Monday Trends and Indexes 04/02

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Dunkel Index - Hockey

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MONDAY, APRIL 2

St. Louis at Dallas
Dallas comes in with a 10-1-1 record over its last 12 games, including a 4-2 win at conference-leader Nashville on Saturday. The Blues closed out their home season with a 3-2 loss to Anaheim in overtime. Dallas looks to have too much for St. Louis in this one according to Dunkel, which has the Stars favored by 2. Dunkel Pick: Dallas (-1 1/2).

Game 1-2: St. Louis at Dallas
Dunkel Ratings: St. Louis 11.444; Dallas 13.610
Dunkel Line & Total: Dallas by 2; 6
Vegas Line & Total: Dallas by 1 1/2; 5
Dunkel Pick: Dallas (-1 1/2); Over

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Write up - Hockey

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Write-up


Monday, April 2

Hot Teams
-- Dallas won last four games, scoring eighteen goals.

Cold Teams
-- Blues lost ten of their last fourteen games.

Series Records
-- Home side won both St Louis-Dallas games this season.

Back-to-Back Situations
-- Blues are 5-11 if they played the day before.

Totals
-- Under is 6-1-2 in last nine St Louis games.

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Toronto Blue Jays at Detroit Tigers (1:05 PM ET)
Detroit's pitching staff led the majors with a 3.84 ERA and 16 shutouts in 2006. EDGE: TIGERS & UNDER
Tigers' starter Jeremy Bonderman went 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA and 10 strikeouts in two starts against the Blue Jays last season. EDGE: TIGERS
Pitcher Roy Halladay is making his fifth consecutive opening-day start for Toronto. The right-hander went 16-5 with a 3.19 ERA in 32 starts last season. EDGE: BLUE JAYS & UNDER
The Blue Jays are 4-0 in Halladay's last four road starts versus the Tigers.
The Tigers are 7-1 in Bonderman's last eight starts during game 1 of a series.




Florida Marlins at Washington Nationals (1:05 PM ET)
Florida starter Dontrelle Willis went 1-1 with a 5.09 ERA in three starts against the Nationals last season, but he is 9-4 with a 3.46 ERA in 14 career starts against them. SLIGHT EDGE: MARLINS
Two of John Patterson's best starts last season came in matchups with Florida. He went 1-0 with 2.08 ERA in 13 innings against the Marlins in 2006. EDGE: NATIONALS
Florida won their final four games against the Nationals last year to take the season series 11-7. EDGE: MARLINS
The Marlins are 4-0 in the last four meetings.
The OVER is 9-2 in the last 11 meetings in Washington.




Tampa Bay Devil Rays at New York Yankees (ESPN | 1:05 PM ET)
New York was near the top of the majors in almost every offensive statistical category as they went 97-65 in 2006, tied for the best record in baseball. EDGE: YANKEES & OVER
Yankees starter Carl Pavano is 3-2 with a 2.92 ERA against the Devil Rays in five career starts, although he has dropped his last two outings against them. SLIGHT EDGE: YANKEES
The Yankees went 13-5 against the Devil Rays in 2006, including a 7-2 record at home. They lead the all-time series 101-47. BIG EDGE: YANKEES
The Devil Rays are 11-46 in their last 57 road games.
The Yankees are 81-31 in their last 112 home games versus a left-handed starter.




Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies (1:05 PM ET)
Philadelphia led the NL with 865 runs last season and ranked third with 216 home runs. EDGE: OVER
The Phillies have gone 10-14 in April in each of their last two seasons. EDGE: BRAVES
Atlanta finished third in the NL East last season, six games behind Philadelphia and 18 behind the New York Mets. EDGE: PHILLIES
Atlanta starter John Smoltz is 13-12 with a 3.53 ERA and 11 saves in 62 appearances against the Phillies in his career. SLIGHT EDGE: BRAVES
Philadelphia starter Brett Myers is 4-5 with a 4.14 ERA in 16 starts against Atlanta and is making is first career opening-day start. SLIGHT EDGE: OVER
The Braves are 1-6 in Smoltz's last seven starts versus the Phillies.
The Phillies are 1-5 in Myers' last six home starts.




Cleveland Indians at Chicago White Sox (2:05 PM ET)
Cleveland left-hander C.C. Sabathia was dominant against Chicago last season, going 4-0 with a 2.23 ERA in six starts. BIG EDGE: INDIANS
The Indians won the season series with Chicago 11-8 in 2006, with five of the victories coming at U.S. Cellular Field. EDGE: INDIANS
Chicago starter Jose Contreras is 2-0 with a 2.98 ERA in seven career starts against Cleveland. EDGE: WHITE SOX
The Indians are 4-1 in Sabathia's last five starts versus the White Sox.
The UNDER is 5-0 in Sabathia's last five starts versus the White Sox.




Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee Brewers (2:05 PM ET)
Los Angeles went 88-74 in 2006 in manager Grady Little's first season with the team, representing a big boost from the team's 71-91 record a year before. EDGE: DODGERS
Dodgers starter Derek Lowe is 2-0 with a 0.64 ERA in two career starts at Miller Park - by far his best makr in any opponent's stadium. EDGE: DODGERS & UNDER
The Brewers are 5-0 in their last five home games.
The OVER is 8-2-2 in the last 12 meetings.




Baltimore Orioles at Minnesota Twins (ESPN2 | 7:05 PM ET)
Minnesota starter Johan Santana is 2-1 with a 3.18 ERA in eight career starts against the Orioles, as he didn't face them last season. SLIGHT EDGE: TWINS
Baltimore starter Eric Bedard is 0-3 with a 2.55 ERA in five career starts against the Twins. SLIGHT EDGE: TWINS
The Twins won six of nine games against the Orioles last season, taking two of three at home. EDGE: TWINS
The Twins are 41-10 in Santana's last 51 home starts.
The Orioles are 1-4 in Bedard's last five starts versus the Twins.




Texas Rangers at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (ESPN2 | 10:05 PM ET)
The season opener will mark the major league managerial debut of Ron Washington, who spent the past 11 seasons as an Oakland assistant before joining the Rangers. EDGE: ANGELS
Los Angeles has been dealing with the distraction of Gary Matthews being accused of steroid use during the offseason, and that could linger into the start of the regular season. EDGE RANGERS
The Angels had an 89-73 record last year and finished second behind the Athletics. Texas was third at 80-82. SLIGHT EDGE: ANGELS
The Rangers are 11-25 in the last 36 meetings.
The OVER is 7-1 in the last eight meetings in Los Angeles.


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MLB "Right" Angle Technical Analysis Report

Situation: Favorite off a loss and opponent is off a win

Atlanta is 113-48 +4331 units since 2002

Florida is 85-57 +400 units since 2002

Oakland 92-62 +220 units since 2002

Pittsburgh is 46-26 +1355 units since 2002

St Louis is 109-52 +3250 units since 2002

Situation: Underdog off a loss an opponent off a win

Atlanta is 38-23 +2360 units since 2002

Boston is 29-19 +1840 units since 2002

Chicago Cubs are 47-40 +2180 units since 2002

Chicago White Sox are 43-50 +690 units since 2002

Cincinnati is 91-114 +1934 units since 2002

Florida is 60-68 +1032 units since 2002

Houston is 4254 +245 units since 2002

New York Yankees are 13-7 +835 units since 2002

San Francisco is 42-46 +920 units since 2002

St Louis is 32-30 +925 units since 2002



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ST LOUIS (32-33-0-13, 77 pts.) at DALLAS (48-24-0-6, 102 pts.) - 4/2/2007, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ST LOUIS is 1-13 ATS (+25.1 Units) in road games after playing 3 consecutive home games over the last 2 seasons.
ST LOUIS is 12-10 ATS (+29.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
ST LOUIS is 20-20 ATS (+48.0 Units) second half of the season this season.
DALLAS is 54-51 ATS (-57.1 Units) in home games after a 3 game unbeaten streak since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
ST LOUIS is 3-4 (+1.3 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
DALLAS is 4-3-0 straight up against ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.8 Units)



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Monday, April 2nd
St. Louis at Dallas, 8:05 EST VER
St. Louis: 4-17 SU off BB home games
Dallas: 15-6 SU at home vs. St. Louis

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St. Louis Blues at Dallas Stars (8 PM ET)
Despite losing the last two overall matchups between the teams, Dallas has won six straight home meetings, outscoring the Blues 19-6 in those contests. BIG EDGE: STARS
Dallas goaltender Marty Turco is 6-1-1 with a 1.61 goals-against-average in his last eight starts versus St. Louis. BIG EDGE: STARS
The UNDER is 8-1-1 in the last 10 meetings in Dallas.

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