Avalanche try to keep rolling in visit to Nashville

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02/04/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After finishing with the fewest points in the Western Conference last year, some fresh faces have helped the Colorado Avalanche put together a quick turnaround.

Colorado will try to win for the eighth time in its last 11 games tonight as it closes out its season series with the Nashville Predators at Sommet Center.

The Avalanche went just 32-45-5 last year for 69 points, 10 fewer than the next team in the West. However, the club is right in the playoff hunt this year thanks to a 31-18-6 mark that has it sixth in the standings and two points behind Vancouver for first place in the Northwest Division.

The offseason signing of Craig Anderson has certainly helped. Anderson made 27 starts with Florida last year and parlayed that into a deal with the Avalanche to be their No. 1 goaltender. He is 27-14-5 with a 2.43 goals-against average in 47 starts, going 7-3-0 with a 1.49 GAA over 10 consecutive starts.

Anderson made 20 saves in Tuesday's 5-1 win over Columbus that snapped Colorado's three-game losing streak. The offense, meanwhile, came from a trio of rookies, as Ryan O'Reilly scored two short-handed goals, Brandon Yip also scored twice and T.J. Galiardi notched a career-high four assists.

Kyle Quincey scored Colorado's first goal after the Blue Jackets drew first blood with a first-period short-handed tally.

"We all knew that we had to step it up," said O'Reilly, a 2009 second-round pick. "Them getting that first goal was good for them, but we had to regroup from there. We definitely knew it wasn't going to be an easy game but we stayed to our game, just kept working hard and got a few bounces."

O'Reilly, who picked up both of his short-handed markers while Paul Stastny was serving a double-minor for high sticking in the third period, notched his first two-goal game since November 6 and the second of his career.

Yip, who also posted his second ever two-goal game and his first since December 31, and another rookie -- 2009 third overall pick Matt Duchene -- both scored in the Avalanche's 2-1 home win over the Predators on January 22.

Anderson has started all three of Colorado's games versus Nashville this year, going 1-1-1 with a 2.64 GAA.

Nashville has won seven of its last 10 at home over Colorado and is tied with Detroit and Calgary for the final two playoff spots in the West, four points back of the Avs in the standings. The Preds fell to 1-0-1 on a four-game homestand after Tuesday's 1-0 shootout loss to the Phoenix Coyotes that lasted 10 rounds.

Pekka Rinne made 26 saves in his second start in a row for Nashville, but was beat by Lauri Korpikoski in the second round. However, David Legwand answered for the Predators and no skater scored again until Adrian Aucoin's wrist shot beat Rinne in the 10th round. Shea Weber then failed to extend the extra session.

Rinne was credited with his third shutout of the season and 10th of his career, even as the Predators fell to 1-5-1 in their last seven games overall. Rinne could get the start again tonight and is 1-1-0 with a 2.46 GAA in two encounters versus Colorado this year.

The Predators' Cody Franson left Tuesday's game in the first period with an upper-body injury and he is expected to miss two weeks of action. Nashville recalled defenseman Alexander Sulzer from Milwaukee of the AHL on Wednesday.

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Revenge will be the name of the game in Columbus this Saturday, as Ohio State looks to even the score following last season's loss to Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions. Although Penn State are listed as 16.5 point underdogs, they are 11-10 all-time versus the Buckeyes. Paterno and the Lions, however, will have to shut down Heisman Trophy favorite Troy Smith who has thrown for 769 yards and seven touchdowns this season.

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NCAA Football betting lines (home team in CAPS)
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Date Favorite Opponent Point Spread
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Sept 21 GEORGIA TECH Virginia 17
Sept 22 NEVADA Northwestern 6.5
Sept 23 MICHIGAN Wisconsin 14
Sept 23 Minnesota PURDUE 3
Sept 23 SYRACUSE Miami (Ohio) 6.5
Sept 23 MISSOURI Ohio 21.5
Sept 23 Louisville KANSAS STATE 14
Sept 23 TENNESSEE Marshall 22
Sept 23 CLEMSON North Carolina 16.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA Kentucky 24
Sept 23 Iowa ILLINOIS 20.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA STATE Rice 30.5
Sept 23 AUBURN Buffalo 41.5
Sept 23 BOWLING GREEN Kent 7
Sept 23 NAVY Tulsa 4.5
Sept 23 VIRGINIA TECH Cincinnati 27
Sept 23 BYU Utah State 29
Sept 23 OHIO STATE Penn State 16.5
Sept 23 TEXAS Iowa State 25
Sept 23 Washington State STANFORD 10
Sept 23 CALIFORNIA Arizona State 7.5
Sept 23 UCLA WASHINGTON 3
Sept 23 INDIANA Connecticut 1.5
Sept 23 Central Michigan EASTERN MICHIGAN 4
Sept 23 WYOMING Air Force 1
Sept 23 UTEP NEW MEXICO 9.5
Sept 23 West Virginia EAST CAROLINA 21
Sept 23 Boston College NORTH CAROLINA STATE 7
Sept 23 GEORGIA Colorado 27
Sept 23 ARKANSAS Alabama 1.5
Sept 23 BAYLOR Army 11
Sept 23 WESTERN MICHIGAN Temple 28
Sept 23 MISSISSIPPI Wake Forest 2.5
Sept 23 KANSAS South Florida 5.5
Sept 23 TEXAS A&amp;M Louisiana Tech 23.5
Sept 23 UAB Mississippi State 9.5
Sept 23 LSU Tulane 36
Sept 23 Utah SAN DIEGO STATE 6.5
Sept 23 BOISE STATE Hawaii 15
Sept 23 Notre Dame MICHIGAN STATE 3
Sept 23 USC ARIZONA U 22
Sept 23 Oklahoma State HOUSTON 1
Sept 23 OREGON STATE Idaho 23
Sept 23 OKLAHOMA Middle Tennessee State 29
Sept 23 MARYLAND Florida International 18.5
Sept 23 AKRON North Texas 17.5
Sept 23 SOUTH CAROLINA Florida Atlantic 29.5
Sept 23 NEBRASKA Troy 23
Sept 23 SMU Arkansas State 6

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