Sunday Trends and Indexes 10/19 (MLB, CFL, NHL, Misc.)

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National Hockey League - Dunkel Index

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Dunkel Index

Vancouver at Chicago

The Blackhawks return home after a shootout loss in St. Louis last night and face a Vancouver team that is 6-2-0 in the series over the last three seasons. The Canucks are the underdog pick (+100) according to Dunkel, which has Vancouver favored straight up by 1. Dunkel Pick: Vancouver (+100). Here are all of today's games.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19

Game 1-2: Vancouver at Chicago
Dunkel Ratings: Vancouver 12.470; Chicago 11.396
Dunkel Line & Total: Vancouver by 1; 6 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Chicago (-120); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Vancouver (+100); Over

Game 3-4: Carolina at Anaheim
Dunkel Ratings: Carolina 11.195; Anaheim 12.438
Dunkel Line & Total: Anaheim by 1 1/2; 4 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Anaheim (-150); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Anaheim (-150); Under

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National Hockey League - Short Sheet

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Short Sheet


Sunday, October 19th

Vancouver at Chicago, 7:05 ET
Vancouver: 67-57 SU Away after 2+ consecutive overs
Chicago: 66-95 SU at home when playing only their 2nd game in 5 days

Carolina at Anaheim, 8:05 ET
Carolina: 1-10 SU Away in non-conference games
Anaheim: 11-1 SU off a home win scoring 4+ goals

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National Hockey League – Write up

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Write-up

Sunday, October 19

Hot teams
-- Canucks are 3-2 in their first five games.

Cold teams
-- Blackhawks lost four of first five games, losing in SO last night vs the Blues in St Louis.
-- Ducks lost four of their first five games. Carolina lost last two games, scoring total of four goals.

Series Records
-- Canucks are 10-2 in last dozen games vs Chicago (5-1 here).

Totals
-- First five Vancouver games all went over the total.
-- Three of first four Carolina games went over the total.

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National Hockey League – Trend Sheet

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Sunday, October 19

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7:00 PM VANCOUVER vs. CHICAGO
Vancouver is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Vancouver is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing Chicago
Chicago is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
Chicago is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home


8:00 PM CAROLINA vs. ANAHEIM
Carolina is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Carolina's last 6 games
Anaheim is 14-5 SU in its last 19 games at home
Anaheim is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home

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National Hockey League – Hot lines

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Sunday, October 19

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Vancouver at Chicago (-115, 5.5)

Roberto Luongo struggled at the beginning of last season for Vancouver before going on an outstanding run. Now struggling early again this season, the Canucks captain has a chance for a boost in a matchup with the disappointing Chicago Blackhawks.

After getting a game off, Luongo is expected to be back in net on Sunday night when Vancouver visits the Blackhawks in new coach Joel Quenneville's home debut.

Luongo was given the night off in a 5-2 loss to Buffalo on Friday after he allowed 12 goals in his last three starts following a shutout of Calgary in the season opener. Curtis Sanford, Luongo's replacement, didn't fare much better in his first start of the season, giving up three goals in the first 13:10.

"Anytime you spot a team ... a three-goal lead right off the bat, you're obviously not giving yourself a chance to win," Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said.

Having dropped two of three after opening a six-game road trip with a win over the Flames, Vancouver (3-2-0) is likely to turn back to Luongo. He went through a similar start last season, going 1-2-0 with a 4.21 goals-against average in his first three games before he went 8-6-1 with a 2.13 GAA in his next 15 contests.

If he starts against Chicago (1-2-2), Luongo will be facing a team arguably in disarray after it fired coach Denis Savard four games into the season.

Luongo is also 7-5-0 with one tie and a 2.14 GAA in 13 career starts against the Blackhawks. He'll also need some offensive support with the Canucks having scored two goals or less in two of their last three games, both losses.

Pick: under



Carolina at Anaheim (-150, 5.5)

The Ducks look to make it two in a row as they conclude a three-game homestand with a matchup against the struggling Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.

Anaheim (1-4-0) has reached the playoffs three straight years - winning the Stanley Cup in 2006-07 - and entered this season with similar expectations. But the team lost its first four games to inch closer to the worst start in franchise history - an 0-4-1 stretch to open 2003-04.

The Ducks, though, avoided a five-game slide with a 4-0 home victory over San Jose on Friday. Francois Beauchemin, Chris Pronger, Travis Moen and Samuel Pahlsson each provided a goal, while Rob Niedermayer contributed two assists to back Jean-Sebastien Giguere's 38-save performance.

The goaltender also helped kill off seven penalties for Anaheim, which had surrendered seven power-play goals in 25 chances during the losing streak.

"We got our first win and we're happy with it," Giguere, who gave up 13 goals through the first three contests, told the Ducks' official Web site. "The last game (a 3-2 loss to Edmonton) was a starting point. Now we just have to keep going forward and try to put some good games together."

To pick up back-to-back victories, however, Anaheim must resume its strong play at the Honda Center, where it went 28-9-4 last season for the second-best home record in the league. The Ducks established a franchise-best 10-game winning streak there from Feb. 17-March 26.

Pick: Ducks

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Six-pack for Sunday

Some NFL knowledge for Week 7

-- Lions covered two of their last ten road games.

-- Jets are 10-5 as a favorite outside of their division.

-- Colts covered 10 of last 12 on road vs NFC teams.

-- Browns are 8-3-1 as road dog of more than seven points.

-- Tampa Bay is 16-8-1 as non-divisional home favorite.

-- Denver is 15-4 vs spread in game before its last nineteen byes.

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Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a college football Saturday

13) This was the first college football Saturday without an underdog of 10+ points winning a game. Army and Ole Miss came close, but lost at the end. UTEP didn't come close, giving up 49 points in the first half of the worst defensive performance I've ever seen.

12) Clemson turned ball over six times in their loss to Georgia Tech, in their first game since Tommy Bowden got fired; what a mess, as the benched QB said the coach "got what he deserved." At least the inmates aren't running the asylum.

11) ESPN's Andre Ware ripped the Clemson AD pretty good as he was standing on sidelines during final minutes of Tigers' home loss to Georgia Tech. "If you want to coach, then coach the team; otherwise, stay upstairs and entertain the alumni."

10) UConn hit right upright with FG attempt with 1:12 left to play, giving Rutgers 12-10 win, their first this year vs a Division I team.

9) Wisconsin is now 0-4 in Big 11, getting thumped 38-16 at Iowa, which also happens to be coach Bielema's alma mater. Not good.

8) Boston College's 28-23 win over Virginia Tech is misleading; both Hokie TDs were scored by the defense. BC scored on a punt return. Eagles won despite turning the ball over five times.

7) This Washington State team is probably the worst in the history of the Pac-10; they've given up 60+ points in four of their five games in league play. Supposedly they have a really good freshman QB that is being red-shirted, should be easy to recruit, since they can sell kids on the chance to play right away. This is a horrible football team.

6) Kentucky scored two TDs in last 4:15 to erase a 20-7 deficit and beat Arkansas 21-20, making Wildcats 5-2 and keeping their bowl hopes very much alive. Razorbacks had a 14-0 lead at halftime.

5) Southern Mississippi fired successful coach Jeff Bower after last year because they wanted a better offense; well, their offense is a lot better, but..........Southern Miss is 2-5. Bower wasn't 2-5 very much.

4) Huge win for Mike Stoops and Arizona late Saturday night; they scored pair of TDs in 0:17 span of third quarter, erased 24-14 deficit and ran away from the Cal Bears, 42-27. At 5-2, Arizona looks good to go to a bowl and save Stoops' job.

3) San Jose State ran two INTs back for TDs in first 16:00, as the Spartans won easily at New Mexico State, improving to 5-2. Tomey has won before at Hawai'i, Arizona, now he is quietly doing it again.

2) Before last week, last time Texas, Penn State and Alabama were all ranked in the top 5 in counry was January 3, 1978.

1) How good is Texas? To score 101 points in consecutive weeks vs Oklahoma and Missouri, wow, thats impressive.

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National Hockey League – Long Sheet

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Long Sheet


Sunday, October 19

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VANCOUVER (3-2-0-0, 6 pts.) at CHICAGO (1-2-0-2, 4 pts.) - 10/19/2008, 7:05 PM

There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
VANCOUVER is 6-2 (+2.4 Units) against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
VANCOUVER is 6-2-0 straight up against CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
5 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+5.1 Units)



CAROLINA (2-1-0-1, 5 pts.) at ANAHEIM (1-4-0-0, 2 pts.) - 10/19/2008, 8:05 PM

Top Trends for this game.
CAROLINA is 1-10 ATS (+13.2 Units) in road games in non-conference games over the last 3 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 19-25 ATS (-30.5 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CAROLINA is 1-0 (+1.0 Units) against the spread versus ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
CAROLINA is 1-0-0 straight up against ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
0 of 0 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.0 Units)

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