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02/12/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Blues, owners of the worst home record in the NHL this season, continue a pre-Olympic break stretch of games at the Scottrade Center with tonight's matchup against a Toronto Maple Leafs squad that's had its share of misfortune on the road in 2009-10.
St. Louis opened this three-game residency with Tuesday's 4-3 shootout victory over rival Detroit, a win which halted a string of four straight home losses for the club. After blowing a two-goal advantage with under six minutes to go in third period, the Blues regrouped and earned the two points on tallies from Brad Boyes and T.J. Oshie during the deciding phase.
Boyes gave St. Louis a 2-1 edge in the shootout by pushing a forehand shot past Detroit goaltender Jimmy Howard, and Blues netminder Chris Mason then sealed the win by stopping Henrik Zetterberg's third-round attempt.
Mason recorded 39 saves between regulation and overtime, while Andy McDonald, David Perron and Paul Kariya each netted goals to help halt St. Louis' three- game slide.
The Blues, who host the powerful Washington Capitals on Saturday in their final action before the break, improved their still-poor record as the host to 10-16-5 this season. St. Louis is in 13th place in the Western Conference standings at the moment, but does trail Calgary by just six points for the eighth and final playoff seed.
"I think we've got a lot of resiliency in this room," Kariya said after Tuesday's game. "We know that we can do it."
Taking on the Maple Leafs may aid the Blues' cause, considering Toronto has lost four of the last five meetings between these teams and is a woeful 2-12-2 on the road since December 5. The Eastern Conference cellar-dwellers have dropped five in a row as the guest and own just an 8-17-6 mark in away games so far in 2009-10.
The Maple Leafs' latest defeat took place at home, a 3-2 setback to Western Conference-leading San Jose on Monday in which the Sharks' Ryane Clowe delivered the tie-breaking goal with 6:39 left to play.
Jean-Sebastian Giguere made 23 saves in his third start with Toronto since being acquired in a trade with Anaheim on January 31. The 2003 Conn Smythe Trophy recipient had posted shutouts in wins over New Jersey and Ottawa to begin his tenure as a Maple Leaf.
Giguere has had success against the Blues over the course of a 12-year career. The 32-year-old is 14-6-1 with a 2.28 goals against average in 25 lifetime games (24 starts) versus St. Louis and sports a 9-2-1 mark with a 2.33 ERA and two shutouts over his last 13 encounters with tonight's foe.
Phil Kessel had a power-play goal and an assist for Toronto in Monday's loss to extend his recent scoring tear. The offseason pickup has racked up 10 points (6 goals, 4 assists) during a personal five-game streak.
The Maple Leafs did come through with a win in their last visit to St. Louis, a 2-1 triumph back on February 6, 2007.
<< Brewers' Hart wins arbitration case
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Corey Hart won
his arbitration case with the team on Friday and will earn $4.8 million this
coming season.
Milwaukee, which paid Hart $3.25 million last year in his firs
<< Three share lead at suspended Avantha Masters
New Delhi, India (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Barry Lane posted his second consecutive
round of five-under 67 on Friday to hold the clubhouse lead during the
suspended second round of the Avantha Masters.
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<< Gonzaga moves into first in WCC with win over Saint Mary's
Spokane, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Matt Bouldin led the way with 18 points, five
rebounds and four assists to help 16th-ranked Gonzaga seize first place in
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<< Spurs enter All-Star break on high note with road win over Nuggets
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - DeJuan Blair and George Hill each scored 17
points, as the San Antonio Spurs dominated the Denver Nuggets, 111-92, at the
Pepsi Center.
Blair and Hill also pulled down nine and six rebounds, respectively
Canadiens aim to maintain recent success against Flyers >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Last time out, the Montreal Canadiens were able to end the
league's longest winning streak in nearly 17 years. Tonight, the team will be
looking to continue an impressive run of its own, as it tries to extend its
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The suddenly-surging Columbus Blue Jackets will try to
claim a season-high fourth victory in a row in this evening's matchup against
the Vancouver Canucks, who continue their epic road trip at Nationwide Arena.
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Classic meeting closer to reality >>
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of the Year Rachel Alexandra and undefeated champion mare Zenyatta may
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New Jersey Devils can't be a confident bunch right now
after blowing two-goal leads in consecutive losses. The Nashville Predators,
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New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox early favorites to win 2008 World Series
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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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