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03/22/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Anaheim Ducks take aim at a pair of franchise records when they take the ice tonight against the basement-dwelling Phoenix Coyotes at Jobing.com Arena.
Anaheim established club single-season bests of 43 victories and 98 points during the 2005-06 campaign, and matched both those numbers with last Friday's 5-2 victory over Chicago.
The Ducks failed on their first opportunity to better those marks, however, after dropping a 5-3 decision at home to area-rival Los Angeles on Sunday.
Travis Moen, Dustin Penner and Teemu Selanne all scored for Anaheim, which also missed out on a chance to catch Nashville in the race for the top spot in the Western Conference. The Ducks enter tonight's matchup trailing the Predators by just two points.
Anaheim, which fell for just the second time in its last eight games, currently sports a four-point lead on San Jose and a five-point advantage on third-place Dallas in the Pacific standings.
Phoenix is well behind in the division race and the team's 60 overall points are the fewest in the West. The Coyotes have lost four straight games and are a woeful 1-8-1 so far during the month of March.
The Coyotes' woes continued on Tuesday, when they came out on the short end of a 3-2 decision against the red-hot Minnesota Wild.
Niko Kapanen and Bill Thomas had third-period goals in the loss, with Kapanen adding an assist on Thomas' tally. Curtis Joseph yielded three goals on 26 chances between the pipes.
Tonight's game marks the final regular-season meeting between the teams, which should make Phoenix happy. Anaheim has taken six of the seven previous encounters in 2006-07 and boasts a 16-2-1 (2 losses, 1 tie) record over its last 19 games against the Coyotes.
The Ducks have also won in five of its last six as the visitor in this series.
<< Streaking Wild welcome the Blues
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Wild put their franchise-record win streak on
the line tonight at the Xcel Energy Center, where the scorching club welcomes
the St. Louis Blues for the first time this season.
Minnesota has ripped off victori
<< Red Wings head home to face Jackets
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Red Wings hope a return home will enable them
to break out of a recent funk, as the Central Division contenders begin a
stretch of three consecutive games at Joe Louis Arena tonight with a matchup
against the Colu
<< Lakers go for third straight victory in Memphis
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Lakers shoot for their third straight
win tonight when they pay a visit to the Memphis Grizzlies at FedExForum.
Los Angeles has won two in a row since a seven-game losing streak and posted a
109-102 win ove
<< Flames invite Predators to the Saddledome
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two teams in need of a victory will face off in an
important Western Conference showdown tonight at the Pengrowth Saddledome,
where the suddenly-struggling Nashville Predators visit a Calgary Flames squad
attempting to maint
Bulls host streaking Nuggets >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Denver Nuggets attempt to win a season-high sixth
straight game when they visit the Chicago Bulls tonight at the United Center.
Denver is tied with the Los Angeles Lakers for the sixth spot in the Western
Conference pl
Thrashers host Sharks in intriguing interconference tilt >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The red-hot Atlanta Thrashers will try to extend their lead
in the Southeast Division tonight, as they welcome the San Jose Sharks to
Philips Arena.
The Thrashers are closing in on the first-ever postseason bert
Penn State's Portland quits >>
State College, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rene Portland, who was recently fined by
Penn State for harassment of a player, resigned her position as head coach of
the women's basketball team on Thursday.
Penn State launched an investigation in
Knicks finish homestand against Trail Blazers >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Knicks wrap up a four-game homestand this
evening when they welcome the Portland Trail Blazers to Madison Square Garden.
New York is 1-2 so far on the stand and suffered a 92-77 loss to the Dallas
Mavericks on
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Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.
Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.
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