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**Udog** · 10-24-2010, 11:53 PM

Daily Sports Roundup: October 25

Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Coyotes travel to Montreal to take on the Canadiens, while the Giants and Cowboys hook up in an MNF matchup down in Dallas.

Colliding on the gridiron . . .

It's the Giants (4-2 SU, 3-3 ATS) vs. the Cowboys (1-4 SU, 1-4 ATS) in Dallas this week on Monday Night Football in an NFC East clash. New York got past the Lions 28-20 at home last week, with Eli Manning throwing for 177 yards and two touchdowns in that victory. Ahmad Bradshaw ran for 133 yards in that game for New York, while Brandon Jacobs rushed for a pair of scores. Dallas fell 24-21 in Minnesota last time out, with Tony Romo throwing for 220 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions. Roy Williams had a pair of TD catches in that loss for the Cowboys. Oddsmakers have the Cowboys listed as 3-point favorites for Monday, with the matchup's total at 44.5 points.

Taking a trip around the rink . . .

As well, there are three games on the National Hockey League's schedule for Monday night, with Philadelphia at Columbus, Los Angeles at Minnesota, and Phoenix at Montreal. The Canadiens had no trouble with the Senators in their last outing on Saturday, cruising to a 3-0 road win behind a 19-save shutout from Carey Price. Andrei Kostitsyn scored twice for Montreal in that victory, while Benoit Pouliot provided the team's other goal. The Coyotes fell 4-3 at home in overtime to the Hurricanes on Saturday night. Ilya Bryzgalov made 36 saves for Phoenix in that defeat, while Kyle Turris (two) and Scottie Upshall provided markers. Wojtek Wolski picked up two assists.

**Udog** · 10-24-2010, 11:54 PM

Bettors' best friend: Monday's wagering tips

Lines to watch

The Dallas Cowboys opened as 3.5-point favorites against the New York Giants but are now listed at -3 at most books.

Weather to watch

Meteorologists expect 16 mph winds out of the south for Monday night’s Giants-Cowboys game.

Who’s hot

New York Giants are 19-7 ATS in their last 26 road games.

Los Angeles Kings have won six of their last eight meetings with the Minnesota Wild.

Who’s not

The Philadelphia Flyers have lost three of their last five despite averaging more than 35 shots per game over that stretch.

The Phoenix Coyotes are 1-10-3 in their last 14 games against the Montreal Canadiens.

Key stat

1 – number of teams in the Super Bowl era that have started the season 1-5, but rebounded to make the playoffs. The 1970 Cincinnati Bengals were the only team to pull it off out of 148 1-5 squads. The Dallas Cowboys have started the year 1-4.

Injury that shouldn’t be overlooked

Lawrence Tynes (ankle), New York Giants kicker: Tynes is expected to play against Dallas after suffering from a sprained non-kicking ankle. The Giants have released Shayne Graham, who filled in for him in Week 6’s 28-20 win over Detroit. Tynes is 5-of-8 with his field goal tries this season but has only made two of his last five attempts.

Game of the day

New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys (-3, 44.5)

Notable quotable

"I still can't believe they are 1-4 with all the talent they got on that team. Something's not right there but we definitely know they are still a very good football team. It gives us a great opportunity to put more distance between the two of us." – Giants tight end Kevin Boss on the Dallas Cowboys’ season leading up to Monday night’s game.

Notes and tips

The Dallas Cowboys’ DeMarcus Ware has Eli Manning’s number. Ware has sacked Manning eight times in 11 career meetings and sits third in the NFL with seven total sacks this season. Ware also has 72 tackles and forced a couple of fumbles lifetime against the Giants.

The Los Angeles Kings forward Wayne Simmonds could face discipline from the NHL after he was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct for butt-ending Colorado’s T.J. Galiardi in the groin. The league is currently reviewing the incident. Meanwhile, the Kings are already without Drew Doughty, who is out for about a week with an upper-body injury.

Columbus Blue Jackets coach Scott Arniel made some serious changes to his lines following a 6-2 loss to the Calgary Flames on Friday. Captain Rick Nash was matched up with center Derick Brassard and right winger Jake Voracek, while Antoine Vermette skated with R.J. Umberger and Derek Dorsett on the second line. Columbus responded with a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks Saturday.

**Udog** · 10-24-2010, 11:55 PM

NHL
Long Sheet

Monday, October 25

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PHILADELPHIA (3-3-0-1, 7 pts.) at COLUMBUS (3-3-0-1, 7 pts.) - 10/25/2010, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHILADELPHIA is 5-17 ATS (+22.9 Units) in road games in non-conference games over the last 3 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 179-179 ATS (-63.5 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more since 1996.
COLUMBUS is 45-29 ATS (+77.4 Units) in home games in non-conference games since 1996.
COLUMBUS is 6-18 ATS (-16.5 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLUMBUS is 1-1 (+0.1 Units) against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
COLUMBUS is 1-1-0 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.0 Units)

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PHOENIX (2-2-0-2, 6 pts.) at MONTREAL (4-2-0-1, 9 pts.) - 10/25/2010, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHOENIX is 55-40 ATS (+100.1 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 14-6 ATS (+21.0 Units) after a non-conference game over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 111-106 ATS (+236.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
MONTREAL is 2-0 (+2.2 Units) against the spread versus PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 2-0-0 straight up against PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.1 Units)

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LOS ANGELES (5-2-0-0, 10 pts.) at MINNESOTA (3-3-0-1, 7 pts.) - 10/25/2010, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MINNESOTA is 23-11 ATS (+11.6 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 81-63 ATS (-2.8 Units) when playing with 2 days rest since 1996.
MINNESOTA is 65-36 ATS (+21.0 Units) in home games after allowing 4 goals or more since 1996.
MINNESOTA is 118-94 ATS (+228.3 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game since 1996.
LOS ANGELES is 24-16 ATS (+46.3 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 2 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 14-6 ATS (+21.0 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
LOS ANGELES is 6-2 (+5.1 Units) against the spread versus MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 6-2-0 straight up against MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.8 Units)

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**Udog** · 10-24-2010, 11:56 PM

NHL

Monday, October 25

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Ice picks: Today's best NHL bets
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Phoenix Coyotes at Montreal Canadiens (-140, 5)

Nobody’s calling for Jaroslav Halak anymore in Montreal.

Carey Price is coming off a 19-save shutout – his first in almost two years – over the Ottawa Senators and is 4-2-1 with a 2.27 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage to start the year.

While a 19-save shutout doesn’t sound like much, Price made a number of huge saves and is controlling his rebounds much better than he was last year when Halak took the Habs on their ride in the playoffs while Price watched from the bench.

“It’s scary when he starts playing like that,” Montreal defenseman P.K. Subban told reporters after Saturday’s win. “To be honest with you, I think he’s one of the best goalies in the NHL right now. I don’t see too many guys who are better. He makes those second and third saves and gives us a chance to win.”

Montreal has also outshot its last four opponents by a margin of 131-81, so they’re doing a lot of good things in front of Price as well.

Meanwhile, The Coyotes have just one regulation win in their last 14 meetings with the Canadiens.

Pick: Canadiens

Los Angeles Kings at Minnesota Wild (-115, 5.5)

The Los Angeles Kings have a ton of talent on the roster, but that hasn’t translated into much for them on the power play so far this year.

They managed a couple of goals with the man advantage in a 6-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche to move their power play efficiency to a whopping 11.1 percent so far this year.

On the other hand, the Wild own the league’s best power play at 38.7 percent. Matt Cullen has been a big part of that after coming over from the Carolina Hurricanes in the offseason.

“That was one thing with (Hurricane head coach) Peter Laviolette, it was unreal, every time I would step over the boards, he would tell me to shoot the puck,” Cullen told reporters. “That kind of hammers it into your head to get pucks at the net. I think that’s been a key for our power play. Our power play is not getting caught up in trying to make too many plays and too many passes."

Cullen leads the team with nine points through seven games.

Pick: Wild

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**Udog** · 10-25-2010, 08:28 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Phoenix at Montreal
The Coyotes look to take advantage of a Montreal team that is 2-5 in its last 7 games as a favorite. Phoenix is the pick (+120) according to Dunkel, which has the Coyotes favored by 1 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Phoenix (+120). Here are all of today's picks.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 25

Game 1-2: Philadelphia at Columbus (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Philadelphia 11.251; Columbus 10.919
Dunkel Line & Total: Philadelphia by 1/2; 6
Vegas Line & Total: Philadelphia (-125); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Philadelphia (-125); Over

Game 3-4: Phoenix at Montreal (7:30 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Phoenix 11.940; Montreal 10.430
Dunkel Line & Total: Phoenix by 1 1/2; 4
Vegas Line & Total: Montreal (-140); 5
Dunkel Pick: Phoenix (+120); Under

Game 5-6: Los Angeles at Minnesota (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Los Angeles 10.112; Minnesota 11.686
Dunkel Line & Total: Minnesota by 1 1/2; 6
Vegas Line & Total: Minnesota (-115); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Minnesota (-115); Over

**Udog** · 10-25-2010, 08:29 AM

NHL
Write-Up

Monday, October 25

Hot Teams
-- Blue Jackets won three of their last four games.
-- Canadiens won three of their last four games.
-- Kings won four of their last five games. Minnesota won two of its first three home games.

Cold Teams
-- Flyers lost three of their last four games.
-- Coyotes lost four of their last five games.

Totals
-- Under is 5-2 in first seven Columbus games.
-- Three of last four Montreal games stayed under the total.
-- Last three Los Angeles games went over the total.

Series Records
-- Blue Jackets lost 5-3 in Philly in LY's meeting.
-- Canadiens won their last four games against Phoenix.
-- Kings won six of their last eight games against Minnesota.

**Udog** · 10-25-2010, 08:32 AM

NHL

Monday, October 25

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
PHILADELPHIA vs. COLUMBUS
Philadelphia is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Philadelphia4-1-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Columbus
Columbus is 1-5-3 SU in its last 9 games ,when playing Philadelphia
Columbus is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home

7:30 PM
PHOENIX vs. MONTREAL
Phoenix is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Montreal
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Phoenix's last 9 games when playing Montreal
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Montreal's last 6 games at home
Montreal is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Phoenix

8:00 PM
LOS ANGELES vs. MINNESOTA
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Los Angeles's last 25 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Los Angeles's last 9 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Minnesota's last 25 games when playing Los Angeles

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**Udog** · 10-25-2010, 08:37 AM

Monday's six-pack

Some NBA knowledge, with the season starting this week.......
-- Most Games Played: R Parish, 1,611, K Abdul-Jabbar, 1,560

-- Most points: K Abdul-Jabbar, 38,387, K Malone, 36,928

-- Field goal %age: A Biedrins 60.3%, A Gilmore 59.9%

-- Foul shots made: K Malone 9,787, M Malone 8,531

-- Foul shot %age: M Price 90.4%, S Nash 90.3% R Barry 90.0%

-- 3-pointers made: R Miller, 2,560, R Allen 2,444, D Ellis 1,719

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Monday's List of 13: Wrapping up an NFL Sunday........

13) 30 seconds into the second quarter, Raiders led 38-0 at Denver in as surprising a rout as I've seen in years. Oakland had 328 rushing yards in a devastating 59-14 win that leaves Broncos 4-13 in their last 17 games.

12) Chargers' four turnovers (-4) contributed to New England's 14-yard edge in average field position, and made San Diego's hole too big to crawl out of as the Patriots held on for a 23-20 win at Qualcomm Sunday.

11) Cardinal passers completed 12 of 33 passes at Seattle, as Seahawks grabbed first place in NFC West with an easy 22-10 win. Next time you hear someone say Kurt Warner isn't a first ballot Hall of Famer, look up Arizona's record before and after he was a Cardinal (and Ram too).

10) Miami hadn't started a drive in enemy territory all season, but on their first two drives Sunday, started at the Steeler 13-22 yard lines. Their three FGs on three red zone trips cost them in a 23-22 loss that ended on a weird fumble play on the Miami goal line. Need to score touchdowns to beat good teams in the NFL.

9) DeAngelo Hall became the first player in nine years to pick off four passes in a game, one of which he ran back 92 yards for the winning TD as Washington made Donovan McNabb a winner in his homecoming to the Windy City, 17-14.

8) Buffalo deserved to beat the Ravens; they converted 11-17 on third down, passed for 374 yards, but blew a 24-10 lead, lost 37-34 in OT to a Baltimore team that obviously took the Bills too lightly.

7) Bills are last winless team; will members of the '08 Lions pop open bottles of champagne when the last winless team finally gets their first win each season? You know, like the '72 Dolphins celebrate there being no unbeaten teams ever year? I'm just asking.

6) So Drew Brees has a son this week and they name him Bowen, then a guy name Bowens picks Brees twice, and runs both of them back for a touchdown? Weird, almost as weird as Cleveland's punter running 68 yards on a fake punt. Very bad day for the defending champs.

5) Eagles led 19-10 with 13:26 left to play, then got outscored 27-0 the rest of the way as Tennessee won its 12th straight game against NFC teams, beating Philly 37-19, ending a rough 20 hours for Philly fans.

4) Not sure if there's a connection or not, but over was 9-4 in the same week the NFL went nuts about defenders hitting ball carriers too hard.

3) There were zero defensive TDs last week; there were ten Sunday. 49ers, Bengals, Bears all got one but lost (Bears also gave one up).

2) Would it have hurt NBC to show Packer GM Ted Thompson once? After all, he's the guy who orchestrated the Favre trade, the guy whose job is on the line maybe even moreso than Mike McCarthy. As exciting a game as that was last night, Thompson was a central, unseen figure.

1) You root for the Packers, you watch an exciting game every week, you sweat a lot, you're glad Aaron Rodgers is your quarterback, and so you thank Ted Thompson for doing the tough thing, trading Favre.

**Udog** · 10-25-2010, 01:10 PM

NHL
Short Sheet

Monday, 10/25/2010

PHILADELPHIA at COLUMBUS, 7:00 PM ET
PHILADELPHIA: 5-17 SU in non-conference road games
COLUMBUS: 62-45 SU in home games after covering 2 of their last 3 ATS

PHOENIX at MONTREAL, 7:30 PM ET
PHOENIX: 12-2 UNDER in road games after 7 or more total goals were scored
MONTREAL: 125-85 UNDER after having won 3 of their last 4 games

LOS ANGELES at MINNESOTA, 9:00 PM ET
LOS ANGELES: 12-3 SU after a game where both teams scored 4 goals or more
MINNESOTA: 14-28 SU off a road game

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