashville @ Carolina
Nashville
Nashville is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Nashville is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games
Carolina
Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Nashville
Carolina is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Nashville

New Jersey @ NY Rangers
New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 6 of New Jersey's last 7 games when playing NY Rangers
The total has gone OVER in 6 of New Jersey's last 7 games when playing on the road against NY Rangers
NY Rangers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Rangers's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of NY Rangers's last 7 games when playing at home against New Jersey

Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

Florida @ Tampa Bay
Florida
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Florida's last 5 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Florida's last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing at home against Florida
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing Florida

Buffalo @ Washington
Buffalo
Buffalo is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Buffalo's last 5 games
Washington
Washington is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Buffalo
Washington is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Buffalo

Winnipeg @ Toronto
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Winnipeg is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Toronto
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing at home against Winnipeg
Toronto is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games

NY Islanders @ Boston
NY Islanders
NY Islanders is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Boston
NY Islanders is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Boston
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games when playing at home against NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Boston's last 11 games when playing NY Islanders

Chicago @ Detroit
Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games
Chicago is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Detroit
Detroit
Detroit is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Detroit is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games at home

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


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