Saturday Trends and Indexes 01/13

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Dunkel Index - Hockey

NHL
Dunkel



Saturday, January 13

Vancouver at Toronto
Vancouver comes into the contest having won seven of its last eight, including the last three on the road. Injuries to key players like Mike Peca, Darcy Tucker and Kyle Wellwood have caused inconsistent play in Toronto. The Maple Leafs put together a solid performance in a 4-2 win over Buffalo on Thursday, but lost three of four prior to that all at home. The Canucks look like a good underdog pick in this one according to Dunkel, which has the Canucks favored straight up by 1/2 a goal. Dunkel Pick: Vancouver (+1 1/2). Here are all of today's games.

Game 51-52: Los Angeles at St. Louis
Dunkel Ratings: Los Angeles 11.500; St. Louis 12.990
Dunkel Line & Total: St. Louis by 1 1/2; 4 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: St. Louis by 1 1/2; 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Neutral; Under

Game 53-54: Montreal at Ottawa
Dunkel Ratings: Montreal 11.929; Ottawa 13.572
Dunkel Line & Total: Ottawa by 1 1/2; 7
Vegas Line & Total: Ottawa by 1 1/2; 6
Dunkel Pick: Neutral; Over

Game 55-56: Boston at NY Rangers
Dunkel Ratings: Boston 11.264; NY Rangers 12.060
Dunkel Line & Total: NY Rangers by 1; 7
Vegas Line & Total: NY Rangers by 1 1/2; 6 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Boston (+1 1/2); Over

Game 57-58: Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
Dunkel Ratings: Pittsburgh 11.986; Philadelphia 10.465
Dunkel Line & Total: Pittsburgh by 1 1/2; 6
Vegas Line & Total: Pittsburgh by 1 1/2; 6 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Neutral; Under

Game 59-60: New Jersey at NY Islanders
Dunkel Ratings: New Jersey 13.077; NY Islanders 11.886
Dunkel Line & Total: New Jersey by 1; 5
Vegas Line & Total: New Jersey by 1 1/2; 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: NY Islanders (+1 1/2); Under

Game 61-62: Atlanta at Carolina
Dunkel Ratings: Atlanta 11.706; Carolina 12.964
Dunkel Line & Total: Carolina by 1; 7
Vegas Line & Total: Carolina by 1 1/2; 6 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Atlanta (+1 1/2); Over

Game 63-64: Tampa Bay at Buffalo
Dunkel Ratings: Tampa Bay 12.656; Buffalo 12.562
Dunkel Line & Total: Tampa Bay by 1/2; 6
Vegas Line & Total: Buffalo by 1 1/2; 6 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Tampa Bay (+1 1/2); Under

Game 65-66: Chicago at Detroit
Dunkel Ratings: Chicago 11.387; Detroit 13.741
Dunkel Line & Total: Detroit by 2 1/2; 4 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Detroit by 1 1/2; 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Detroit (-1 1/2); Under

Game 67-68: Nashville at Columbus
Dunkel Ratings: Nashville 13.774; Columbus 11.529
Dunkel Line & Total: Nashville by 2; 6
Vegas Line & Total: Nashville by 1 1/2; 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Nashville (-1 1/2); Over

Game 69-70: Vancouver at Toronto
Dunkel Ratings: Vancouver 12.722; Toronto 12.060
Dunkel Line & Total: Vancouver by 1/2; 5
Vegas Line & Total: Toronto by 1 1/2; 6
Dunkel Pick: Vancouver (+1 1/2); Under

Game 71-72: Washington at Florida
Dunkel Ratings: Washington 12.188; Florida 12.454
Dunkel Line & Total: Florida by 1/2; 7
Vegas Line & Total: Florida by 1 1/2; 6 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Washington (+1 1/2); Over

Game 73-74: San Jose at Phoenix
Dunkel Ratings: San Jose 13.245; Phoenix 12.793
Dunkel Line & Total: San Jose by 1/2; 6 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: San Jose by 1 1/2; 6
Dunkel Pick: Phoenix (+1 1/2); Over

Game 75-76: Edmonton at Calgary
Dunkel Ratings: Edmonton 11.948; Calgary 13.709
Dunkel Line & Total: Calgary by 2; 4 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Calgary by 1 1/2; 5
Dunkel Pick: Calgary (-1 1/2); Under

Game 77-78: Colorado at Anaheim
Dunkel Ratings: Colorado 12.346; Anaheim 13.192
Dunkel Line & Total: Anaheim by 1; 6 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Anaheim by 1 1/2; 6
Dunkel Pick: Colorado (+1 1/2); Over

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NCAAB
Write-up
Update

Marshall beat Central Florida twice LY, 73-61/73-69; Herd lost both C-USA games, by 19,24 pts, but both were on road- they're better at home, beating Ohio, Va Tech in last two at home. UCF lost in OT at UAB Wednesday, making just 2-21 beyond arc.

East Carolina has a young team that isn't real good right now, but it is rarely good idea to use Rice on road (17-25 vs spread in last 42 away games). ECU lost last eight games- they lost 62-54 at Rice LY (+5). Owls scored 28 pts in last road game, not good.

Texas A&M whacked Colorado 86-53 in Big 12 tourney LY, in last three seasons, they're 4-0 vs Buffs, winning by 33,3,6,15 pts Colorado lost first two Big 12 games, both by 24 pts, allowing an average of 90 ppg. Aggies are 2-0 in Big 12, winning by 4,10.

UL-Monroe is 5-1 in its first Sun Belt season, 1-1on road; they hung on to beat New Orleans by hoop Thursday, after leading by 11 at half. Florida Atlantic lost last two games, allowing foes to shoot 58.2-61.9% from floor; they lost three of last four games

Home side won five of last six Temple-UMass games, as Owls lost two of last three visits here: 34-60/61-49/65-66. UMass won its first two A-14 games, 79-71/91-84, while Temple is 0-2 so far in A-14, losing by 8,13 pts. A-14 home favorites are 4-9.

Home side won last five Western Michigan-Toledo games, as Broncos lost last three visits here, 81-58/83-77/93-84. Toledo is 2-0 in MAC, winning by 2,5 pts, allowing only 60 ppg, after they got roughed up some pre-conference. Western lost six of eight.

Home side won last four Bradley-Indiana St games, as Braves lost last two visits to ISU, 75-63/73-63. Sycamores won four in a row and seven of last eight games- they're 3-0 at home in Valley, beating Creighton, Wichita. Braves won their last twogames.

Rutgers won 78-68 at DePaul LY (+3), but Knights lost three of last four games, are 1-2 in Big East, losing 68-58 vs Syracuse in last home games. Demons are 8-3 in last 11 games, but are 1-2 in Big East, too, winning by 8 at Villanova, losing by 11 at SJU.

NC-Wilmington swept Georgia State LY, 69-57/68-56; Panthers are 1-4 in CAA, losing road games by 15,3 pts at Northeastern, Hofstra. UNCW is also 1-4 in CAA, winning last game 80-66 vs JMU. CAA home favorites are 8-11 against the spread.

Kentucky beat Mississippi State last three years, 81-66/94-78/ 67-66. UK won last nine games, are 2-0 in SEC, shooting 56% in both games, wins by 68-58/84-57 scores. State is 1-4 on road this season, losing by 2 (Clem), 4 (GM), 8 (Mizzou), 8 (Tenn.) pts.

Charlotte is 0-2 in A-14,losing 66-63 at Dayton, 75-70 vs St Joe Home side won both series games LY, with 49ers losing here by 63-56 score (-2.5). Spiders lost 10 of last 12 games, but won last game, at St Bonaventure, after losing 58-55 at home to Fordham.

St Joe's is 4-1 in last five games vs Rhode Island, winning last two in Philly, 60-52/73-59. Rams are 2-1 in A-14, losing only road game 62-58 at Saint Louis. Hawks won, covered all three league games, winning by 48,5,13 pts; they're 22-41 from arc in league.

Washington State is on serious roll at 15-2; they won 73-56 at Cal Thursday, their fourth win in row; Coogs are 3-5 in last eight games vs Cardinal, 1-2 in last three at Maples. Stanford won its last two games, both by point; they're 2-2 in Pac-10. .

Home side won five of last six Green Bay-Wright State games, with Raiders winning last two at this site, 59-49/94-80. Wright is 2-1 at home in Horizon, winning last two home games, by 14,26 pts. Horizon League home favorites are 8-5 vs spread.

Denver beat Florida International last three years, 80-55/63-50/ 78-44, but Pioneers are 0-4 on Sun Belt road, losing by 15,26,12, 2 pts- they got first league win in last game, beating UL-Monroe FIU lost its last four games, by 2,14,17,3 points.

Milwaukee is 4-0 vs Youngstown last two years, winning last two visits to this site, 78-70/65-42; Panthers are 2-3 in Horizon, splitting pair of road games. YSU lost last two in row, scoring 50 ppg; they split their two conference home games.

VCU is 5-0 in CAA, covering last three games; they won both home games, 79-60/64-44; Rams won five of last six vs Towson, with Tigers losing last three visits to VCU, 81-75/84-61/101-76. Tigers are 2-2 in CAA, losing by 4,6 pts; they're 2-0 as a dog.

Middle Tennessee is 2-1 in last three games vs New Orleans, winning last three visits here, 78-75; Raiders won three of its last four games; oddly, road team is 6-0 SU in their league games, as MT is 3-0 on Sun Belt road. UNO lost two of last three games.

Xavier led Fordham 44-15 at halftime in last game; they're 2-0 in A-14, also beating Temple by 8. Musketeers were upset LY at home by Saint Louis, 59-54 (+14). Billikens are 1-2 in A-14, with bad losses to St Bonaventure, Duquesne; they beat URI 62-58.

Home side won last four Michigan-Purdue games; Michigan lost last two visits to Mackey Arena, 84-70/84-55. Wolverines won seven of last nine games, are 2-0 in Big 11, with road win at Northwestern. Purdue is 1-2 in Big 11, winning only home game.

Memphis won five of last six games vs Southern Miss, taking last two visits to USM, 85-68/85-73; young Tigers are 5-1 in last six games, 2-0 in Big East, winning by 19,10 pts. Southern Miss won first C-USA game, at SMU, but this is big step up for them.

Home side won last four UAB-Tulane games, with Blazers 0-2 in last two visits here, 76-73/74-69. UAB is 2-5 on road, winning only at Milwaukee, Cincinnati- they lost at UTEP in only CUSA road tilt. Tulane lost CUSA opener in OT at Rice Wednesday.

UTEP won five of last six games vs Tulsa, taking two of last three visits here, but Miners are 0-2 on road this season, losing 83-69 at Syracuse, 71-69 at New Mexico State. Tulsa is 7-2 in last nine games; they won C-USA opener, despite shooting 37%.

Western Kentucky beat UL-Lafayette twice LY, 94-81/80-72; Cajuns are 2-4 in Sun Belt, 0-2 on road, losing 80-76 at UNO and 88-69 at Monroe. Hilltoppers won last four Sun Belt games, by 22,9,10,4 pts- they lost their last game, 82-71 at Nebraska.

Wichita is in freefall, losing six of last seven games after a 9-0 start; they're 6-0 vs Evansville last three years, with Aces losing last three visits here, 74-66/91-81/90-73. Evansville lost last game 106-54 at Missouri State, their fourth straight loss, by 7,3,13,52.

South Alabama won last three games, by 16,25,11 points; they won by 11 at Troy last game, after trailing at half. USA split last four games vs Little Rock over last three yrs. Trojans lost three of last four; they're 1-3 on Sun Belt road, losing by 8,12,26 pts

Troy lost 91-68 at Arkansas St LY (+4) then pounded Indians 107-83 in Sun Belt tourney; ASU is 4-2 in Sun Belt, splitting its road games- they won last two games by 24,26 pts. Troy is 1-2 at home in Sun Belt. Sun Belt home favorites are 11-20 vs spread

Home side won both New Mexico St-Boise games last season, with Aggies losing here, 73-63 (+5); Aggies are 3-0 in WAC, 1-0 on road (61-56 at Idaho). Boise is 2-0 at home in WAC, beating Utah State 77-66, La Tech 82-56. Aggies are +41 in FT tried.

Riverside lost 12 games in row vs D-I teams, losng four games in Big West, by 8,3,7 pts, but they are 2-0 as road dog. Fullerton is 3-1 in Big West, winning home games by 4,6 (1-2 as favorite). Riverside upset Ttians here last year, 78-73 (+13).

New Mexico let CSTV into their locker room for reality show; this team has internal issues, is 0-3 in Mountain West, but Utah is also 0-3 in MWC, with losses by 3,3,16 pts, and lost last three visits here, by 11,11,16 pts. MWC home favorites are 3-6.

Utah State was 3-0 vs Louisiana Tech LY, winning by 1,9 and 4 pts in WAC tourney. Home side covered all three of Bulldogs' WAC games, with Tech losing by 26 at Boise Thursday. Aggies are 0-2 in WAC, losing games at Boise, Fresno.

Pitt is 3-0 in Big East, winning by 8,21,10 pts, but they lost last two games vs Georgetown, 61-58/67-64. Hoyas split first couple Big East games, holding foes to 31-38% from floor. Home faves in Big East are 7-8 vs spread. Hoyas are 3-1 on road this season.

Young UConn is struggling, losing three of last four; they're 0-2 on road, losing 80-7 1at WVa, 66-49 at LSU. Huskies are 3-0 vs St John's last three years, 66-50/71-53/68-46. Red Storm isn't very good; losing last two games, 73-46 vs WVa, 79-62 at Hall.

Pacific won five of last six games vs Irvine, with Anteaters 0-3 in last three visits to Stockton, 64-52/71-61/67-52. Irvine lost last two games, scoring just 60 ppg. Pacific lost seven of its last nine games; they're 2-1 in Big West though, winning by 4,13 points.

Long Beach swept Northridge LY, 84-73/101-80, after 0-4 skid vs Matadors previous two seasons; 49ers are 2-0 in Big West, beating UCSB 101-65, Cal Poly 77-70- they're 3-3 on road. CSUN is 2-2 in Big West, winning only home game, 67-61 vs Irvine.

Home side won five of last six San Diego-Pepperdine games, with Toreros losing last three visits to Malibu, 55-54/83-67/91-73 USD lost first WCC game in double OT at USF, while Waves are 0-2 in WCC, 4-14 overall- they're 16-67 from arc in two WCC tilts.

Visitor won five of last six Portland-St Mary's games, with the Pilots winning last two visits to Moraga, 74-72/66-45. Portland was 4-12 pre-WCC, but is 2-0 in WCC, winning pair of home tilts by 4,16 pts. Gaels lost WCC opener 76-69 at Santa Clara.

Gonzaga is 7-0 vs Santa Clara last three years, winning four in row in this gym, 81-68/91-87/79-63/63-62. Zags won first couple WCC games, by 35,17 pts, holding foes to 35-30% on FGs. Santa Clara won its WCC opener, 76-69 vs St Mary's.

UNLV lost in OT at Wyoming during week, as Kruger missed last 38:00 with thigh bruise; Rebels went OT in two of its three league games. BYU is 4-2 in last six games vs UNLV, 2-1 in last three trips to Strip. Cougars are 1-4 on road, winning at Weber.

LMU lost last five games as star Worthy is out; they lost first two WCC games, 97-62/81-65 at Gonzaga, Portland. San Fran is 0-4 vs Lions last two years, losing last two visits to LMU, 84-73, 68-65. USF won WCC opener in double OT vs San Diego.

Nevada star Fazekas missed Thursday's 72-63 win at San Jose they'll miss him more if he can't play here, vs Hawai'i team that crushed Fresno 83-66 Thursday. Home side won five of last six series games, with Nevada 1-2 last three here: 69-73/55-47/53-60.

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Dunkel Index – Pro Basketball

NBA
Dunkel



Saturday, January 13

Cleveland at LA Clippers
Cleveland had its five-game winning streak snapped by the Suns (109-90) on Friday, but that's nothing new as few teams have come away from Phoenix with a win these days. The Clippers, who are 3-3 in their last six games including a loss to lower-rated Atlanta, present more of an opportunity. The Cavs look like a good underdog pick (+2 1/2) in this one according to Dunkel, which has Cleveland favored straight up by 6. Dunkel Pick: Cleveland (+2 1/2). Here are all of today's games.

Game 701-702: Philadelphia at Charlotte
Dunkel Ratings: Philadelphia 114.006; Charlotte 123.174
Dunkel Line & Total: Charlotte by 9; 204 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Charlotte by 3; 197 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Charlotte (-3); Over

Game 703-704: Boston at Detroit
Dunkel Ratings: Boston 113.351; Detroit 122.344
Dunkel Line & Total: Detroit by 9; 194
Vegas Line & Total: Detroit by 13; 183 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Boston (+13); Over

Game 705-706: Washington at San Antonio
Dunkel Ratings: Washington 120.280; San Antonio 128.525
Dunkel Line & Total: San Antonio by 8; 199
Vegas Line & Total: San Antonio by 9 1/2; 207 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Washington (+9 1/2); Under

Game 707-708: New Jersey at Minnesota
Dunkel Ratings: New Jersey 121.341; Minnesota 120.606
Dunkel Line & Total: New Jersey by 1; 177 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Minnesota by 3 1/2; 185 1/2
Dunkel Pick: New Jersey (+3 1/2); Under

Game 709-710: New Orleans at Milwaukee
Dunkel Ratings: New Orleans 111.671; Milwaukee 120.478
Dunkel Line & Total: Milwaukee by 9; 182
Vegas Line & Total: Milwaukee by 4 1/2; 184 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Milwaukee (-4 1/2); Under

Game 711-712: Memphis at Chicago
Dunkel Ratings: Memphis 114.493; Chicago 125.605
Dunkel Line & Total: Chicago by 11; 205
Vegas Line & Total: Chicago by 10; 222 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Chicago (-10); Under

Game 713-714: Orlando at Phoenix
Dunkel Ratings: Orlando 121.141; Phoenix 134.140
Dunkel Line & Total: Phoenix by 13; 208 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Phoenix by 10; 205
Dunkel Pick: Phoenix (-10); Over

Game 715-716: Miami at Utah
Dunkel Ratings: Miami 113.472; Utah 122.872
Dunkel Line & Total: Utah by 9 1/2; 198 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Utah by 8; 194
Dunkel Pick: Utah (-8); Over

Game 717-718: Houston at Sacramento
Dunkel Ratings: Houston 126.033; Sacramento 119.822
Dunkel Line & Total: Houston by 6; 176
Vegas Line & Total: Sacramento by 2; 190
Dunkel Pick: Houston (+2); Under

Game 719-720: Cleveland at LA Clippers
Dunkel Ratings: Cleveland 122.529; LA Clippers 116.468
Dunkel Line & Total: Cleveland by 6; 184
Vegas Line & Total: LA Clippers by 2 1/2; 188
Dunkel Pick: Cleveland (+2 1/2); Under

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[pm530]

Six-Pack for Saturday

-- Dolphins, Giants will play regular season game in London next year, part of new plan to do this twice a season.

-- Falcons fired Jim Mora, so Rice loses its football coach, who did such a great job in his first year with the Owls, as the coaching carousel has worked its way down to C-USA. Todd Graham leaves Rice for Tulsa after one season.

-- Portland, Oregon is trying to lure a baseball team to the Pacific Northwest; they are 24th-biggest city in America.

-- Of the 22 teams in the Big 12 and Pac-10, only Arizona, Kansas draw more fans than Creighton of the MVC.

-- Iona is now 0-15; they had chance to upset Manhattan Friday night, but fell apart down the stretch, losing by 10.

-- How on God's Green Earth is Clemson not ranked in the Top 25? They freakin' 17-0; if their jerseys said Duke on the front, they'd be ranked in top five in country.

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Saturday's List of 13: Wrapping up the bowl season.......

13) Best bowl: Boise State 43, Oklahoma 42, in OT. They'll be talking about this game for years, as non-BCS team opens up doors for future little guys by pulling out all the stops in big upset over one of college football's bluebloods.

12) Worst bowl: Maryland 24, Purdue 7. If you stayed awake during this whole game, you may have a sleep disorder.

11) Most expensive performance; Troy Smith vs Florida. Now he can go golfing the day of the NFL Draft, and doesn't have to worry about being by phone until Round 2 starts.

10) Groundhog Day performance: LSU 41, Notre Dame 14. In another hideous effort, Irish got drilled again by quality team late in season. What a fraud they are- when was the last time they beat someone good, in a big spot? Please go away.

9) Groundhog Day, part 2: USC 32, Michigan 18. Enough with Wolverines being favored to win a Rose Bowl; they're 2-6 in last eight Rose Bowls vs USC, but they beat ND, 47-21 during the season. Have a nice winter, Lloyd Carr.

8) Worst coaching performance: Arkansas in 17-14 loss to a clearly inferior Wisconsin team. Because family of frosh QB Mustain complained about playing time, they used him in five series, scoring zero points. Meanwhile, McFadden didn't play QB until second half, when they started moving ball. Yuk.

7) Enjoy it while you can: Auburn 17, Nebraska 14. With Nick Saban now in Tuscaloosa, Tommy Tuberville's secretary will be typing up the ol' resume within two years, once Tide beats Auburn, turning the heat back up on the Plains. SEC West is one nasty division.

6) Double duty award: Brian Kelly bolted Central Michigan to go to Cincinnati, but five of his coaches stayed behind and coached Chippewas to bowl win over Middle Tennessee St, then they went to Toronto and helped Bearcats beat Western Michigan. It'll be a while before that feat gets repeated.

5) Just Shut Up Award: Florida State 44, UCLA 27. Bowden wins another bowl, then hired the line coach from West Va, and Jimbo Fisher from LSU, completely upgrading his staff, so all the naysayers in Tallahassee can just shut up.

4) Most bitter defeat:Boston College 25, Navy 24. Middies are prideful bunch that played its heart out, but fumble in its own territory in last 2:00 set up BC's winning field goal.

3) Best bowl team: Boston College is now only team to win its bowl game the last seven seasons. With a new coach, this'll be a tough program to keep at its current high level.

2) Worst coaching move in history of sports award: San Jose led 20-3 with 1:15 left, but took an intentional safety, instead of punting from its end zone; that made it 20-5, but they had to punt to New Mexico, who then scored a TD to cut lead to 20-12. Lobos went offside on onside kick, or they would have gotten the ball wth distinct chance to tie. Horrible coaching.

1) Most costly loss: Minnesota led Texas Tech 38-7 halfway through third quarter, somehow lost game, and Glen Mason is out of a job. It bears mentioning that Mason made Gophers a perennial bowl team, when they had seven sub-.500 years in a row before he got there, but there are luxury suites for the new stadium that need to be sold, so Mason had to go.

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[Udog]

NHL
Write-up

Hot Teams
St Louis is 8-3 in its last eleven games.
Montreal won last two games, both by 4-2 scores. Ottawa is 8-2 in its last ten games.
Lightning won last three games, all by one goal.
Vancouver won seven of its last eight games.
Devils won seven of their last nine games. Islanders won last two games, scoring ten goals.
Carolina won last three games, scoring 14 goals.
Detroit won two in row, six of last nine games.
Nashville won last four games, outscoring foes 18-9.
Phoenix won seven of its last eight games. Sharks won four of five games since the 8-0 loss vs Phoenix.
Flames won four in row, six of last seven games.

Cold Teams
Kings are 4-8 in their last dozen games.
Bruins lost five of their last six games. Rangers lost last two games, allowing eleven goals.
Philadelphia lost last five games, scoring ten goals. Penguins lost last three games, scoring six goals.
Sabres are 2-3 in their last five games.
Toronto lost three of last four road games.
Thrashers lost last five games, outscored 19-10.
Blackhawks lost four games in row, six of last seven.
Columbus lost last three games, scoring five goals.
Panthers lost four of their last five games. Washington lost its last four road games.
Anaheim lost five of its last seven games. Colorado lost last two games, giving up eleven goals.
Edmonton lost eleven of its last sixteen games.

Series Records
Home side won both LA-St Louis games this season.
Canadiens are 2-1 vs Ottawa this year: 2-3/4-2/6-3.
Rangers were 4-0 vs Boston LY: 3-2/3-2/5-2/4-3.
Penguins are 5-0 vs Flyers this season: 8-4/5-3/3-2/8-2/4-0.
Lightning are 0-2 vs Buffalo this season: 4-1/7-2.
Toronto lost 4-3 at Vancouver in last year's meeting.
Devils are 2-1 vs Islanders this season: 4-3/2-0/5-2.
Carolina is 3-0 vs Atlanta this season: 5-2/5-4/4-3.
Detroit is 2-0 vs Chicago this season, 2-1/3-2 both in Chicago
Nashville is 4-0 vs Columbus this season, beating them 2-0 at home last night.
Washington is 2-0 vs Florida this season, 5-2/4-1.
Phoenix, San Jose split four games this season, but Coyotes won last meeting 8-0, two weeks ago.
Colorado won four of last five games vs Anaheim.
Home side won all four Calgary-Edmonton games this season

Back-to-Back Situations
Devils are 5-0 on road, if they played at home night before.
Atlanta is 1-3 playing second road game in two nights.
Blackhawks are 3-6 on front end of back/back.
Columbus is 4-8 if it played the night before.
Oilers are 2-5 if they played the night before.

Totals
Over is 8-2-1 in Kings' last eleven games, but 2-11-2 in Blues' games since their coaching change. .
Under is 5-2-1 in last eight Montreal games.
Over is 14-4-1 in Boston's last nineteen games.
Over is 5-2-1 in last eight Flyer games.
Six of last eight Buffalo games stayed under the total.
Under is 7-3 in Toronto's last ten games.
Under is 5-1-1 in last seven New Jersey games.
Under is 6-1-2 in Atlanta's last nine games.
Under is 9-3 in Chicago's last dozen games, but 1-6-1 in last eight Red Wing games.
Six of last nine Columbus games went over the total.
Last four Florida games stayed under the total.
Last four Coyote games went over the total.
Over is 6-1-1 in last eight Anaheim games.
Over is 6-1-1 in last eight Calgary games.

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NBA
Write-up

Hot Teams
Charlotte won four of its last six games.
San Antonio won last three games, by 14,14,9 points.
Minnesota won five of its last six games. Nets covered their last six games (5-1 SU).
Hornets won last two games, allowing 87 ppg.
Miami won all three gamews since Wade got back healthy.
Orlando covered its last seven games. Suns won eight games in row (5-3 vs spread).
Houston won three in row, eight of last nine games.
Cavaliers won five of their last six games. Clippers won six of their last nine games.

Cold Teams
76ers lost four of their last five games.
Celtics lost three in row, ten of last twelve games. Pistons are 3-6 in last nine games; they miss injured Billups.
Wizards lost last three road games, by 17,5,7 points.
Grizzlies lost three of last four games, allowing 118 ppg. Bulls lost three in row, five of last six games.
Milwaukee lost last six games (0-5 vs spread in last five).
Jazz lost three of last four games, losing in OT in Seattle last night- Ray Allen torched them for 54 pts.
Kings lost last four games, by 4,5,10,8 points.

Series Records
Bobcats won three of four vs Philly last season.
Pistons won their last four games vs Boston.
Home side won both Wizard-Spur games last season.
Home side won last three New Jersey-Minnesota games.
Home side won both Chicago-Memphis games last season.
Home side won both New Orleans-Milwaukee games LY.
Miami beat Utah twice LY, 121-83/100-94.
Suns won two of last three vs Orlando, scoring 111 ppg..
Houston, Sacramento split four games last season.
Home side won both Clipper-Cavalier games last season.

Back-to-Back Situations
76ers are 5-4-2 vs spread if they played the night before.
Celtics are 5-0-1 vs spread on road, if they played at home the night before.
Washington is 4-5 vs spread if it played night before.
Minnesota is 4-5 vs spread if it played night before.
Memphis is 4-2 vs spread on roa,d if it played at home night before.
Bucks covered last four times they were playing for second consecutive night.
Utah is 3-5 vs spread if they played the night before.
Orlando is 5-2 vs spread if it played the night before.
Rockets are 3-5 vs spread if they played the night before.

Totals
Last four Philly games went over the total.
Under is 9-4 in Celtics' last thirteen games.
Seven of last eight San Antonio games stayed under.
Over is 11-3 in Minnesota's last fourteen games.
Over is 13-1 in last fourteen Memphis games. .
Five of last six Milwaukee games stayed under the total.
Three of last four Utah games went over the total.
Five of last six Orlando games stayed under the total.
Four of last five Sacramento games went over the total.
Over is 9-6-1 in Clippers' last sixteen games.