Saturday's NHL Trends and Indexes - 5/8

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Trends and Indexes

Saturday, May 8

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Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

Leaders in runs scored:
29— Ronald Acuna, Atl
28— JD Martinez, Bos
27— Mark Canha, A’s
26— Bo Bichette, Tor
25— Chris Taylor, LA
23— Castellanos, Bryant, Guerrero, Hoskins, Solak
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 580,076
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Armadillo: Saturday's Den: Random stuff with weekend here…….

13) Reds 3, Indians 0:
— Wade Miley throws the 4th (9-inning) no-hitter of the season.
— Reds scored 3 runs in ninth to break a scoreless tie.
— Last time there were four no-hitters by May 7? Try 1917.

12) Phillies 12, Braves 2— Philly scored six runs in first inning, with Rhys Hoskins scoring one of them, even though he struck out twice in the inning. You don’t see that a lot.

11) Going into Friday night’s games, teams that led by 3+ runs after 8th inning were 223-2.

10) Washington Wizards’ Russell Westbrook is 6th in the NBA in rebounding; he is also a 6-3 guard. Let that sink in; a 6-3 guard is 6th in the league in rebounding, while also scoring 21.8 ppg and dishing out 11.4 assists a game.

9) Westbrook’s old team, the Houston Rockets, have now used 28 players this season, tying the all-time record. Rockets are 16-51, not sure their management has a clue what they’re doing.

8) From 2015-2019, only 5% of extra-inning games ended in the 10th inning.

With the new extra inning rules LY, 92% of games ended in either 10 or 11 innings.

7) Giants 5, Padres 4— Padres traded for Blake Snell last winter, but they have a problem with him— he never pitches six innings. Your best pitchers have to eat up innings, to take the strain off your bullpen. Snell has thrown 30.1 innings in seven starts this season- he threw 95 pitches in 4.2 innings in this game. That’s not good enough.

6) Washington’s Kyle Finnegan threw the 102nd immaculate inning in MLB history this week; he struck out three Braves on nine pitches in 6th inning of the Nationals’ 5-3 loss to Atlanta.

5) Random trivia: From 1959-62, there were two baseball All-Star Games per year. The second game was used to raise funds for things like the players’ pension fund.

4) Some significant names went on the IL Friday:
— Cobs OF Ian Happ (ribs)
— Reds 1B Joey Votto (thumb)
— Tigers C Wilson Ramos (back)
— Blue Jays IF Joe Panik (calf)
— Twins OF Byron Buxton (hip)
— Red Sox IF Keke Hernandez (hamstring)
— Giants OF Alex Dickerson (shoulder)

3) Buffalo Bulls of the MAC hired Maurice Linguist as their new football coach, replacing Lance Leipold, who moved on to be the new coach at Kansas.

Linguist had been an assistant coach at Michigan, on the defensive side of the ball.

2) Interesting situation in Anaheim this week, with Angels DFA’ing Albert Pujols, who obviously doesn’t want to retire. Angels don’t want to play him anymore; they want to play Jared Walsh at 1B, Shohei Ohtani at DH. The question becomes; is there a team that wants Pujols?

If the National League had the DH, this might be simpler; Pujols has 667 homers; would a year or two as a DH get him to 700?

1) Early candidate for Bad Beat of the Year: Cavaliers (+12.5) lost by 16 to the Suns the other night, but the loss was in overtime. You’re +12.5 and the game goes to OT, you figure you’re a winner, but not this time. Gambling is hard.

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51TAMPA BAY -52 FLORIDA
FLORIDA is 10-0 ATS (10 Units) after allowing 3 goals or more 3 straight games in the current season.

53PHILADELPHIA -54 WASHINGTON
PHILADELPHIA is 7-13 ATS (-10.6 Units) against poor defensive teams - allowing 2.85+ goals/game in the current season.

55MONTREAL -56 TORONTO
MONTREAL is 19-27 ATS (-18.1 Units) against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the current season.

57DETROIT -58 COLUMBUS
DETROIT is 3-25 ATS (-19.6 Units) in road games against terrible defensive teams - allowing 3+ goals/game over the last 2 seasons.

59NY RANGERS -60 BOSTON
NY RANGERS are 17-12 ATS (3.8 Units) in road games on Saturday games in the last 3 seasons.

61BUFFALO -62 PITTSBURGH
PITTSBURGH is 16-1 ATS (14.9 Units) in home games after allowing 3 goals or more 2 straight games over the last 2 seasons.

63NEW JERSEY -64 NY ISLANDERS
NY ISLANDERS are 1-6 ATS (-10 Units) against poor defensive teams - allowing 2.85+ goals/game - 2nd half of the season in the current season.

65OTTAWA -66 WINNIPEG
OTTAWA is 2-21 ATS (-21.1 Units) off a win by 2 goals or more over a division rival in the last 3 seasons.

67ANAHEIM -68 MINNESOTA
ANAHEIM is 8-3 ATS (10.2 Units) in road games against poor power play killing teams - opp score on >17.5% of chances in the current season.

69CAROLINA -70 NASHVILLE
CAROLINA is 15-6 ATS (9.5 Units) vs. winning teams in the current season.

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Saturday, May 8

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Trend Report
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NY Rangers @ Boston
NY Rangers
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of NY Rangers's last 9 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of NY Rangers's last 8 games when playing on the road against Boston
Boston
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

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

Tampa Bay @ Florida
Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Tampa Bay's last 8 games when playing on the road against Florida
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Tampa Bay's last 7 games when playing Florida
Florida
Florida is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Florida's last 8 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay

New Jersey @ NY Islanders
New Jersey
New Jersey is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of New Jersey's last 7 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders
NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Islanders's last 7 games when playing New Jersey
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Islanders's last 7 games when playing at home against New Jersey

Philadelphia @ Washington
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington
Washington is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia
Washington is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia

Detroit @ Columbus
Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Detroit's last 8 games when playing Columbus
Detroit is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Columbus's last 9 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Columbus's last 8 games when playing Detroit

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

Ottawa @ Winnipeg
Ottawa
Ottawa is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Winnipeg
Ottawa is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Ottawa
Winnipeg is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing Ottawa

Anaheim @ Minnesota
Anaheim
Anaheim is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Anaheim's last 8 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Anaheim
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Minnesota's last 8 games

Carolina @ Nashville
Carolina
Carolina is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Nashville
Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Nashville
Nashville
Nashville is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
Nashville is 16-7 SU in its last 23 games

Colorado @ Los Angeles
Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Colorado's last 8 games when playing Los Angeles
Colorado is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Los Angeles's last 8 games when playing Colorado

St. Louis @ Vegas
St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis's last 5 games when playing on the road against Vegas
St. Louis is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vegas's last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis
Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Vancouver @ Edmonton
Vancouver
Vancouver is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Edmonton
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vancouver's last 5 games when playing on the road against Edmonton
Edmonton
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games when playing at home against Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Edmonton's last 17 games

Arizona @ San Jose
Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Arizona's last 8 games when playing San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona's last 6 games on the road
San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 7 of San Jose's last 8 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 6 games at home


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