Saturday Trends and Indexes 4/4 (NCAAB, NBA, NHL, Misc.)

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NHL
Short Sheet


Saturday, April 4

NY RANGERS at BOSTON, 1:05 PM ET
NY RANGERS: 6-19 SU as road underdog
BOSTON: 35-14 SU off SU win

PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA, 7:05 PM ET
PITTSBURGH: 0-10 SU off division win by 3+ goals
CAROLINA: 4-1 SU at home vs. Pittsburgh

NEW JERSEY at BUFFALO, 7:05 PM ET
NEW JERSEY: 5-8 SU off OT win
BUFFALO: 12-4 SU off BB road games

TAMPA BAY at NY ISLANDERS, 7:05 PM ET
TAMPA BAY: 6-23 SU after allowing 5+ goals
NY ISLANDERS: 5-2 SU off loss by 4+ goals

MONTREAL at TORONTO, 7:05 PM ET
MONTREAL: 6-15 SU Away 2nd half of season
TORONTO: 20-10 SU at home vs. Montreal

PHILADELPHIA at OTTAWA, 7:05 PM ET
PHILADELPHIA: 11-4 SU revenging home loss
OTTAWA: 2-11 SU as home underdog

ST LOUIS at DALLAS, 8:05 PM ET
ST LOUIS: 0-6 SU off road division win
DALLAS: 21-8 SU playing with double revenge

COLUMBUS at NASHVILLE, 8:05 PM ET
COLUMBUS: 2-11 SU as road favorite
NASHVILLE: 14-5 SU on Saturday

VANCOUVER at EDMONTON, 10:05 PM ET
VANCOUVER: 11-4 SU Away after scoring 5+ goals
EDMONTON: 8-14 SU playing their 3rd game in 5 days

ANAHEIM at SAN JOSE, 10:05 PM ET
ANAHEIM: 7-1 SU on Saturdays
SAN JOSE: 1-4 SU off 4+ Unders

PHOENIX at LOS ANGELES, 10:35 PM ET
PHOENIX: 14-7 SU vs. Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES: 8-16 SU as a favorite

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NBA
Write-up


Updated

Saturday, April 4

Hot Teams
-- Toronto won, covered its last five games.
-- Philadelphia won five of its last seven games.
-- Orlando won seven of its last eight games.
-- Grizzlies won four of their last five games.
-- Nuggets won five in row, 10 of last 11 games.

Cold Teams
-- Knicks lost nine of last ten games, but covered five of last seven.
-- Bulls lost last two games, after winning seven of previous eight. Nets lost five of their last six games
-- Pistons lost eight of their last eleven games.
-- Hawks lost four of their last five games.
-- Miami lost four of its last five games. Wizards lost seven of last nine.
-- Bucks lost seven of their last eight games.
-- Clippers lost three in row, six of last seven games.

Totals
-- Three of Knicks' last four games stayed under the total.
-- Three of last four Chicago home games went over the total; six of last eight New Jersey games stayed under.
-- Eight of last ten Detroit games went over the total.
-- Five of last seven Atlanta games went over the total.
-- Last four Washington games went over the total.
-- Last three Memphis games all went over the total.
-- Four of last five Denver home games went over the total.

Back-to-Back
-- Knicks are 4-5 vs spread if they play again next day/night.
-- Nets are 9-6 vs spread if they play again the next day/night.
-- Pistons are 0-4 vs spread on road if they're at home next day/night.
-- Hawks are 1-4 vs spread at home if they played the night before.
-- Miami is 2-6 vs spread if they won the night before.
-- Grizzlies are 3-1 vs spread on road if they played the night before.
-- Denver is 7-4-1 vs spread if they play again the next night.

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NHL
Write-Up


Updated

NHL WRITE-UP

Saturday, April 4

Hot teams
-- Bruins won their last five games.
-- Canadiens won four of their last five games.
-- Sabres won four of their last five games.
-- Flyers won three of their last four road games.
-- Penguins won three in row, six of last seven games. Carolina won last seven games, allowing five goals in last five.
-- Columbus is 8-4 in its last twelve games.
-- Blues won six of their last seven games.
-- Ducks won three in row, eight of last nine games. Sharks won three in a row six of last eight games.
-- Canucks won eight of their last eleven games.
-- Coyotes won four of their last five games.

Cold teams
-- Rangers lost three of their last four games.
-- Maple Leafs lost three of their last four games.
-- Devils lost their last six road games.
-- Senators lost four of their last five games.
-- Islanders lost last three games, outscored 14-7. Lightning lost seven of their last nine games.
-- Nashville lost last two games, 3-1/2-1.
-- Stars lost eight of their last nine games.
-- Oilers lost three in row, six of last seven games.
-- Kings lost three in row, nine of last eleven games.

Totals
-- Under is 4-0-1 in last five Boston games.
-- Over is 5-2-1 in last eight Montreal games.
-- Eight of last nine Buffalo games went over the total.
-- Last three Ottawa games all went over the total.
-- Four of last five Carolina games stayed under the total.
-- Over is 6-1-1 in Islanders' last eight games.
-- Five of last seven Nashville games stayed under the total.
-- Four of last five St Louis games went over the total.
-- Four of last five Anaheim games went over the total.
-- Under is 4-1-1 in last six Edmonton home games.
-- Seven of last eight Los Angeles games stayed under the total.

Back-to-Back
-- Toronto won three of last four if they played the night before.
-- Sabres are 3-9 if they played the night before.
-- Flyers are 2-6 on road if they played the night before.
-- Penguins are 4-5 if they play again the next night.
-- Lighhtning are 4-7 if they played the night before.
-- Nashville covered two of last eight if they played the night before.
-- Ducks are 6-7 if they play again the next night.
-- Canucks are 5-2 of they play again the next night.

Series Records
-- Rangers lost last three visits to Boston, scoring total of three goals.
-- Toronto won three of last four against the Canadiens.
-- Sabres won three of last four games against New Jersey.
-- Flyers lost five of last six visits to Ottawa.
-- Penguins lost four of last five visits to Carolina.
-- Islanders won five of last seven games against Tampa Bay.
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-- Blue Jackets lost their last ten games against Nashville.
-- Blues are 3-0 against Dallas this year: 6-1/3-1/5-2.
-- Sharks won five of last six vs Anaheim, shutting Ducks out in the last two meetings.
-- Canucks won six of last seven games against Edmonton.
-- Coyotes won ten of last thirteen games against Los Angeles.

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Six-pack for Saturday

-- Ichiro Suzuki has a bleeding ulcer, starts the season on the DL.

-- Absolutely no idea what the Mets will do with Gary Sheffield, who seems better suited to be a DH than play for a NL team.

-- Chicago Blackhawks clinched their first NHL playoff berth in the last seven years, so good for them.

-- Oregon State made 12-19 from the arc, upset UTEP 81-73 in the championship game of second annual CBI tournament in El Paso.

-- Giants cut Plaxico Burress Friday; how would you like to be his agent? Burress has lost a fortune to stupidity; what a nitwit.

-- Very early returns from Citi Field show a pitchers' park, but it is way too soon to form a definitive opinion; one thing is obvious- the outfield at Citi Field is huge-- you'll need fast outfielders there.

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Late Night Update

-- Dana Eveland allowed three hits in six IP as A's beat Giants 2-1.

-- Nomar Garciaparra is batting .455 for Oakland this spring.

-- Yovani Gallardo shut the Dodgers out for five innings; Brewers won 7-2 at Dodger Stadium.

-- Sacramento Kings lost 139-111 in Phoenix, have now allowed 282 points in their last two games. Just a terrible team.

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Saturday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but.........

13) Want to win a bar bet? David DeJesus led major leagues, hitting .419 with runners in scoring position. Ian Kinsler was next, at .413.

12) Johan Santana, Paul Maholm tied for major league lead, with nine quality starts in their no-decisions.

11) In 2008, Pirates were 12-2 when they hit 3+ homers. 13-14 when they hit two, 23-31 with one, 19-48 with none; they were only major league team with a losing record when they hit two homers in a game.

10) Pirates did have a 12-6 record in extra innings, best in baseball.

9) Pirates have a new pitching coach, highly respected Joe Kerrigan, whose main student figures to be Ian Snell, who had only 16 innings last year with 10 or less pitches thrown, compared to 55 innings with 20+ pitches. Snell has some talent, but hasn't harnessed it yet.

8) Last year's Oakland A's scored least runs of any AL team since the 2003 Tigers; their 9th place hitters reached base more than the guys in the #1 spot, which gives you an idea of how putrid they were.

7) None of Oakland's four regular infielders hit more than .237.

6) There were some bright spots for the A's; reliever Ziegler induced 20 ground ball double plays in just 59.2 IP, which is hard to do.

5) Justin Duchscherer is really good when he isn't hurt; batters hit .211 against him LY, and had on-base %age of .268, which was better than Roy Halladay's numbers. His ERA of 2.541 was just a little but worse than Cliff Lee's 2.539. Problem is, he gets hurt a lot.

4) Duchscherer started 146 innings LY, and got the side out in order 74 times, making him the only starting pitchers with 20+ starts who got 1-2-3 innings in more than 50% of the innings they started.

3) Phillies gave Joe Blanton 5.68 runs per start last season.

2) Temperature forecast for Opening Day in Cincinnati? 42. Yikes.

1) Bronx Bombers have a new slogan, "Greatness has a new home", but they're not telling anyone that new home is St Petersburg, where the American League champ Tampa Bay Rays play home games.

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