 |
 Basketball Betting |
 |
||||
|
 |
||||
|
||||
Sharks visit Ducks aiming for season series sweepHockey Betting Lines03/14/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After three straight come-from-behind victories, the Sharks finally ran out of magic on Saturday. Good thing they haven't need much when facing the Ducks this year. San Jose kicks off a six-game road trip this evening versus Anaheim at the Honda Center aiming to sweep the season series for the first time in 11 seasons. The Sharks are leading the Western Conference with 96 points, three more than the second-place Blackhawks and are also three points back of Washington for the most in the NHL. The club took a three-game winning streak into Saturday's meeting with Florida, a run in which San Jose had to rally in each game after being down heading into the third period. The Sharks then jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period yesterday, but failed to score again and ended up losing a 3-2 overtime decision to the Panthers. Patrick Marleau and Ryane Clowe scored for the Sharks, who went 3-1-1 on a five-game homestand. Making his first start since Feb. 10, Thomas Greiss had 25 saves but allowed the winner at the 2:46 mark of overtime to Bryan Allen. "We've got to put it behind us," said Sharks head coach Todd McLellan. "We accomplished a couple things tonight. We came out and we had a little fire in our belly and we played extremely hard in the first period but we let it get away from us though and that's the inconsistency in our game right now." San Jose now hits the road for six straight and has won 10 of its last 12 as the guest. It opens the swing in Anaheim and will look to sweep the season series with the Ducks for the first time since it took all six meetings in 1997-98. Anaheim eliminated top-seeded San Jose in last year's opening round of the playoffs as the eighth seed, but has been outscored 19-7 in losing all five regular season meetings this year. The Sharks have won six straight and eight of the last nine regular-season meetings overall, including four straight in Anaheim. The Ducks have not been able to slow down the Sharks' top line of Joe Thornton, Dany Heatley and Marleau. Thornton has nine assists and 13 points versus the Ducks this year, while Marleau has five goals and 10 points. Heatley has chipped in with two goals and five assists as well. Meanwhile, San Jose netminder Evgeni Nabokov, who should get the start tonight, has a 1.40 goals-against average while winning all five meetings. Anaheim comes into this matchup struggling, as it has dropped a season high- tying five games in a row and has yet to win since the Olympic break ended. The Ducks were shut out for the second time on their current slide Friday, losing 1-0 to Nashville. Jonas Hiller stopped 27 shots and the only goal in the contest came on a Predators power play with the Ducks down two men in the opening period. Anaheim, meanwhile, failed to get any of its 31 shots past Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne. "We didn't really have a glorious number of chances in tonight's hockey game," said Anaheim head coach Randy Carlyle. "It was tight and it seemed they were content playing that way once they got the 5-on-3 goal. They were keeping four guys above the puck as much as possible and trying to block people out. We had some chances. We just weren't able to get one to go into the net for us." The Ducks, who are 10 points out of a playoff spot, have now matched their 0-2-3 rut from Nov. 29-Dec. 6 and will try to avoid their first six-game slide since Jan. 20-Feb. 2, 2008. Anaheim, which has been outscored 18-8 on its five-game slide, is 0-2-1 on a seven-game homestand and has lost four in a row as the host since a franchise- record 11-game home winning streak. Hiller is 0-3-0 with a 3.03 GAA this year versus the Sharks and just 1-8-0 against them lifetime with a 2.49 GAA.
<< Thrashers shoot for rare victory over Coyotes
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Thrashers couldn't have picked a worse time to post their second-longest losing streak of the season. A visit from the Coyotes on Sunday could extend the winless drought by another game. Atlanta will try to snap a five
<< Surging Bucks shoot for season sweep of Pacers
<< ACC title game pits Blue Devils against Yellow Jackets
<< Wildcats and Bulldogs square off for SEC crown
<< Buckeyes battle streaking Golden Gophers for Big Ten title
Heat host hapless Sixers >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Miami Heat continue their push toward a postseason berth when they host the lowly Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday. The Heat are coming off a huge win over Chicago on Friday in which Quentin Richardson made 7-of-11 three-p
Magic shoot for 9th straight win; host Bobcats >>
Jazz visit Thunder in key Western Conference matchup >>
Surging Flames visit Canucks, GM Place >>
Suns resume homestand vs. fading Hornets >>
Eastern Conference Playoff Betting Trends New Jersey Nets vs. Toronto Raptors Toronto was the most reliable covering team this season with a 48-33-1 ATS record but covered the OVER only 41.5% of the time. Miami has failed to cover their last 7 games whereas Chicago has covered 6 out of their last 8 games. Detroit has covered 5 out of their last 6 games. In a home game where the TOTAL is between 190 and 194.5 points, Cleveland is 9-1 ATS this season. About MySportsbook.com MySportsbook.com is the largest sportsbook and casino on the planet, where millions of adult Americans bet on sports, play poker and enjoy blackjack and other casino games online in a regulated and licensed jurisdiction. Named the "Best US Sports Book" by the industry's top magazine, eGaming Review, MySportsbook.com has been leading the online gaming industry since 1996. Dwarfing its nearest competitors in the US, MySportsbook.com has been the first to achieve every significant industry milestone, from record turnover to active users to number of bets--achieving a peak of fifteen bets per second. As the US online gaming leader, the firm and it's products have been featured on CBS 60 Minutes, CNN, ESPN, Wall Street Journal, Barrons, Financial Times, USA Today and in every major newspaper in the US. To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com for all your basketball sportsbook needs. Mysportsbook.com online sportsbook accepts Visa and Mastercard credit cards.
Pro Football Odds : NFC SOUTH BETTING ODDSNFL betting action is back! At MySportsbook, all of the pro football odds are posted for the NFC North. Check out how we see the four teams in this cloudy division stacking up this year in the chase for the playoffs! Green Bay Packers (+125) - With QB Aaron Rodgers leading the offense and DC Dom Capers working his magic on defense, the Packers are a real force to be reckoned with. Virtually nothing changed on this offense for Green Bay from last year to this year, save for the addition of rookie OT Brian Bulaga to the bunch. Expect more huge numbers from the Pack, and a relatively favorable schedule should get them over the hump and into the playoffs once again this season. My NFL Betting Predictions: 11-5, 1st place in NFC North Minnesota Vikings (+130) - There are still too many unknowns about the Vikes this year. There is a huge difference between QB Brett Favre and either Tarvaris Jackson or Sage Rosenfels under center. Plus, is Favre comes back, is he really going to be able to keep his pick total under double digits again? Depth at running back looked like it might have been an issue with RB Chester Taylor fleeing in free agency, but drafting RB Toby Gerhart should pick up the difference. This defense is still suitable, but with a first place schedule, making the playoffs is going to be very tough regardless of whether #4 comes back or not. There is a huge difference between QB Brett Favre and either Tarvaris Jackson or Sage Rosenfels under center. Plus, is Favre comes back, is he really going to be able to keep his pick total under double digits again? Depth at running back looked like it might have been an issue with RB Chester Taylor fleeing in free agency, but drafting RB Toby Gerhart should pick up the difference. This defense is still suitable, but with a first place schedule, making the playoffs is going to be very tough regardless of whether #4 comes back or not. Play this weekly NFL Football Contestto see if you can win. Chicago Bears (+350) - The Bears are probably a bit of an overhyped team once again this year.No, we don't think it is plausible for QB Jay Cutler to have as bad of a season as he did last year, and we do think the additions of RB Chester Taylor and DE Julius Peppers are going to help immensely, but there's still something in the water in the Windy City that we aren't so sure about. Maybe Chicago finds its way to .500... but then again, maybe it doesn't. If Favre comes back, Cutler might be the worst quarterback in this division this year. Detroit Lions (+1500) - The Lions are probably once again going to be the whipping boys for the rest of the teams in the NFC North, but they aren't just going to roll over and die once again. There is some real talent amassing on this team offensively, as the combination of QB Matt Stafford, RB Jahvid Best, WR Calvin Johnson, and TE Brandon Pettigrew should put a bunch of points on the board if the offensive line can even remotely hold up. The questions really lie on defense, where it feels like DT Ndamukong Suh is going to be trying to stop opposing teams all by himself. This year should show some marked improvement in the Motor City. The Patriots will make NFL betting fans a lot of money this season, get in early and enjoy the cash. To visit this sportsbook go to MySportsbook.com for all your NFL football betting needs. |
|
