Wednesday's NHL Trends and Indexes - 4/28

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Trends and Indexes

Wednesday, April 28

Good Luck on day #118 of 2021!

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Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

States with the biggest (legal) sports betting handles in March:
$860M— New Jersey
$641M— Nevada
$560M— Pennsylvania
$384M— Michigan
$317M— Indiana
$301M— Colorado
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 572,201
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.


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Armadillo: Wednesday's Den: Mid-week musings

13) Julius Erving listed his top two all-time NBA teams; they raised some eyebrows.
1st team:
— Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain

2nd team:
— Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Karl Malone, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Again, this is Julius Erving saying this, not me. We all have our own opinions.

12) Indians 7, Twins 4:
— Minnesota was 36-24 last year; they’re 7-15 this year.
— Twins are 0-7 in one-run games, 0-5 in extra innings.
— Franmil Reyes hit two homers for Cleveland.

11) Dodgers’ 1B Max Muncy had a stretch over the weekend where he reached base nine out of ten times, but problem is, he didn’t have any hits in that span, just 8 walks and a HBP.

In his last nine games, Muncy is 1-26, with 12 walks.

10) These Kentucky Derby notes are from ESPN’s Chris Fallica:
— Last time a horse won the Kentucky Derby from the #14 post? 1961 (Carry Back)
— Since then, eight horses from the 14-post have been top three betting choices.
— Last five years, the 14-post has been a top-4 betting choice all five years, but only one of those horses cracked the trifecta.

9) Dallas 133, Golden State 103
— Mavericks ended the first quarter on a 25-0 run.
— Dallas made 18-35 shots behind the arc.
— Apparently Golden State had been playing better since they stopped practicing; their last practice was April 8, but they got squashed in this game.

8) 38-year old Arthur Smith is the Atlanta Falcons’ new head coach; his father is the guy who founded FedEx. The younger Smith played college football at North Carolina, was recently the offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans.

7) Blue Jays 9, Nationals 5:
— Vladimir Guerrero Jr becomes youngest player in MLB history with a 3-HR, 7 RBI game.

6) Baseball stuff:
— Bronx Bombers acquired LHP Wandy Peralta and a player to be named later from San Francisco Giants in exchange for OF Mike Tauchman.
— Reliever Jerry Blevins retired after a 13-year career, spent with four teams.

5) 29-year old Drew Valentine is the new basketball coach at Loyola Chi, replacing Porter Moser, who bolted to Oklahoma. Valentine graduated from college only eight years ago.

4) NHL is going to get a lot more exposure, with NBC Sports Network going off the air this summer. NHL has new deals with ESPN/Turner; will Charles Barkley give his hockey picks before games?

3) 529 different players have played in at least one NBA game this season.

2) There is going to be a 6-team baseball draft league, leading up to July’s amateur draft, with all six managers being former major league players. Amateur players who are hoping to be drafted will play ball; I’m assuming they’ll use wooden bats, which they don’t use in college.

Baseball draft has traditionally been the first week in June, with the short season leagues getting underway couple weeks later, but those leagues are out of business now, as MLB took over the minor leagues, starting this season.

1) If you’ve hit more sacrifice flies than you’ve been walked/hit bye pitch, then your on-base %age will actually be lower than your batting average. Sacrifice bunts don’t count as at-bats, but sacrifice flies do.

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35VANCOUVER -36 OTTAWA
OTTAWA is 150-140 ATS (-4 Units) in home games after covering 4 or 5 of their last 6 against the spread since 1996.

37ST LOUIS -38 MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA is 17-3 ATS (14.3 Units) in home games against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the current season.

39TORONTO -40 MONTREAL
MONTREAL is 16-24 ATS (-18.2 Units) against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the current season.

41EDMONTON -42 WINNIPEG
EDMONTON is 22-5 ATS (16 Units) against poor defensive teams - opponents average 29.5+ shots on goal in the current season.

43COLORADO -44 VEGAS
VEGAS are 17-3 ATS (12.3 Units) against poor power play killing teams - opp score on >17.5% of chances in the current season.

45ANAHEIM -46 LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES are 70-87 ATS (-25.7 Units) in home games off an home win scoring 4 or more goals since 1996.

47ARIZONA -48 SAN JOSE
ARIZONA is 7-2 ATS (4.8 Units) after allowing 5 goals or more in the current season.

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Wednesday, April 28

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Trend Report
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Vancouver @ Ottawa
Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Vancouver's last 7 games when playing Ottawa
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vancouver's last 5 games on the road
Ottawa
Ottawa is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Ottawa's last 11 games at home

St. Louis @ Minnesota
St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Minnesota
St. Louis is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

Toronto @ Montreal
Toronto
Toronto is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games on the road
Toronto is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Montreal
Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Montreal's last 5 games at home
Montreal is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Toronto

Edmonton @ Winnipeg
Edmonton
Edmonton is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Winnipeg
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Edmonton's last 8 games on the road
Winnipeg
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Winnipeg's last 9 games when playing at home against Edmonton
Winnipeg is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Edmonton

Colorado @ Vegas
Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado's last 6 games when playing Vegas
Colorado is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Vegas
Vegas
Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Vegas is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games

Anaheim @ Los Angeles
Anaheim
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Anaheim's last 6 games when playing on the road against Los Angeles
Anaheim is 18-4 ATS in its last 22 games on the road
Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 6 games when playing at home against Anaheim
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 7 games when playing Anaheim

Arizona @ San Jose
Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona's last 6 games when playing San Jose
Arizona is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against San Jose
San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 6 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Jose's last 5 games


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Been waiting all morning for Arizona/San Jose to be added. If they ever remember it and update, I'll add it.....

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Wednesday, April 28