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[Cnotes53]

NHL
Dunkel

Sunday, December 31


Toronto @ Vegas

Game 1-2
December 31, 2017 @ 3:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Toronto
12.224
Vegas
11.219
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Toronto
by 1
9
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Vegas
-145
6
Dunkel Pick:
Toronto
(+125); Over

Arizona @ Anaheim

Game 3-4
December 31, 2017 @ 4:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Arizona
11.776
Anaheim
10.812
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Arizona
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Anaheim
-200
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Arizona
(+170); Over

Tampa Bay @ Columbus

Game 5-6
December 31, 2017 @ 6:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Tampa Bay
12.337
Columbus
10.404
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Tampa Bay
by 2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Tampa Bay
-130
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Tampa Bay
(-130); Under

Pittsburgh @ Detroit

Game 7-8
December 31, 2017 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Pittsburgh
11.774
Detroit
10.606
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Pittsburgh
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Pittsburgh
-130
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Pittsburgh
(-130); Over

Winnipeg @ Edmonton

Game 9-10
December 31, 2017 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Winnipeg
10.109
Edmonton
12.556
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Edmonton
by 2 1/2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Edmonton
-145
6
Dunkel Pick:
Edmonton
(-145); Under

San Jose @ Dallas

Game 11-12
December 31, 2017 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
San Jose
11.309
Dallas
12.665
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Dallas
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Dallas
-135
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Dallas
(-135); Under

NY Islanders @ Colorado

Game 13-14
December 31, 2017 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
NY Islanders
10.519
Colorado
11.988
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Colorado
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
NY Islanders
-115
6
Dunkel Pick:
Colorado
(-105); Under

Chicago @ Calgary

Game 15-16
December 31, 2017 @ 9:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Chicago
12.112
Calgary
10.320
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Chicago
by 2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Calgary
-130
6
Dunkel Pick:
Chicago
(+110); Under

 

[Cnotes53]

NHL
Long Sheet

Sunday, December 31

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TORONTO (23-14-0-2, 48 pts.) at VEGAS (25-9-0-2, 52 pts.) - 12/31/2017, 3:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VEGAS is 25-11 ATS (+10.3 Units) in all games this season.
VEGAS is 10-2 ATS (+7.7 Units) in December games this season.
VEGAS is 25-11 ATS (+13.4 Units) first half of the season this season.
VEGAS is 9-2 ATS (+6.9 Units) after a division game this season.
VEGAS is 11-5 ATS (+16.0 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
VEGAS is 11-5 ATS (+17.0 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season this season.

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

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ARIZONA (9-26-0-5, 23 pts.) at ANAHEIM (17-14-0-8, 42 pts.) - 12/31/2017, 4:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ARIZONA is 9-31 ATS (+53.0 Units) in all games this season.
ARIZONA is 9-31 ATS (+53.0 Units) first half of the season this season.
ARIZONA is 33-84 ATS (+161.5 Units) after a non-conference game since 1996.
ARIZONA is 7-21 ATS (+36.4 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
ANAHEIM is 6-4-0 straight up against ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.8 Units)

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TAMPA BAY (27-8-0-2, 56 pts.) at COLUMBUS (22-14-0-3, 47 pts.) - 12/31/2017, 6:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLUMBUS is 48-26 ATS (+17.5 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 32-20 ATS (+9.3 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
TAMPA BAY is 27-10 ATS (+11.0 Units) in all games this season.
TAMPA BAY is 23-9 ATS (+13.1 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 2 seasons.
TAMPA BAY is 27-10 ATS (+11.0 Units) first half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
TAMPA BAY is 5-3 (+1.8 Units) against the spread versus COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
TAMPA BAY is 5-3-0 straight up against COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.2 Units)

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PITTSBURGH (19-17-0-3, 41 pts.) at DETROIT (14-16-0-7, 35 pts.) - 12/31/2017, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DETROIT is 14-25 ATS (-18.7 Units) in home games first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
DETROIT is 2-8 ATS (-8.3 Units) in home games on Sunday games over the last 2 seasons.
DETROIT is 10-18 ATS (-9.9 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
DETROIT is 6-12 ATS (-11.6 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
PITTSBURGH is 4-2-0 straight up against DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
6 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+6.2 Units)

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WINNIPEG (22-11-0-6, 50 pts.) at EDMONTON (17-18-0-3, 37 pts.) - 12/31/2017, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
EDMONTON is 3-8 ATS (-7.5 Units) in home games on Sunday games over the last 2 seasons.
EDMONTON is 6-14 ATS (-9.6 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
EDMONTON is 0-6 ATS (-8.1 Units) in home games after allowing 4 goals or more this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
EDMONTON is 5-3 (+1.5 Units) against the spread versus WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
EDMONTON is 5-3-0 straight up against WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.0 Units)

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SAN JOSE (20-11-0-4, 44 pts.) at DALLAS (21-15-0-3, 45 pts.) - 12/31/2017, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SAN JOSE is 91-67 ATS (+20.6 Units) in road games when playing with 2 days rest since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 211-216 ATS (+465.9 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 195-145 ATS (+32.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season since 1996.
DALLAS is 8-21 ATS (-14.6 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 12-22 ATS (-15.7 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
DALLAS is 4-2 (+3.1 Units) against the spread versus SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
DALLAS is 4-2-0 straight up against SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
5 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+4.0 Units)

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NY ISLANDERS (20-14-0-4, 44 pts.) at COLORADO (18-16-0-3, 39 pts.) - 12/31/2017, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLORADO is 7-2 ATS (+9.6 Units) in a home game where where the total is 6 or more this season.
COLORADO is 236-203 ATS (-19.6 Units) after a non-conference game since 1996.
COLORADO is 12-9 ATS (+24.4 Units) in non-conference games this season.
COLORADO is 181-159 ATS (+19.6 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season since 1996.
NY ISLANDERS are 13-9 ATS (+24.6 Units) in road games after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
NY ISLANDERS are 32-19 ATS (+11.4 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game over the last 3 seasons.
COLORADO is 3-12 ATS (+15.8 Units) in home games in December games over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 0-7 ATS (-7.7 Units) in home games on Sunday games over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
NY ISLANDERS is 3-2 (+0.4 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
NY ISLANDERS is 3-2-0 straight up against COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.1 Units)

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CHICAGO (18-14-0-5, 41 pts.) at CALGARY (18-16-0-4, 40 pts.) - 12/31/2017, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CHICAGO is 352-346 ATS (-135.2 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
CALGARY is 22-9 ATS (+31.1 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CHICAGO is 4-2 (+0.8 Units) against the spread versus CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
CHICAGO is 4-2-0 straight up against CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.7 Units)

 

[Cnotes53]

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, December 31

Maple Leafs beat Las Vegas 4-3 at home in OT in first meeting. Toronto is 3-5 in its last eight games; they lost five of last seven on road. Four of their last five games went over total. Las Vegas won its last six games overall, four in row at home. Five of last seven Knights? games stayed under total.

Ducks won six of their last seven games with Arizona; Coyotes lost their last four games in the Pond. Over is 6-2-1 in last nine series games. Arizona lost nine of its last 11 games; they lost six of last seven road games. Under is 10-4 in Coyotes? last 14 games. Anaheim won three of their last four games; they?re 3-4 in last seven home games. Nine of their last 11 games stayed under total.

Lightning won six of last nine games with Columbus; they won three of last four visits to Ohio (under 3-1). Tampa Bay won 10 of its last 12 games overall, four of last six on road; over is 8-4 in their last 12 games. Columbus lost five of its last seven games; they won four of last five home games. Six of their last nine games went over total.

Penguins won four of last six games with Detroit; they split last four visits to the Motor City. Nine of last ten series games went over the total. Penguins lost six of their last nine games; they split last eight home games. Under is 5-2-1 in their last eight games. Detroit lost 13 of last 17 games overall- they split last six home games. Six of Red Wings? last eight games stayed under total.

Road team won five of last seven Jet-Oiler games; Edmonton is 5-3 in last eight series games. Jets won three of last five visits to Edmonton. Three of last four series games went over the total. Winnipeg won four of its last six games; they lost eight of last nine road games. Over is 3-1-1 in their last five games. Edmonton lost last two games after winning five of previous six; they?re 3-1 in last four home games. Over is 12-7 in their last 19 games.

Dallas Stars won five of their last seven games with San Jose. Eight of last nine series games went over the total. Sharks lost their last three games in Texas. San Jose won last three games overall but lost four of last five on road; under is 14-7 in their last 21 games. Dallas Stars won three of last four games; they won last three home games. Six of their last eight games went over total.

Home side won last seven Islander-Avalanche games; New York lost its last three games in Denver. Four of last six series games went over the total. Islanders lost eight of last 12 games; they lost their last five road games. Over is 6-1-1 in their last eight games. Colorado split its last eight games; they?re 3-5 in last eight home games. Over is 8-4-1 in their last 13 games.

Chicago won six of last eight games with Calgary; they won three of last four games in the Saddledome. Under is 5-1-1 in last seven series games. Blackhawks lost three of last four games, all on road; under is 6-2-1 in their last nine games. Calgary lost its last three games, all by one goal, scoring total of five goals; they lost three of last four home games. Seven of Flames last eight games stayed under the total.

 

[Cnotes53]

NHL

Sunday, December 31

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Trend Report
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TORONTO @ LAS VEGAS
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games
Toronto is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games
Las Vegas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Las Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

ARIZONA @ ANAHEIM
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Arizona's last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing on the road against Anaheim
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Anaheim's last 5 games at home
Anaheim is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Arizona

TAMPA BAY @ COLUMBUS
Tampa Bay is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Columbus
Columbus is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home
Columbus is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay

WINNIPEG @ EDMONTON
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Winnipeg's last 5 games when playing on the road against Edmonton
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games when playing at home against Winnipeg
Edmonton is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Winnipeg

PITTSBURGH @ DETROIT
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games when playing on the road against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh

NY ISLANDERS @ COLORADO
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of NY Islanders's last 11 games when playing on the road against Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 6 of NY Islanders's last 8 games
Colorado is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Colorado's last 11 games when playing at home against NY Islanders

SAN JOSE @ DALLAS
The total has gone OVER in 8 of San Jose's last 9 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 6 games when playing on the road against Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Dallas's last 9 games when playing San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Dallas's last 6 games when playing at home against San Jose

CHICAGO @ CALGARY
Chicago is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Calgary
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Chicago's last 16 games when playing Calgary
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Calgary's last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 5 games at home

 

[Cnotes53]

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

TOR at VEG 03:30 PM
TOR +110
O 6.0

ARI at ANA 04:00 PM
ANA -230
O 5.5

TB at CLB 06:00 PM
CLB +115
O 5.5

PIT at DET 07:00 PM
O 5.5

WIN at EDM 07:00 PM
WIN +125
U 6.0

NYI at COL 08:00 PM
NYI -115
O 6.0

SJ at DAL 08:00 PM
SJ +115

CHI at CAL 09:00 PM
CHI +115
U 6.0

 

[Cnotes53]

SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY JANUARY 1, 2018
Time (ET) Away Home Site
1:00 PM Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers Citi Field

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DATE W-L-T % UNITS

12/31/2017 6-8-0 42.86% -11.00
12/30/2017 2-8-0 20.00% -32.00
12/29/2017 10-11-1 47.62% -18.50
12/28/2017 8-6-0 57.14% +10.75
12/27/2017 7-12-0 36.84% -25.75
12/23/2017 7-7-0 50.00% -7.00
12/22/2017 4-4-0 50.00% -2.50
12/21/2017 9-10-0 47.37% -14.50
12/20/2017 2-4-0 33.33% -11.25
12/19/2017 14-3-0 82.35% +59.25
12/18/2017 4-4-1 50.00% +1.75
12/17/2017 3-3-0 50.00% -0.50
12/16/2017 8-12-0 40.00% -22.25
12/15/2017 3-5-0 37.50% -13.75
12/14/2017 9-11-1 45.00% -18.00
12/13/2017 3-3-0 50.00% -0.50
12/12/2017 8-4-0 66.66% +21.50
12/11/2017 4-8-0 33.33% -30.75
12/10/2017 5-1-0 83.33% +19.50
12/09/2017 13-9-0 59.09% +21.50
12/08/2017 4-5-0 44.44% -9.50
12/07/2017 9-9-0 50.00% -1.25
12/06/2017 6-2-0 75.00% +19.50
12/05/2017 13-7-0 65.00% +27.00
12/04/2017 3-4-0 42.86% -4.50
12/03/2017 7-1-0 87.50% +29.50
12/02/2017 9-14-1 39.13% -30.75
12/01/2017 7-8-1 46.67% -13.00


Totals............187- 184 - 3........50.40%............-51.90

 

[Cnotes53]

Preview: Sabres (10-20) at Rangers (20-13)
Date: January 01, 2018 1:00 PM EDT

NEW YORK -- The Buffalo Sabres and the New York Rangers take center stage for the National Hockey League on New Year's Day, meeting outdoors at Citi Field for the league's 10th annual Winter Classic.

The Sabres will be the home team when the teams take the ice at the home of the New York Mets in Queens.

Though the clubs are headed in opposite directions this season, players from both sides are excited for the opportunity to take part in the NHL's showcase event.

"It'll definitely be a cool experience," said veteran defenseman Zach Bogosian, whose Sabres (10-20-8) reside in last place in the Eastern Conference. "It'll be pretty cool to know everyone is watching. It's been awesome to be part of the experience, and I'm looking forward to (Monday)."

Unlike the struggling Sabres, the Rangers (20-13-5) are in the thick of the playoff race in the East. Their enthusiasm for the Winter Classic was equally evident after practicing outdoors on Sunday afternoon.

"Being here now really gets the excitement started," Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh said. "It's hard to talk about during the season when it's so far away, but now finally being here, you see the stadium, you see the spectacle that it is, it's a special moment in the season, and we're very fortunate to get the opportunity to play in it."

This is the second Winter Classic appearance for each team.

The Sabres hosted the very first one on Jan. 1, 2008, a 2-1 shootout loss to the Penguins at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y. Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby scored the game-winner.

The Rangers defeated the Flyers 3-2 on Jan. 2, 2012, at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

In fact, the Rangers have never lost an outdoor game.

Along with the 2012 Winter Classic victory, the Rangers also beat the New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders in consecutive Stadium Series contests at Yankee Stadium in 2014.

Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist is a perfect 3-0-0 with a 2.00 goals-against average and a .933 save percentage in outdoor games. His three outdoor wins are more than any goaltender in league history.

"It's always hard to look back at any type of game when you don't win," Lundqvist said. "If it's playoffs, Olympics or outdoor games, if you don't win the game, you don't walk around and think back on it with a big smile on your face. If you have a good game, you win, it's easier to go there mentally. So, that's what you make sure you want to do: play your best and make the most of it."

Buffalo's Jason Pominville has a unique perspective.

He played in that first Winter Classic for the Sabres, and 10 years later, he is a part of a more-established event.

"The first one was a lot of unknown, but the way it went, the way the fans responded, the way the game ended, I don't think you could have asked for a better scenario for the league," Pominville said Sunday.

"Now, the whole buildup around it, from press conferences in the summertime, TV shows, everything around it has been pretty amazing to be a part of. We're excited about it again, for sure."

Sabres coach Phil Housley said that he hopes performing well on the big stage "springboards us" to a better second half this season.

Buffalo is coming off an exciting 4-3, come-from-behind overtime victory at New Jersey on Friday.

Perhaps, the hottest player in the league is Sabres center Jack Eichel, who has scored seven goals in his past six games. Eichel scored two goals Friday, giving him 15 this season.

"Most kids, I think, dream of playing in this game, and I was no different," said Eichel, who brings a four-game point-scoring streak into Monday. "I am just so excited to be a part of it."

The Rangers lost their last game, a 3-2 shootout loss at Detroit on Friday, and they are just 1-1-2 in their past four.

"This game we're playing is very important," Rangers coach Alain Vigneault. "You look at the standings right now and everything is so tight. So, once the whole hoopla of (Sunday) and the family skating is over, (Monday) at 1:00 when the puck drops, it's going to be about the two points."

 

[Cnotes53]

NHL
Dunkel

Monday, January 1

Buffalo @ NY Rangers

Game 51-52
January 1, 2018 @ 1:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Buffalo
9.766
NY Rangers
12.234
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
NY Rangers
by 2 1/2
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
NY Rangers
-175
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
NY Rangers
(-175); Over




NHL
Long Sheet

Monday, January 1

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BUFFALO (10-20-0-8, 28 pts.) vs. NY RANGERS (20-13-0-5, 45 pts.) - 1/1/2018, 1:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BUFFALO is 10-28 ATS (+47.5 Units) in all games this season.
BUFFALO is 7-20 ATS (+32.3 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
BUFFALO is 3-3 (+1.6 Units) against the spread versus NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons
NY RANGERS is 3-3-0 straight up against BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.3 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Monday, January 1

Rangers lost three of last four games with Buffalo, but they won four of last five visits to western NY. Road team won six of last eight series games- four of last six went over total. New York lost three of last four games, with SU and on road. Seven of their last nine games stayed under total. Sabres lost seven of their last ten games overall; they split their last four home games. Three of their last four games went over total.




NHL

Monday, January 1

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Trend Report
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NY RANGERS @ BUFFALO
NY Rangers is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Buffalo
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Rangers's last 6 games
Buffalo is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing NY Rangers
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Buffalo's last 14 games at home

 

[Cnotes53]

MONDAY, JANUARY 1
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

NYR at BUF 01:00 PM

NYR -190

U 5.5

 

[Cnotes53]

Rangers edge Sabres in Winter Classic
January 1, 2018

NEW YORK (AP) J.T. Miller was in the perfect spot in front of the goal to take advantage of a rebound in overtime and keep the New York Rangers perfect in four regular season outdoor games.

Miller scored a power-play goal 2:43 into the extra period to lift the Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday in the NHL's 10th Winter Classic at Citi Field.

The Rangers went on the power play 2:15 into overtime when Jacob Josefson was whistled for tripping Jimmy Vesey. On the winner, Kevin Shattenkirk fired a shot that rebounded right to Miller, who put it in.

''Fortunate to get a good shot to the net,'' Miller said. ''Not too often they come right on the stick like that.''

Paul Carey and Michael Grabner scored in the first period for the Rangers, who improved to a league-best 4-0 in outdoor games during the season. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 31 shots to help New York improve to 6-2-3 in its last 11 overall.

''We talked about going into this game there's no way you're going to look back at this as a great memory if you don't win,'' said Lundqvist, who is 4-0-0 with a 1.98 goals-against average outdoors. ''Now we got a big win and we can always look back at this game as a great experience.''

Rasmus Ristolainen had a goal and an assist, Sam Reinhart also scored and Kyle Okposo had two assists for the Sabres. Robin Lehner finished with 39 saves for Buffalo, which has just 10 wins this season but is 4-3-5 in its last 12 games.

''The first 10 minutes were not very good, we were kind of dipping our toe in,'' Okposo said. ''Once we calmed down and played our game, we played well. So I'm proud of the guys, proud of the way we played.''

The game, played at the home of baseball's New York Mets, was on the 10th anniversary of the Sabres' 2-1 shootout loss to Pittsburgh in Buffalo in the first Winter Classic. This was also the league's 24th regular season outdoor game.

Lundqvist made a sensational save on an attempt by Zemgus Girgensons with 2:12 remaining to keep the score tied.

''It was a fun game to play,'' Lundqvist said. ''Overall, I thought we were the better team, but we took a lot of penalties that put us on our heels a little bit.''

The national anthem was performed by the Every Voice Choirs, a New York City-based group of children born in 2008, the year of the first Winter Classic. The Goo Goo Dolls, a rock band that started in the Buffalo area, performed during the first intermission.

Despite the official temperature at puck drop at 20.5 degrees, the game drew a sellout crowd of 41,821.

''It was loud, the crowd was behind both teams,'' Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh said. ''It was great for us to find a way to come through in overtime.''

There was a shadow across about half the ice lengthwise at the start of the game. By the middle of the opening period, the shadow was at least partially covering about two-thirds of the ice, with the team benches in sun along the outfield edge and facing where home plate usually sits. The playing surface was completely in the shade at the start of the second period, except for the side boards to Lehner's right on the first base side of the field.

The Sabres trailed 2-0 after one period before Reinhart cut the deficit in half 56 seconds into the second period on a rebound of Ristolainen's shot.

Shortly before that, Lehner made a stellar stop on a short-handed breakaway by Grabner that would've given the Rangers a three-goal lead.

The Sabres tied it 27 seconds into the third as Ristolainen fired a wrist shot off a pass from Ryan O'Reilly.

''We got the momentum back,'' Lehner said. ''We start working hard, they start taking penalties. We got back to the game. Unfortunately we got a penalty there (in overtime).''

New York got on the scoreboard at 4:09 of the first as Carey got a pass from Jesper Fast and fired it past Lehner from straightaway.

Grabner made it 2-0 at 8:20. Marc Staal sent the puck of Lehner's back as he spun around and skated past the left side of the goal, and it came to Grabner at the right side and he put it in for his 18th of the season.

NOTES: Lundqvist also got his 423rd career victory, tying Tony Esposito for eighth place all-time on the NHL's career list. ... Lundqvist, McDonagh and Staal have played in each of the Rangers' four regular season outdoor games. ... Buffalo LW Benoit Pouliot played in his fifth outdoor game, tying Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith, Brad Richards, Brent Seabrook and Jonathan Toews for the most. Pouliot previously appeared in two Heritage Classic games - for Montreal on Feb. 20, 2011, and Edmonton on Oct. 23, 2016 - and the Rangers' Stadium Series games in Jan. 2014. ... The Sabres gave up a home game to be in this one since the Rangers are contractually obligated to play all their home games at Madison Square Garden for a tax exemption. ... Rangers coach Alain Vigneault earned his 635th win, breaking a tie with Darryl Sutter for sole possession of 11th place on the NHL's all-time list.

UP NEXT

Rangers: Host Chicago on Wednesday night

Sabres: At Minnesota on Thursday night in the fifth game of a stretch of seven straight away from Buffalo.

 

[Cnotes53]

SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY JANUARY 2, 2018
Time (ET) Away Home Site
7:00 PM Boston Bruins New York Islanders Barclays Center
7:00 PM Pittsburgh Penguins Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center
7:00 PM Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre
7:00 PM Washington Capitals Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena
7:30 PM San Jose Sharks Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre
8:00 PM Florida Panthers Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center
8:00 PM New Jersey Devils St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center
8:30 PM Columbus Blue Jackets Dallas Stars American Airlines Center
9:00 PM Winnipeg Jets Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center
9:30 PM Los Angeles Kings Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place
10:00 PM Anaheim Ducks Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena
10:00 PM Nashville Predators Vegas Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena

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DATE W-L-T % UNITS

01/01/2018 2-0-0 100.00% +10.00

 

[Cnotes53]

Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack

? Big 14 is 7-1 in bowl games, with Michigan the only loser.

? Big X is 5-3 in bowl games; 8 out of 10 teams made a bowl.

? MAC is 1-4 in bowls this year, 6-22 in their last 28 bowls overall.

? Early line on the college football national title game: Alabama -5.5

? Bears repeating that Syracuse upset Clemson October 13, then went 0-5 rest of the season.

? Baker Mayfield had three scholarship offers out of high school; FAU, Rice, New Mexico.


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Armadillo: Tuesday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but??..

13) NFL coaching carousel: Colts-Raiders-Cardinals-Bears-Lions now need new head coaches, joining the Giants.

Broncos keep Vance Joseph for next year; Cleveland keeps Hue Jackson- no word out of Cincinnati on Marvin Lewis yet.

12) Georgia 54, Oklahoma 48 OT? Total yardage was 531-527 Oklahoma; they led 31-14 right before halftime, but a messed-up squib kick allowed Georgia to kick a FG at the halftime gun, and that turned out to be huge.

Now the debate about Baker Mayfield?s NFL prospects can begin; very polarizing kid. He was 23-35/287 yards in this game.

11) Alabama 24, Clemson 6? SEC is 4-5 n bowl games this year, but they?ve got two teams playing for the national title next week in Atlanta.

As great a game as the Rose Bowl, this game was a dud- Clemson didn?t have the QB play to move the ball at all on Alabama. Hell, Clemson barely beat the Crimson Tide last year, when they had Deshaun Watson.

10) Central Florida 34, Auburn 27? Good for the UCF kids; their coach bolted to Nebra$ka about 90 $econds after they won their conference title game, but UCF wins their New Year?s Day bowl game and finished an unbeaten season. Two years ago, the Knights went 0-12.

Central Florida is a very big school and is a sleeping giant athletically.It doesn?t have Nebraska?s tradition, but it has a brighter future, given the wealth of high school football talent in Florida.

9) North Texas starts league play 2-0 in Conference USA, with pair of one-point wins, in El Paso and San Antonio. Been six years since the Mean Green?s basketball team finished conference play over .500, back when Johnny Jones was UNT?s coach, before he bolted to LSU.

8) You read about all these NFL coaching vacancies and who gets interviewed and all, and I think about the late Al Davis, who would often interview people he had no intention of hiring, but what he wanted was to pick their brain, to know what they knew, to help him down the road.

I?m guessing that Sean McVay?s success this season will lead to a couple of younger guys getting head coaching jobs this winter. People tend to imitate successful teams.

7) Sunday night score: Rockets 148, Lakers 142 2OT? Houston?s bench was +46 in this game; Lakers? subs were -30. Rockets snapped a 5-game losing streak.

6) Georgia Bulldogs QB Jake Fromm hit three homers in the 2011 Little League World Series.

5) Arizona Cardinals played really well on defense down the stretch; in their last six games, Redbird opponents converted only 11 of 70 third down plays.

4) One of the more overrated things TV guys say a lot is, when a team plays a poor first half, ??that coach must be peeling the paint off the walls in the locker room!!!?

Oftentimes, if a team is getting waxed at halftime, there are tactical adjustments that need to be made, and that takes brain power and grease boards, not screaming/yelling, especially in the NFL, where halftime is 12 short minutes.

I spent many years as a part of basketball programs; the best coaches I worked for rarely yelled at halftime, they addressed what needed to be done and how we were going to do it.

3) Rams host Atlanta in the playoffs Saturday night; their last playoff game was a 47-17 loss in the Georgia Dome to the Michael Vick-led Falcons in 2004.

2) This from a New York Times article a friend e-mailed me over the weekend:

?(The ACC has) corporate sponsors include Toyota, Gatorade and Geico. When the conference filed its annual tax return for 2015, it reported about a quarter-billion dollars from broadcasting games for its member universities, as well as $147 million in other sports-related revenue. Its commissioner earned $2.9 million. The ACC was a huge commercial success with income that would normally generate a huge tax bill.

But no taxes were owed. As the conference explained in its filing with the Internal Revenue Service, the Atlantic Coast and its member schools are nonprofit charitable organizations that place an emphasis on ?academic excellence??

College sports is big business, for sure.

1) Buffalo Bills fans are so happy the Bengals beat Baltimore to put the Bills into the playoffs that they?ve contributed over $57,000 to Cincinnati QB Andy Dalton?s charitable foundation in the last 24 hours. Bills are in the playoffs for the first time since 1999.

 

[Cnotes53]

NHL
Dunkel

Tuesday, January 2


Pittsburgh @ Philadelphia

Game 1-2
January 2, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Pittsburgh
11.737
Philadelphia
10.665
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Pittsburgh
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Philadelphia
-120
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Pittsburgh
(+100); Under

Boston @ NY Islanders

Game 3-4
January 2, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Boston
10.717
NY Islanders
12.212
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
NY Islanders
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Boston
-125
6
Dunkel Pick:
NY Islanders
(+105); Over

Tampa Bay @ Toronto

Game 5-6
January 2, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Tampa Bay
13.113
Toronto
11.225
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Tampa Bay
by 2
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Tampa Bay
-125
6
Dunkel Pick:
Tampa Bay
(-125); Over

Washington @ Carolina

Game 7-8
January 2, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
10.317
Carolina
11.762
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Carolina
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Carolina
-115
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(-115); Under

San Jose @ Montreal

Game 9-10
January 2, 2018 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
San Jose
10.606
Montreal
11.515
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Montreal
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Montreal
-110
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Montreal
(-110); Under

Florida @ Minnesota

Game 11-12
January 2, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Florida
10.199
Minnesota
12.232
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
-140
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota
(-140); Over

New Jersey @ St. Louis

Game 13-14
January 2, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
New Jersey
12.376
St. Louis
10.877
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
New Jersey
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
St. Louis
-150
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
New Jersey
(+130); Over

Columbus @ Dallas

Game 15-16
January 2, 2018 @ 8:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Columbus
12.298
Dallas
11.313
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Columbus
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Dallas
-150
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Columbus
(+130); Under

Winnipeg @ Colorado

Game 17-18
January 2, 2018 @ 9:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Winnipeg
12.445
Colorado
10.021
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Winnipeg
by 2 1/2
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Winnipeg
-135
6
Dunkel Pick:
Winnipeg
(-135); Over

Los Angeles @ Edmonton

Game 19-20
January 2, 2018 @ 9:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Los Angeles
11.243
Edmonton
12.506
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Edmonton
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Edmonton
-120
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Edmonton
(-120); Under

Anaheim @ Vancouver

Game 19-20
January 2, 2018 @ 9:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Anaheim
10.233
Vancouver
11.314
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Vancouver
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Anaheim
-130
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Vancouver
(+110); Under

Nashville @ Vegas

Game 23-24
January 2, 2018 @ 10:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Nashville
12.102
Vegas
11.322
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Nashville
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Vegas
-155
6
Dunkel Pick:
Nashville
(+135); Over

 

[Cnotes53]

NHL
Long Sheet

Tuesday, January 2

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PITTSBURGH (19-18-0-3, 41 pts.) at PHILADELPHIA (16-14-0-8, 40 pts.) - 1/2/2018, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PITTSBURGH is 19-21 ATS (-10.9 Units) in all games this season.
PITTSBURGH is 19-27 ATS (-13.4 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 2 seasons.
PITTSBURGH is 65-47 ATS (+113.2 Units) in road games on Tuesday nights since 1996.
PITTSBURGH is 34-17 ATS (+11.3 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
PITTSBURGH is 37-16 ATS (+14.2 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
PITTSBURGH is 39-14 ATS (+19.3 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game over the last 3 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 246-260 ATS (-25.7 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more since 1996.
PHILADELPHIA is 5-12 ATS (+18.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.
PHILADELPHIA is 5-12 ATS (-9.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
PITTSBURGH is 6-3 (+1.8 Units) against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 6-3-0 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
6 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+4.3 Units)

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BOSTON (21-10-0-6, 48 pts.) at NY ISLANDERS (20-15-0-4, 44 pts.) - 1/2/2018, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BOSTON is 24-34 ATS (-14.6 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
NY ISLANDERS are 25-10 ATS (+14.3 Units) on Tuesday nights over the last 3 seasons.
BOSTON is 74-61 ATS (+139.5 Units) in road games on Tuesday nights since 1996.
BOSTON is 42-28 ATS (+70.9 Units) in road games after shutting out their opponent in their previous game since 1996.
BOSTON is 135-108 ATS (+23.0 Units) in road games after a win by 2 goals or more since 1996.
NY ISLANDERS are 82-120 ATS (-48.2 Units) in home games after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 5-2 (+1.5 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons
BOSTON is 5-2-0 straight up against NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.0 Units)

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TAMPA BAY (28-8-0-2, 58 pts.) at TORONTO (23-15-0-2, 48 pts.) - 1/2/2018, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TAMPA BAY is 28-10 ATS (+12.0 Units) in all games this season.
TAMPA BAY is 15-4 ATS (+8.9 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game this season.
TAMPA BAY is 14-4 ATS (+8.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
TAMPA BAY is 14-4 ATS (+8.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season this season.
TORONTO is 47-60 ATS (-37.6 Units) in home games in January games since 1996.
TORONTO is 87-101 ATS (-41.1 Units) in home games after a non-conference game since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
TAMPA BAY is 6-3 (+1.9 Units) against the spread versus TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
TAMPA BAY is 6-3-0 straight up against TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
6 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.1 Units)

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WASHINGTON (24-13-0-3, 51 pts.) at CAROLINA (18-13-0-7, 43 pts.) - 1/2/2018, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CAROLINA is 18-8 ATS (+7.8 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
CAROLINA is 13-4 ATS (+8.9 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 148-81 ATS (+20.2 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
CAROLINA is 28-46 ATS (+77.7 Units) after a non-conference game over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 6-2 (+3.4 Units) against the spread versus CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 6-2-0 straight up against CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.8 Units)

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SAN JOSE (20-12-0-4, 44 pts.) at MONTREAL (16-19-0-4, 36 pts.) - 1/2/2018, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SAN JOSE is 409-325 ATS (-117.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
MONTREAL is 99-79 ATS (+16.5 Units) after 3 or more consecutive losses since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 17-5 ATS (+10.4 Units) on Tuesday nights over the last 2 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 122-94 ATS (+20.6 Units) in road games in non-conference games since 1996.
MONTREAL is 16-23 ATS (-15.5 Units) in all games this season.
MONTREAL is 5-14 ATS (-9.9 Units) in non-conference games this season.
MONTREAL is 3-10 ATS (-7.9 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN JOSE is 5-0 (+5.4 Units) against the spread versus MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons
SAN JOSE is 5-0-0 straight up against MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.0 Units)

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FLORIDA (17-16-0-5, 39 pts.) at MINNESOTA (20-16-0-3, 43 pts.) - 1/2/2018, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
FLORIDA is 105-160 ATS (+269.3 Units) when playing with 2 days rest since 1996.
FLORIDA is 158-236 ATS (+412.7 Units) in non-conference games since 1996.
FLORIDA is 18-6 ATS (+10.9 Units) after a 3 game unbeaten streak over the last 3 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 47-56 ATS (-29.9 Units) second half of the season over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 3-2 (+0.9 Units) against the spread versus FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 3-2-0 straight up against FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.7 Units)

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NEW JERSEY (22-10-0-6, 50 pts.) at ST LOUIS (24-15-0-2, 50 pts.) - 1/2/2018, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NEW JERSEY is 22-16 ATS (+39.8 Units) in all games this season.
NEW JERSEY is 6-1 ATS (+7.5 Units) in road games in January games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ST LOUIS is 5-0 (+5.0 Units) against the spread versus NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
ST LOUIS is 5-0-0 straight up against NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.1 Units)

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COLUMBUS (22-15-0-3, 47 pts.) at DALLAS (22-15-0-3, 47 pts.) - 1/2/2018, 8:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLUMBUS is 161-146 ATS (+323.7 Units) in non-conference games since 1996.
COLUMBUS is 9-3 ATS (+12.8 Units) in road games after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 9-21 ATS (-14.3 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 13-22 ATS (-14.7 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLUMBUS is 3-1 (+3.1 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
COLUMBUS is 3-1-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.0 Units)

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WINNIPEG (23-11-0-6, 52 pts.) at COLORADO (19-16-0-3, 41 pts.) - 1/2/2018, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLORADO is 8-2 ATS (+10.5 Units) in a home game where where the total is 6 or more this season.
COLORADO is 7-2 ATS (+9.0 Units) in home games after a non-conference game this season.
COLORADO is 182-159 ATS (+20.6 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season since 1996.
WINNIPEG is 24-19 ATS (+50.4 Units) in road games on Tuesday nights since 1996.
WINNIPEG is 26-14 ATS (+41.4 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 10-36 ATS (+60.8 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 1-13 ATS (+18.1 Units) after playing 3 consecutive home games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLORADO is 6-5 (+0.9 Units) against the spread versus WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
COLORADO is 6-5-0 straight up against WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
7 of 11 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.4 Units)

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LOS ANGELES (23-11-0-5, 51 pts.) at EDMONTON (17-19-0-3, 37 pts.) - 1/2/2018, 9:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LOS ANGELES is 21-24 ATS (-16.2 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 16-24 ATS (-20.3 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
EDMONTON is 20-11 ATS (+31.6 Units) after 3 or more consecutive losses over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 73-63 ATS (+144.5 Units) in road games when playing with 2 days rest since 1996.
LOS ANGELES is 18-6 ATS (+10.6 Units) in road games after a division game over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 15-4 ATS (+9.4 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.
LOS ANGELES is 15-4 ATS (+9.4 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season this season.
EDMONTON is 17-22 ATS (-14.0 Units) in all games this season.
EDMONTON is 12-27 ATS (-18.0 Units) on Tuesday nights over the last 3 seasons.
EDMONTON is 0-7 ATS (-11.9 Units) in home games after allowing 4 goals or more this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
LOS ANGELES is 7-3 (+4.0 Units) against the spread versus EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 7-3-0 straight up against EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
5 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.5 Units)

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ANAHEIM (18-14-0-8, 44 pts.) at VANCOUVER (16-18-0-5, 37 pts.) - 1/2/2018, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VANCOUVER is 173-117 ATS (+41.1 Units) when playing with 2 days rest since 1996.
ANAHEIM is 531-425 ATS (+38.7 Units) second half of the season since 1996.
ANAHEIM is 130-126 ATS (+273.8 Units) in road games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 232-236 ATS (-148.1 Units) in home games second half of the season since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 131-131 ATS (-74.9 Units) in home games vs. division opponents since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 0-6 ATS (+6.2 Units) in home games after a division game this season.
VANCOUVER is 120-126 ATS (-55.3 Units) in home games after allowing 4 goals or more since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 375-349 ATS (-40.3 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
VANCOUVER is 5-6 (+2.3 Units) against the spread versus ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
ANAHEIM is 6-5-0 straight up against VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
6 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.1 Units)

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NASHVILLE (23-10-0-5, 51 pts.) at VEGAS (26-9-0-2, 54 pts.) - 1/2/2018, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NASHVILLE is 43-85 ATS (+140.9 Units) in road games when playing with 2 days rest since 1996.
VEGAS is 26-11 ATS (+12.9 Units) in all games this season.
VEGAS is 9-2 ATS (+11.4 Units) in a home game where where the total is 6 or more this season.
VEGAS is 10-4 ATS (+14.7 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
VEGAS is 12-7 ATS (+19.2 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game this season.
VEGAS is 12-5 ATS (+6.9 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
VEGAS is 12-5 ATS (+17.9 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season this season.
NASHVILLE is 252-203 ATS (+31.5 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent since 1996.
NASHVILLE is 48-29 ATS (+16.9 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
NASHVILLE is 162-165 ATS (+355.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
VEGAS is 1-0 (+1.4 Units) against the spread versus NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
VEGAS is 1-0-0 straight up against NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.0 Units)

 

[Cnotes53]

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Tuesday, January 2

Penguins won six of their last nine games with Philly; they?re 2-3 in their last five visits here. Over is 6-2-1 in last nine series games. Pittsburgh lost seven of its last ten games overall, four of their last five on road. Under is 6-2-1 in their last nine games. Philly lost three of its last four games; they won four of their last five home games. Under is 6-3-1 in Flyers? last ten games.

Islanders lost seven of last nine games with Boston; Bruins won their last four games in Brooklyn. Five of last six series games stayed under total. Bruins won six of their last seven games; they?re 7-2 in their last nine road games. Four of their last six games stayed under the total. Islanders lost nine of their last 13 games; they?re 4-3 in last seven home games. Over is 25-5-2 in their last 32 games.

Lightning won six of last nine games with Toronto; Tampa Bay won four of last five games in this building. Under is 6-1-1 in last eight series games. Toronto lost six of its last nine games; they won last three home games. Five of Leafs? last six games went over total. Tampa Bay won 11 of last 13 games overall, four of last five on road. three of their last four games stayed under the total.

Washington won seven of last nine games with Carolina; Caps lost three of last five visits to Raleigh. Over is 4-1-1 in last six series games. Washington won 10 of last 14 games overall, but they lost last three road games, outscored 7-2. Caps? last three road games stayed under total. Carolina won seven of its last nine games; they won their last six home games. Under is 8-3 in their last 11 games.

Sharks won nine of last ten games with Montreal; they?re 3-1 in last four games in this arena. Three of last four series games went over. San Jose won three of its last four games; they lost last three road games, outscored 15-6. Four of their last six games went over total. Montreal lost its last four games, outscored 12-3; they?re they lost three of last four home games. Seven of Canadiens? last eight games stayed under.

Minnesota won six of last eight games with Florida; Panthers lost their last five visits to the Twin Cities. Last three series games went over the total. Florida won its last five games, allowing a total of six goals; they lost three of last four road tilts. Seven of their last nine games stayed under the total. Minnesota won seven of its last eight home games, split last six games overall; four of their last six games went over total.

Blues won their last eight games with New Jersey; Devils lost their last four games in St Louis, last three of which went over the total. Devils won five of their last seven games overall, they?re 1-4 in their last five road games. Eight of their last 11 games went over total. St Louis lost seven of its last ten games; they?re 4-5 in their last nine home games. Under is 10-1 in Blues? last eleven games.

Blue Jackets lost seven of last nine games with Dallas; they?re 4-1 in last five visits to Texas. Five of last seven series games went over total. Columbus lost its last three games, allowing 15 goals; they lost their last five road games. Over is 5-2 in their last seven road games. Dallas Stars won four of last five games overall- they won their last four home games. Seven of last nine Dallas games went over the total.

Home side won last five Jet-Avalanche games; Winnipeg lost its last three visits to Denver, with two of losses in OT. Five of last seven series games stayed under the total. Winnipeg won five of last seven games overall but lost eight of last ten on road. Three of their last four games went over. Colorado is 7-4 in its last 11 games, 3-1 in last four home tilts. Three of their last four games went over total.

Home side won last seven LA-Edmonton games; Kings were outscored 7-2 in losing their last three visits to Edmonton. Three of last four series games stayed under. Kings lost five of their last eight games overall, four of last six road games. Four of their last five games stayed under total. Edmonton lost its last three games, outscored 15-6; Oilers are 3-5 in their last eight home games. Under is 5-3 in their last eight games.

Ducks won four of last six games with Vancouver; they?re 2-3 in last five games in this building. Under is 3-1-1 in last five series games. Anaheim won four of its last five games; they lost six of their last nine road games. Nine of their last 12 games stayed under total. Vancouver lost nine of its last 11 games overall, six of last eight at home. Nine of their last ten games went over total. This is Canucks? last home game for three weeks.

Las Vegas won 4-3 in a SO at Nashville Dec 8, teams? only meeting. Predators lost four of their last six games overall, three of last four at home. Under is 5-3 in their last eight games. Las Vegas won its last seven games; they?re 16-3 at home. Three of their last four games stayed under total.

 

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NHL

Tuesday, January 2

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Trend Report
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WASHINGTON @ CAROLINA
Washington is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Carolina
Washington is 13-5 SU in its last 18 games
Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games at home

BOSTON @ NY ISLANDERS
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders
Boston is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 6 games when playing Boston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 6 games at home

PITTSBURGH @ PHILADELPHIA
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh

TAMPA BAY @ TORONTO
Tampa Bay is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay

SAN JOSE @ MONTREAL
San Jose is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Jose's last 6 games when playing on the road against Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Montreal's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Montreal's last 6 games when playing at home against San Jose

FLORIDA @ MINNESOTA
Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Florida's last 14 games on the road
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Florida
Minnesota is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home

NEW JERSEY @ ST. LOUIS
The total has gone OVER in 8 of New Jersey's last 10 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 8 of New Jersey's last 11 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis's last 5 games at home
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against New Jersey

COLUMBUS @ DALLAS
Columbus is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Columbus is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Dallas's last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Dallas's last 6 games

WINNIPEG @ COLORADO
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 7 games when playing Colorado
Winnipeg is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
Colorado is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Colorado is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home

LOS ANGELES @ EDMONTON
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Los Angeles's last 5 games
Los Angeles is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games when playing Edmonton
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Edmonton's last 6 games at home
Edmonton is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Los Angeles

ANAHEIM @ VANCOUVER
Anaheim is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Anaheim is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Vancouver's last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Vancouver's last 7 games at home

NASHVILLE @ LAS VEGAS
Nashville is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
Nashville is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Las Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Las Vegas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games

 

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 2
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

PIT at PHI 07:00 PM
PIT -105
O 5.5

BOS at NYI 07:00 PM
NYI +115
U 6.0

TB at TOR 07:00 PM
TOR +110
U 6.0

WAS at CAR 07:00 PM
WAS +100
O 5.5

SJ at MON 07:30 PM
SJ -105
U 5.5

FLA at MIN 08:00 PM
MIN -180
O 5.5

NJ at STL 08:00 PM
STL -170
U 5.5

CLB at DAL 08:30 PM
CLB +140

WIN at COL 09:00 PM
WIN -140

LA at EDM 09:30 PM
LA +105
U 5.5

ANA at VAN 10:00 PM
ANA -130
U 5.5

NAS at VEG 10:00 PM
VEG -135
O 6.0

 

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Ovechkin's 2nd goal lifts Capitals over Hurricanes 5-4 in OT
January 2, 2018

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 26th goal 1:57 into overtime and the Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 on Tuesday night for their third straight win.

Ovechkin also tied it with 7:15 left in regulation, with Nicklas Backstrom assisting on both goals. Alex Chiasson, Devante Smith-Pelly and Dmitry Orlov each scored for the Capitals, who went to overtime for the sixth time in eight games.

Teuvo Teravainen and Elias Lindholm scored in the third period, and Victor Rask had two goals for the Hurricanes, who trailed by two midway through the second. They rallied to take a short-lived lead midway through the third before Ovechkin struck twice to end their six-game home winning streak.

After Sebastian Aho hit the post in OT for Carolina, Ovechkin headed the other way and fired a shot from the right circle that beat Cam Ward to end it.

Braden Holtby stopped 34 shots for the Capitals.

PENGUINS 5, FLYERS 1

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Phil Kessel and Conor Sheary scored in a four-goal second period to lead Pittsburgh past scuffling Philadelphia.

Ryan Reaves and Tom Kuhnhackl also scored in the second to help the Penguins beat their in-state rivals again. Both teams started the night outside the Eastern Conference playoff standings.

Flyers goalie Brian Elliott, making his 14th straight start, allowed the four goals on just eight shots in the second period and was yanked for Michal Neuvirth in the third.

Pittsburgh lost goalie Tristan Jarry to an injury in the second. Jarry appeared to take a stiff shot off his blocker hand and was checked by the team trainer. Matt Murray kept the Flyers scoreless the rest of the way.

The Penguins' scoring burst came in just four minutes and they needed only 40 seconds during that span to score twice and take a 3-1 lead.

Jamie Oleksiak added a power-play goal in the third to seal Pittsburgh's fourth win in 11 games.

Jordan Weal scored for the Flyers.

BRUINS 5, ISLANDERS 1

NEW YORK (AP) - Patrice Bergeron had the go-ahead goal in the second period and the surging Boston Bruins scored three times in the third to pull away from New York.

Danton Heinen, Brad Marchand, Tim Schaller and Noel Acciari also scored for the Bruins, who are 7-0-2 in their last nine games. Tuukka Rask stopped 25 shots.

Jordan Eberle had New York's goal and Jaroslav Halak finished with 33 saves as the Islanders lost their third straight. Josh Bailey was held without a point, ending his career-high streak at 11 games.

The Bruins improved to 12-1-2 in their last 15 games against Eastern Conference opponents.

LIGHTNING 2, MAPLE LEAFS 0

TORONTO (AP) - Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 30 shots for his NHL-best sixth shutout of the season to lead Tampa Bay over Toronto.

Vasilevskiy got his league-leading 26th win, and Cedrick Paquette and Alex Killorn scored for the Lightning, who won for the 12th time in 14 games.

Frederik Andersen had 34 saves for the Maple Leafs, who lost their third straight and are 3-6-1 in the last 10 games.

BLUES 3, DEVILS 2, SO

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Carter Hutton stopped 24 shots through overtime and both New Jersey attempts in the shootout to lift St. Louis.

Brayden Schenn and Vladimir Tarasenko scored in the tiebreaker for the Blues. Tarasenko and Vladimir Sobotka scored in regulation as St. Louis earned its ninth straight win against New Jersey, dating back to a 7-1 loss to the Devils on Jan. 21, 2014. The Blues have a 30-11 scoring edge during the streak.

Hutton improved to 7-3-0 on the season. He made an eye-popping pad save on Marcus Johansson with 2:09 left in overtime, then stopped Taylor Hall and Kyle Palmieri in the shootout.

Nico Hischier and Hall scored for New Jersey. Keith Kinkaid made 27 stops through overtime, but failed on both shots in the shootout. The Devils have lost three straight.

BLUE JACKETS 2, STARS 1

DALLAS (AP) - Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice 78 seconds apart early in the third period and Columbus stopped a three-game losing streak with a win over Dallas.

Bjorkstrand's seventh and eighth goals of the season came after Devin Shore tipped in a shot from John Klingberg to break a scoreless tie for Dallas in the first minute of the third.

The Stars' four-game home winning streak ended in a matchup of teams with identical records going into the halfway point of the season, the 41st game.

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 21 shots for his 200th career victory.

On the tying goal, Bjorkstrand won a puck battle and skated in on Ben Bishop, beating the Dallas goalie and ending his five-period scoreless streak. Bishop had 24 saves.

SHARKS 4, CANADIENS 1

MONTREAL (AP) - Timo Meier scored twice and San Jose rebounded from its worst loss of the season with a victory over slumping Montreal.

Joe Thornton and Marc-Edouard Vlasic also scored for the Sharks (21-12-4), who were coming off a 6-0 setback Sunday in Dallas. San Jose has won four of five.

Andrew Shaw scored for Montreal (16-20-4), which has lost five straight games and scored just four goals during that span.

Aaron Dell made 30 saves and has won six consecutive starts.

WILD 5, PANTHERS 1

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Matt Cullen and Eric Staal each scored twice as Minnesota stopped Florida's five-game winning streak.

Devan Dubnyk made 25 saves for Minnesota, which has won three of four. Charlie Coyle added an empty-net goal and Jared Spurgeon had three assists. Zach Parise made his season debut for the Wild after missing the first 39 games while recovering from back surgery.

Jonathan Huberdeau scored his 14th goal for Florida. James Reimer stopped 23 of the 26 shots he faced before leaving in the second period with an injury.

 

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SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY JANUARY 3, 2018
Time (ET) Away Home Site
7:30 PM Ottawa Senators Detroit Red Wings Little Caesars Arena
8:00 PM Chicago Blackhawks New York Rangers Madison Square Garden

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NHLJanuary's ( Best Bets & Opinions ) Based on 5 Units

DATE W-L-T % UNITS

01/02/2018 17-4-1 80.95% +64.75
01/01/2018 2-0-0 100.00% +10.00

Totals..............19-4-1.......86.36%.....+74.75


NHLJanuary's ( Best Bets Dogs and Totals Only ) Based on 5 Units


01/02/2018....................3 - 1....................+10.25.......................4 - 0......................+20.00
01/01/2018....................0 - 0..................... 0.00.......................1 - 0......................+5.00

Totals............................3 - 1.....................+10.25.......................5 - 0......................+25.00

 

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Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

? Notre Dame basketball star Bonzie Colson will miss eight weeks after breaking his left foot in practice this week? he could be back for the ACC tourney/NCAA?s.

? Early line on the college football national title game: Alabama -4.5 over Georgia

? Marvin Lewis signed a 2-year contract extension to keep coaching the Bengals.

? Carson Palmer retired Tuesday; he had a 92-87-1 record as an NFL starter, with 46,247 career passing yards.

? Red Sox hit the fewest home runs in the American League LY; do you think JD Martinez? agent is aware of this stat? (yes, he is)

? With the Bills making the playoffs, Seattle Mariners now own the longest playoff drought in North America? they last the playoffs in 2001.


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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Mid-week musings??.

13) Chuck Pagano lost his job Sunday, after six years of coaching the Colts. Pagano had leukemia back in 2012, but has beaten the disease and is healthy again, thankfully.

We watch NFL games every week and coaches get hired/fired and we really don?t know much about them, just what we see on Sundays/Mondays. But the coaches who get fired have families and lives and they?re people like us, just a lot wealthier.

Monday night, I saw a video of Pagano FaceTime-ing with a 21-year old leukemia patient who he did not know, just a kid who was fighting for his life, but he and coach Pagano talked for a minute and 55 seconds, about leukemia and medications and what food they could eat during their treatment. This was 2-3 years ago? the young man and coach Pagano have a mutual friend, which is why the call was made. The young man is healthy now, which is great news.

It is impossible to watch those 115 seconds without thinking that Chuck Pagano is a great freakin? person, to help a kid he didn?t even know. He lost his job this week, but he?ll find another one, and even though he?ll never be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he?s a Hall of Fame person, and that is way more important.

12) U of Arizona fired football coach Rich Rodriguez Tuesday night, even after an investigation over sexual harassment was termed unfounded (Rodriguez voluntarily took a polygraph test and passed it). Rodriguez? former administrative aide threatened to sue the school for $7.5M, but all that has gone away, but so has Rodriguez? job.

11) In one episode of CSI, a gambler loses $53,000 on one hand on blackjack when the dealer pulls a 10-card blackjack; they said on the show that the record for most cards in a blackjack is 11 cards? imagine losing a hand that way? No bueno.

10) Titans-Chiefs playoff game is on ESPN Saturday, with Jon Gruden as color commentator, the same Jon Gruden who likely will be coach of the Oakland Raiders at this time next week. Raiders/Chiefs is obviously one of the NFL?s fiercest rivalries.

Now Gruden and Andy Reid are friends, from their days together as assistants in Green Bay, but that production meeting they?ll have Thursday or Friday will almost have to be odd? how much information you giving to a guy who will be your arch-rival starting next week?

9) Jon Gruden is 95-81 in 11 years as an NFL head coach, making playoffs five times. He won Super Bowl XXXVII with Tampa Bay, then missed playoffs in four of his last six seasons.

In other words, he?s not exactly Vince Lombardi.

8) Indianapolis Colts? GM Chris Ballard was once a WR at Wisconsin; he didn?t play, but he has learned the sport well and is now an NFL GM. The Badgers? QB while Ballard was at Wisconsin was current Seahawks? OC Darrell Bevell, but there are people on Twitter who are adamant that Ballard wants Chiefs? special teams coach Dave Toub to be the next coach in Indianapolis.

7) Green Bay Packers pushed GM Ted Thompson out of his job and gave coach Mike McCarthy a one-year contract extension.

6) Odd Fact of the Day: A pair of twins was born in Delano, CA this week; a boy was born just before midnight Sunday night, and his twin sister was born just after midnight, meaning the twins were actually born in different years. You don?t see that a lot.

5) West Virginia is getting F Asa Ahmad eligible to play for the January 13 game against Texas Tech. Big addition for the Mountaineers, who are 14-1 and rolling.

4) It bothers me that pro and college teams use ?search firms? to find new coaches. For the love of God, I?m sitting in my living room and I could direct teams to solid candidates. For free.

Lot of times the search firm got the current decision-maker his job, so this is a case of paying back the people who got you your job.

If you?re an NFL or NBA GM and you don?t know who the best candidates are to be your new coach, then:
a) You probably shouldn?t be the GM of a pro team or
b) Maybe you shouldn?t have fired the guy you just fired.

3) Based on what I heard on the ESPN Film Room Monday night, Bret Bielema could be TV gold if he chooses to head in the direction. He has a great baritone voice, is sarcastic and appears to have a pretty good sense of humor- he cracked that he might have a career as an instant replay official after he called one review correctly Monday.

2) Auburn beat Alabama in the Iron Bowl; they split with Georgia, but Bama-Georgia will play for the college football national title, while Auburn lost their bowl game to an AAC team. That must be going over real well down on the Plains.

1) Alabama-Georgia in Atlanta?s new dome Monday night; its good to be a scalper, not so good to own a hotel in the Atlanta area? lot fewer out-of-towners coming in for the game.