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Premier League TODAY 20:00

Leicester

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Newcastle

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RECENT FORM	LAST HEAD-TO-HEADSAT LEICESTER	RECENT FORM
HWAWALHWHDAW​ Most recent​	3 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 1	ALALHWALALHL​ Most recent​

KEY STAT: No top-flight side has scored fewer away goals than Newcastle this season

EXPERT VERDICT: Leicester’s title charge shows little sign of slowing and the Foxes are particularly potent at home, where they’ve lost only once this season in the Premier League. Relegation-threatened Newcastle have lost six on the trot on the road and even bringing in Rafa Benitez is unlikely to save them at the King Power.

RECOMMENDATION: Leicester
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Spanish La Liga TODAY 19:30

Granada

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Espanyol

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RECENT FORM	LAST HEAD-TO-HEADSAT GRANADA	RECENT FORM
HLALHLAWHWAL​ Most recent​	1 - 2 0 - 1 0 - 0 2 - 1	HLALHWAWHLHW​ Most recent​

KEY STAT: Espanyol have lost seven of their last eight away fixtures

EXPERT VERDICT: Granada were 2-0 victors at home to fellow strugglers Sporting Gijon in their last home game and can win another key relegation battle against Espanyol. Three victories in four games have boosted Espanyol's survival hopes but they have have a dreadful away record (11 losses in 14) and may struggle in Andalucia.

RECOMMENDATION: Granada
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Champions League Tu 15Mar 19:45

Man City

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Dynamo Kiev

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RECENT FORM	LAST HEAD-TO-HEADSAT MAN CITY	RECENT FORM
ALAWND*ALHWAD​ Most recent​	1 - 0	HWAWHWHLHWAW​ Most recent​

KEY STAT: Man City have scored in all bar one of their home games this season

EXPERT VERDICT: Manchester City are not yet assured of a Champions League quarter-final spot, but a 3-1 win in Kiev has put them in a strong position and they should finish off the job. Dynamo know that they need to score goals and will be forced to attack, but that could backfire against talented opponents and siding with City to get an early goal may be the way to go

RECOMMENDATION: Man City-Man City double result
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Champions League Tu 15Mar 19:45

Atl Madrid

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PSV Eindhoven

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RECENT FORM	LAST HEAD-TO-HEADSAT ATL MADRID	RECENT FORM
HDADAWHWAWHW​ Most recent​	2 - 1	AWHWHDHWAWHD​ Most recent​

KEY STAT: PSV haven’t won an away European game this term

EXPERT VERDICT: PSV are far from out of their depth at this level but they should be ground down by relentless Atletico in this Champions League last-16 second leg. The tie is finely balanced at 0-0 but the hosts are highly unlikely to get nervous – they relish a closely fought battle and rarely lose out in them.

RECOMMENDATION: Atletico Madrid
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Champions League We 16Mar 19:45

B Munich

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Juventus

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RECENT FORM	LAST HEAD-TO-HEADSAT B MUNICH	RECENT FORM
HWADAWHLADHW​ Most recent​	2 - 0 0 - 0 2 - 1 0 - 1	ADHDHWAL*AWHW​ Most recent​

KEY STAT: Juventus have won one of their last three away games

EXPERT VERDICT: Bayern Munich threw away a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 in the first leg of this Champions League last-16 tie, but they are unlikely to be so careless in the return. Pep Guardiola’s sides typically turn in a much-improved showing in the home leg, and Juventus could be blown away.

RECOMMENDATION: Bayern Munich
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Champions League We 16Mar 19:45

Barcelona

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Arsenal

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RECENT FORM	LAST HEAD-TO-HEADSAT BARCELONA	RECENT FORM
AWAWHWAWAWHW​ Most recent​	3 - 1 4 - 1 2 - 1 1 - 1	HLALHLADAWHL​ Most recent​

KEY STAT: The last three meetings between the sides featured more second-half goals

EXPERT VERDICT: Arsenal played well for much of the first leg of this last-16 tie but Barcelona’s class shone through as a Lionel Messi brace silenced the Emirates crowd. The Gunners have since lost further ground in the Premier League title race and suffered a shock FA Cup exit at home to Watford and Barcelona should run away with this as the game goes on.

RECOMMENDATION: Barcelona to win 3-0
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As of today we are 53-1 to the NBA season on both the official as well as unofficial bets, with no end to this mind-boggling winning streak anywhere in sight! That is just simply the magic of my NBA Betting system!​


Here are the upcoming system bet(s):


Denver {A} bet - This is a confirmed official bet





Now, keep in mind the following points for our NBA system bets:


- Remember to bet on the point spread (handicap line)


- Remember to purchase 3 points for the team you're betting on.


- If your team is still a favorite after buying 3 points, then bet on the money line. If the team is a big favorite resulting in odds that too unfavorable for you to be comfortable with, then you can either optionally skip the series, or bet on the point spread plus 3 points as normal, but do not continue betting on the series if your team wins the game but the bet does not cover.


Always consider the injury and the best/worst road team filters. Check the injuries to ensure your team's best player isn't out. I will always make my best effort to notify you of game-changing injuries whenever I am aware of them to ensure that you don't make wagers on team that don't pass the injury filter. However, I cannot make guarantees that I will always be able to be on top of every single injury, every game, every day, at all times. Some teams may hold off on releasing relevant injury information until much later in the day. A bet will be unofficial if it does not pass the filters of the system. Ultimately as a bettor, I always strongly encourage that if there's any uncertainty about the status of your team's best player for a game that you always check on final injury updates.


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NHL notebook: Oilers ink F Sallinen
By The Sports Xchange

The Edmonton Oilers signed forward Jere Sallinen to a one-year entry-level contract on Sunday.
Sallinen, 25, has 19 points in 50 games for Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League. He has 34 points (16 goals, 18 assists) in 98 career KHL games.
Sallinen was a sixth-round draft choice by the Minnesota Wild in 2009.

---The Los Angeles Kings signed 19-year-old forward Michael Amadio to a three-year entry-level contract on Sunday.
The 6-foot-1, 190 pounder appeared in all 65 regular-season games this season with the North Bay Battalion of the OHL, leading the team with 48 goals while collecting 94 total points.
Amadio, a third-round pick in the 2014 draft, has 90 goals and 132 assists in 260 regular-season OHL games.

---The Arizona Coyotes assigned goaltender Marek Langhamer to their AHL affiliate in Springfield, Mo., on Sunday.
The 21-year-old Langhamer did not make an appearance in his stint with the Coyotes.
He has a 6-6-1 record with a .885 save percentage and 3.52 goals-against average in 13 games with Springfield this season.

 

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Preview: Panthers (38-21) at Islanders (37-21)

Date: March 14, 2016 7:00 PM EDT

The Florida Panthers have a chance to regain sole possession of first place in the Atlantic Division.

They can do it by sweeping the season series from the New York Islanders for the first time in eight years Monday night.

Florida (38-21-9) trails idle Boston by one point for the Atlantic's top spot with two games in hand.

The Panthers are opening a stretch of six of seven on the road, where they are 3-6-2 in their last 11 after winning 11 of the previous 13.

The venue, though, hasn't mattered much when facing the Islanders (37-21-8). Florida is 6-1-1 in its last eight meetings with New York, winning three of four on the road after a 5-1 victory in its first visit to Brooklyn on Dec. 15.

The Panthers are trying to win all three matchups this season, which would be their first season sweep of the Islanders since taking all four in 2007-08.

Aleksander Barkov had one goal and two assists in the most recent meeting, giving him six points in six career games in the series. He has nine and six in his last 16 games, scoring one goal and netting the decisive shootout tally in Saturday's 5-4 victory over Philadelphia.

Barkov is 5 of 6 in the tiebreaker with four game-winners. The Panthers are 7-3 in the shootout, the most wins in the league.

Offense isn't a problem for the Panthers, who have 15 goals over the last three games (2-0-1).

"We've been shooting a lot of pucks and every now and then they're going to find their way in. There's no real secret to it," said Reilly Smith, who had two goals Saturday.

Smith, who is tied with Jaromir Jagr for the team lead with 23 goals, has three with six assists in eight games against the Islanders.

This has also been a favorable matchup for Jussi Jokinen, who has seven points in his last five against New York. The center enters this one with 12 during a career-high 10-game point streak.

The Islanders have been cooled with consecutive losses following a 7-1-0 stretch that helped them tighten their grip on third in the Metropolitan Division. Their lead over fourth-place Pittsburgh has been cut to two points, though they do have two games in hand.

Both of those losses - including Saturday's 3-1 defeat at Boston - have come since No. 1 goaltender Jaroslav Halak went down with a lower-body injury that will sideline him at least six weeks.

Thomas Greiss hasn't played badly in the losses and ranks second in the league with a .928 save percentage, but could be rested Monday in favor of rookie Jean-Francois Berube. Berube has split his two starts and hasn't played since a relief appearance in a 5-1 loss at Detroit on Feb. 6.

"We'll see how it goes," Islanders coach Jack Capuano told the team's official website. "There's no question he's a proven goalie in the American League and he's played some good games with us. I have confidence that when I put him in there he's going to do the job."

John Tavares has a goal in three straight games and a point in his last four. New York's captain doesn't have a point against Florida this season after totaling five in three games in 2014-15.

The Islanders are 7 for 20 on the power play during a 5-0-1 stretch at home.

 

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Preview: Kings (40-22) at Blackhawks (41-22)

Date: March 14, 2016 8:00 PM EDT

Road losses to their two chief competitors has the Chicago Blackhawks in position to begin the playoffs away from home.

It's a scenario the Los Angeles Kings are trying to avoid as well when they visit the United Center on Monday night for an important matchup between the past two Stanley Cup champions.

Chicago (41-22-6) has fallen from first place to third in the closely contested Central Division by losing five of its last eight games, the last two coming to its main rivals. After being edged 3-2 in a shootout Wednesday at St. Louis, the Blackhawks allowed the first four goals en route to Friday's 5-2 defeat to Dallas that dropped them three points behind the Stars and Blues.

Poor special teams play was the culprit in the latest loss. Chicago went 0 for 5 on the power play and surrendered two goals in six short-handed situations to extend its ongoing penalty-killing issues.

"Our special teams had probably as bad a night as you could have," coach Joel Quenneville said.

The Blackhawks were 1 for 3 on the penalty kill against St. Louis and are a league-worst 61.9 percent since Feb. 9.

"We definitely have to focus on it more. That's what it comes down to," captain Jonathan Toews said. "Obviously, heading into the last number of games and the postseason, it's going to be a huge part of our game going forward."

Chicago hopes a return to the United Center, where it's 24-8-2 this season, can yield a bounce-back. The Blackhawks play four of their next five at home, culminating with a rematch with the Stars on March 22.

Home-ice advantage should help Corey Crawford recover from a dismal showing in Dallas, where he was pulled midway through the second period after permitting four goals on 20 shots. He's 20-8-2 with a 1.74 goals-against average at United Center this season.

Los Angeles (40-22-5) is also locked in a tight race in the Pacific Division, holding a two-point advantage on Anaheim and a three-point edge on San Jose. The Kings were able to gain a little separation on the Ducks with Saturday's 2-1 overtime loss to New Jersey, managing a point despite falling behind 1:12 into the contest.

'I think the energy level wasn't where it needed to be, especially at the start,' said center Anze Kopitar, who recorded the tying goal late in the second period. 'We just didn't play the way we need to to win a game, especially at this time of the year.'

The Kings registered 23 shots - their lowest total since Dec. 17 - after scoring nine goals in winning their previous two. They did remain stingy on the defensive end, having yielded just 18 goals over a 7-2-1 stretch.

Los Angeles, losers of four of five on the road, begins a challenging back-to-back stretch that concludes Tuesday in Dallas. The Kings were dealt a fourth consecutive regular-season loss in Chicago with a 4-2 defeat on Nov. 22, in which the Blackhawks scored three unanswered third-period goals to support Crawford's 33 saves.

The Kings, 3-10-1 in their last 14 regular-season visits to Chicago, did hand the Blackhawks a 3-2 overtime defeat in Los Angeles on Nov. 28.

NHL points leader Patrick Kane has six over his past three games against Los Angeles and eight goals in his last 11 regular-season matchups.

 

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Preview: Predators (34-22) at Oilers (27-37)

Date: March 14, 2016 9:00 PM EDT

The Nashville Predators' franchise-record point streak ended when a cold offensive stretch resulted in their first regulation loss in over a month.

They might not have to worry about a losing streak given their goaltender's hot stretch against their next opponent - and their own, for that matter.

Pekka Rinne hopes to get the Predators back on track when they close a road trip Monday night against the Edmonton Oilers, a team he has dominated over the last three seasons while helping Nashville to five consecutive wins in this series.

The Predators (34-22-13) saw their 14-game point streak and 13-game run on the road come to a close with Saturday's 4-2 loss at Vancouver, their first regulation defeat since Feb. 9. They dropped to 2-1-1 on their five-game road trip, which started promisingly before Wednesday's 3-2 overtime loss at Calgary.

Nashville scored four times on 63 shots between the two defeats after totaling 23 goals in the previous five games.

Rinne has experienced his own struggles with a .904 save percentage in five starts this month, but his recent string of success against the Oilers (27-37-7) should restore some confidence.

The All-Star netminder has already earned two wins this season over the Western Conference's worst team, making 31 saves in a 2-0 home win on Oct. 10 and 23 in a 4-1 victory in Edmonton on Jan. 23. He improved his save percentage to .972 during Nashville's run of five wins in this series.

Rinne's October shutout was his second straight against the Oilers following a 37-save effort in a 1-0 overtime win on Nov. 27, 2014.

The Predators could use another solid performance in net to continue building the gap between themselves and the two teams battling for the final postseason spot in the West. Seventh-place Nashville leads Minnesota and Colorado by seven points.

"It's a tight playoff race and we need all the points we can get," Roman Josi told the team's official website. "... we have to keep it going and get points along the way here."

Edmonton's Cam Talbot has been in net for both losses against Nashville this season, allowing five goals on 50 shots.

Talbot stopped 25 of 29 shots in Saturday's 4-0 loss to Arizona in the opener of five-game homestand, dropping the Oilers to 1-6-1 in their last eight there.

Coach Todd McLellan fumed following his team's second shutout loss in three games - both at home - noting the Oilers finished with 44 shots but few outnumbered rushes, while giving up several on the other end.

'The smarter team won the game, hands down,' McLellan said. 'It's a formula for failure. It's been going on and has proven here over the years to be a formula for failure. We just proved it again tonight. It's kind of insanity isn't it? When you keep hitting your head against a wall and getting the same result.'

Edmonton is the league's lowest-scoring team since Feb. 18 with an average of 1.77 goals in 13 games, and is operating at 5.7 percent (1 for 29) on the power play in that span.

 

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Preview: Blues (41-20) at Flames (28-35)

Date: March 14, 2016 9:00 PM EDT

The St. Louis Blues made a big statement last week by sweeping a stretch that played out much like a mini-tournament between some of the Western Conference's best clubs.

Now they can take over sole possession of the top spot against the lowly Calgary Flames.

As Vladimir Tarasenko looks to continue his surge, visiting St. Louis will try to extend both its longest winning streak in 13 months and its run in this series to seven on Monday night.

After sweeping a difficult four-game stretch in impressive fashion, the Blues (41-20-9) hope to avoid a let down as they face the Pacific Division's three worst teams in the next six days.

St. Louis defeated playoff-hopeful Minnesota 4-2 last Sunday, beat defending champion Chicago 3-2 in a shootout on Wednesday, topped Anaheim 5-2 on Friday and outlasted Dallas 5-4 in overtime on Saturday to move into a tie with the Stars for the West's best record.

The Blues, winners in 11 of 14, have totaled 24 goals during a six-game winning streak that is their longest since a seven-game run from Jan. 17-Feb. 5, 2015. Tarasenko, who has team highs of 33 goals and 61 points, has put up three and six over his last three games.

Robby Fabbri has contributed two goals and seven points during the streak, while Jaden Schwartz has five assists and six points and Kevin Shattenkirk has two goals and six points.

"It's a great week, played great, scored a lot of goals and had a lot of threats to score too," coach Ken Hitchcock said. "Like I said, this is a week if you'd said we were going to go 4-0, I think everybody wouldn't have been shocked, so we're really happy, happy for the guys."

Hitchcock's squad has a couple of opportune matchups as it looks to move ahead of Dallas. The Blues will visit West co-worst Edmonton on Wednesday and 11th-place Vancouver on Saturday after going after their 12th win in 14 matchups with Calgary (28-35-5).

Alexander Steen has five goals and 12 points over his past nine meetings, but he's sidelined with an upper-body injury. Tarasenko has four goals and 10 points over a seven-game point streak in the series and captain David Backes has two and six in his last five meetings.

"We're getting something out of everyone, I think," Shattenkirk told the team's official website.

The Flames, who are allowing a league-high 3.1 goals per game, have allowed 3.7 while dropping 12 of 15. They certainly haven't fared much better against the Blues, giving up 24 goals during a series skid that dates to a 4-3 shootout home win on Dec. 23, 2013.

Defenseman Dennis Wideman returned in Friday's 4-1 loss to Arizona after an arbitrator reduced his 20-game suspension for physically abusing an official to 10 earlier in the day.

'I'm just excited to get back and get playing and help the Flames win some games here,' he said. 'I know that this was pretty chaotic the last couple weeks and a bit of a distraction.'

Calgary, tied with Winnipeg and Edmonton with a West-worst 61 points, has gotten off to a 1-1-1 start on this six-game homestand. Mikael Backlund has been a bright spot with 10 goals over his past 18, though he's been kept out of the net in 15 meetings with the Blues.

 

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Preview: Jets (28-35) at Canucks (27-28)

Date: March 14, 2016 10:00 PM EDT

Mark Scheifele is making the most of an opportunity, and it could pay off for him this summer.

Scheifele looks to extend his career-high point streak to eight games as the Winnipeg Jets face the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night.

Scheifele moved to Winnipeg's top line Feb. 18 after Bryan Little was lost for the season with a fractured vertebrae, and he's fit right in with wingers Drew Stafford and Blake Wheeler.

Scheifele, who turns 23 on Tuesday, has 10 goals and eight assists in 12 games since replacing Little. His 18 points are the most in the NHL over that stretch and match his total from his 32 previous games.

"I've been playing the same hockey," Scheifele said. "Every day I want to become a better hockey player. Obviously, I've taken this challenge with a lot of motivation being with (Little) out. I obviously come to the rink with a lot more motivation knowing I'll be playing tougher players in tougher matchups."

Scheifele, who has a career-high 22 goals, also has the motivation of playing for a new contract since he's scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent this summer.

He certainly looks deserving of a sizable deal with seven goals and three assists during a seven-game point streak. He got one of each while the Jets (28-35-5) scored three answered goals in a 3-2 win over Colorado on Saturday.

"We've talked about Mark Scheifele for about three weeks because he's scoring all these points," coach Paul Maurice said. "That was his finest game in the last three weeks regardless of the hat trick (on March 5) or any of the other games."

Scheifele has six points in six career meetings with Vancouver, netting three goals with an assist in the last two. He scored twice and assisted on Stafford's tally in a 4-1 win over the Canucks on Nov. 18.

Stafford finished with two goals and one assist. He has two goals in three games after finding the net Saturday.

The Jets have lost six straight visits to Vancouver dating to a win there as the Atlanta Thrashers on Feb. 13, 2004.

The Canucks (27-28-12) are aiming for their first three-game winning streak of the season after beating Nashville 4-2 on Saturday, ending the Predators' 14-game point streak.

Sven Baertschi is giving Vancouver some unexpected production with five points in five games, one fewer than his total from the 19 prior.

"He's moved quite a ways from where he was at the start of the year," coach Willie Desjardins said of Baertschi, who is in his first full season in the NHL after spending parts of the last four with Vancouver and Calgary.

Daniel Sedin also had a goal Saturday, and he's tallied once in each of the last two matchups with Winnipeg. That's part of his seven points over the past four meetings, matching Henrik Sedin's output over that stretch.

Henrik had an assist against Nashville after missing two games with an upper-body injury.

Ryan Miller should be back in net after making 35 saves Saturday, ending a three-game losing streak during which he had a 3.47 goals-against average.

He stopped 30 of 33 shots at Winnipeg in November.

 

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Preview: Devils (33-29) at Ducks (37-21)

Date: March 14, 2016 10:00 PM EDT

Kyle Palmieri is enjoying the best season of his career as he gets ready to play against his first NHL team on the road for the first time.

Palmieri will return to face the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night as his New Jersey Devils seek to sweep a three-game West Coast trip.

The winger was drafted in the first round by the Ducks in 2009. His career-best point total with Anaheim came in 2013-14 when he had 31, as he had some trouble establishing himself on a star-studded team that boasts Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry.

Palmieri, who grew up in New Jersey, was traded in the offseason to the Devils (33-29-7) for two draft picks in part because Anaheim had many players set to hit the free-agent market after this season and needed salary cap flexibility.

Ducks general manager Bob Murray has said that he may regret the move and predicted a 20-goal season for Palmieri, who has exceeded that with a career-high 25 along with a career-best 20 assists for a team-leading 45 points.

Palmieri came up empty in his first game against his former team, a 2-1 defeat Dec. 19. Chris Stewart and Ryan Kesler had first-period goals in the Ducks' fourth straight victory in the series.

Anaheim (37-21-9) returns home on an 0-2-1 slide following Friday's 5-2 loss at St. Louis. The Ducks were outscored 4-1 in a dismal final period and have totaled three goals in the past three.

Coach Bruce Boudreau gave his team Saturday off before returning to practice Sunday. Newcomer Brandon Pirri, acquired from Florida on Feb. 29, is still not ready to make his club debut due to an ankle injury.

Shawn Horcoff's 20-game suspension for violating the terms of the NHL's performance-enhancing substances program is over, although Boudreau has not indicated whether the veteran center will see his first action since Jan. 23.

New Jersey has been impressive on its trip, beating San Jose 3-0 on Thursday and Los Angeles 2-1 on Saturday on John Moore's overtime goal.

"We've got to get ready for a pretty hungry New Jersey team," Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler said. "They've beaten both California teams so far, which is tough to do, so we have to make sure we're ready for a good test."

The strong play came after New Jersey endured a 2-8-0 stretch, capped by last Sunday's 6-1 loss to Pittsburgh. Coach John Hynes said he told the Devils to focus on their team commitment after that defeat, and they matched a season high by blocking 29 shots against the Kings.

"We just talked about how we want to play and what our identity is and to continue to build our culture," Hynes said. "Whether we win or lose games, it's part of the process of who we want to become and we want to become a team that has a strong culture and plays a certain way and we want to play with a certain commitment level and we've done it the last two games."

The Devils, the NHL's lowest-scoring team with 2.2 goals per game, know it won't be easy to sweep this trip.

"We like what we've done so far, we know we've got a big, tough opponent in Anaheim," Hynes said.

 

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Grand Salami - March

The Grand Salami in pro hockey is decided by adding up all the goals scored in every game scheduled for that particular day. You can wager on 'over' or 'under' the Grand Salami total. The total is set by adding up all listed 'over/under' odds for each game on that particular day.

Note: The Grand Salami will have no action if any game is suspended or cancelled before the regulation time of three twenty minute periods. Also, regardless of the number of goals scored during the shoot out portion of the overtime, the final scored recorded for the game will give the winning team on more goal than its opponent based on the score at the end of regulation time.

*The majority of sportsbooks do not put out a total on the Grand Salami when there is only one game on the card. For tracking purposes, we will continue to show the 'over/under' for goals and combined goals scored on days with just one game.

NHL GRAND SALAMI
Date No. of Games Total Goals Combined Goals Scored Result
3/1 8 48.5 49 OVER
3/2 3 16.5 17 OVER
3/3 12 65.5 69 OVER
3/4 3 15.5 20 OVER
3/5 11 58 62 OVER
3/6 6 30.5 34 OVER
3/7 7 36 38 OVER
3/8 8 44.5 41 UNDER
3/9 6 32.5 32 UNDER
3/10 6 32.5 29 UNDER
3/11 5 26.5 28 OVER
3/12 12 63.5 66 OVER
3/13 3 16 13 UNDER
3/14 6 30 - -
3/15 8 - - -
3/16 6 - - -
3/17 8 - - -
3/18 6 - - -
3/19 11 - - -
3/20 7 - - -
3/21 4 - - -
3/22 10 - - -
3/23 2 - - -
3/24 11 - - -
3/25 3 - - -
3/26 14 - - -
3/27 3 - - -
3/28 8 - - -
3/29 9 - - -
3/30 3 - - -
3/31 10 - - -

 

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NHL

Hot teams
-- Florida won its last two games, scoring 11 goals; they lost four of last five on road.
-- Kings won seven of their last ten games.
-- St Louis won its last six games, three in OT/SO.
-- Canucks won three of their last four games.
-- New Jersey won three of its last four road games.

Cold teams
-- Islanders lost last two games, 3-1/4-3.
-- Blackhawks lost three of their last four games.
-- Nashville, Edmonton both lost three of their last five games.
-- Calgary lost eight of its last ten games.
-- Winnipeg lost six of its last eight games.
-- Anaheim lost its last three games, outscored 10-3.

Series records
-- Islanders lost their last four games with Florida.
-- Kings lost five of last eight games with Chicago.
-- Predators won their last five games with Edmonton.
-- St Louis won its last six games with Calgary.
-- Home side won seven of last eight Winnipeg-Vancouver games.
-- Devils lost their last four games with Anaheim.

Totals
-- Over is 8-0-1 in last nine Panther-Islander games.
-- Over is 7-0-3 in last ten LA-Chicago games.
-- Five of last six Nashville games went over the total.
-- Over is 5-0-1 in last six St Louis games.
-- Over is 3-0-1 in last four Vancouver games.
-- Under is 5-2-1 in last eight New Jersey-Anaheim games.

Back-to-backs
-- None

 

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Preview: Mavericks (33-33) at Hornets (37-28)

Date: March 14, 2016 7:00 PM EDT

The Charlotte Hornets were in the Southeast Division's cellar less than two months ago. They have a chance to take over first place this week.

The Hornets can secure their longest win streak in 16 seasons when they face the slumping Dallas Mavericks on Monday night.

Charlotte was 19-23 and 6 1/2 games back in the Southeast on Jan. 20 following its 15th loss in 20 contests. The Hornets have won 18 of 23 since and earned a seventh consecutive victory Saturday, 125-109 over Houston.

Kemba Walker shined once again in his team's eighth straight home win with 26 points on 11-of-16 shooting, and Marvin Williams added 25. Walker is averaging 28.6 points and 52.9 percent shooting during the win streak, going 25 of 51 from 3-point range.

"We're just trying to approach every game the same. We just want to win," Walker said. "I'm excited. We're playing well. We're playing our best right now, but I think we still have room for improvement. We have got to keep it rolling."

Charlotte is looking for its longest win streak since Dec. 3-18, 1999, and a ninth victory in a row at home would match the third-longest in franchise history.

Extending those streaks might also allow the Hornets (37-28) to overtake Miami in the division.

Charlotte is a half-game behind the Heat, who play Denver on Monday night. The Hornets will try to do their part to erase the last remnant of that deficit by sending Dallas (33-33) to a sixth consecutive loss.

The Mavericks dropped to .500 for the first time since Nov. 11 with a 112-105 defeat to visiting Indiana on Saturday, their 14th consecutive game of allowing at least 101 points. Dirk Nowitzki helped keep his team competitive by scoring 15 of his 30 in the final quarter.

"We're a .500 team. We deserve to be a .500 team and we're at that crossroads," guard Wesley Matthews said. "Where do we want to go? What do we want to do about it?"

Dallas is in a virtual tie with Houston for the Western Conference's final playoff spot. The defensively challenged Mavericks will face a team that's averaged 118.0 points in its last seven games while shooting 43.1 percent from 3-point range.

"It's just a lot of little things, and it's tiny things, at this point, that we've got to do better. We're close, but we're just not good enough right now. We've just got to better," coach Rick Carlisle said. "We're playing good teams. Indiana is a good team. Charlotte is going to be the same kind of team."

The Hornets went 6 of 27 from beyond the arc against Dallas on Nov. 5, but shot 49.4 percent overall in a 108-94 victory. Al Jefferson led the way with a season-high 31 points on 15 of 18 from the field.

Nowitzki was limited to 14 points and shot 4 of 12, and he's averaged 12.8 points in his last four games against Charlotte. However, he's scored 26.8 points and hit 57.1 percent in his past four overall.

The Mavericks have lost four of five on the road and gone to overtime in each of their last three such games. No team has played to an extra period in four consecutive road contests since at least 1951-52.

 

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Preview: Nuggets (28-38) at Heat (38-28)

Date: March 14, 2016 7:30 PM EDT

While the Miami Heat hope their aging superstar won't miss much time with his latest injury, the Denver Nuggets are soaring in part due to the rise of young Gary Harris.

Dwyane Wade will likely be a game-time decision as the Heat open a critical three-game homestand Monday night against a Nuggets team seeking its longest winning streak in 14 months.

Wade was unable to play in Saturday's 112-104 overtime loss at Toronto because of a bruised right thigh after coach Erik Spoelstra said he was 'laboring' through a 3-of-15 performance in 31 minutes during Friday's 118-96 win at Chicago.

The 12-time All-Star is officially questionable for this contest, though Miami would certainly rather have him ready for more significant games at the end of the homestand.

The Heat, who have won five of six at home, take on Charlotte on Thursday and Eastern Conference-best Cleveland on Saturday. The Hornets are within a half-game of Miami for fourth place and home-court advantage in the playoffs after seven consecutive victories.

The Heat (38-28) have gone 4-2 without Wade, who has averaged just 14.8 points in his last six games against the Nuggets (28-38). They shot 37.8 percent Saturday after averaging 113 points on 51.2 percent in winning five of their previous six.

Joe Johnson continues to be a bright spot, finishing with a season-high 28 points. The veteran has averaged 15.5 on 56.8 percent in eight games since joining the Heat.

'I think we're an unpredictable team as far as who is going to score the basketball,' Johnson said. 'We have a lot of guys that are very versatile that can make plays offensively and defensively so I think it takes the pressure off everybody.'

After allowing an average of 96.8 points on 40.8 percent shooting during a five-game winning streak, the Heat have slipped defensively by giving up 107.3 per game and a 47.8 field-goal percentage in dropping two of three on their road swing.

That could be a concern facing a Denver team averaging 115.8 points during a 5-1 stretch. Harris, D.J. Augustin, Darrell Arthur and Jusuf Nurkic each scored 17 Saturday when the Nuggets shot 52.5 percent in their fourth straight win, 116-100 over visiting Washington.

Harris has averaged 16.3 points and connected on 51.3 percent, while also playing outstanding defense over his last nine. The second-year guard had scored 11 per game in his prior 51.

Denver has tightened things up in its last three games, allowing an average of 97.3 points. The club had been giving up 104.5 per game heading into those contests.

'We got stops, took advantage of our stops and ran,' Arthur said Saturday. 'We came in and played team basketball, covered for each other, turned those guys over and took advantage.'

The Nuggets, five games back of eighth-place Dallas, hope to open a five-game trip by winning five straight for the first time since Jan. 3-14, 2015. However, they've dropped the last two meetings with Miami as well as four of their past five trips to AmericanAirlines Arena.

Without Wade in the first meeting, Hassan Whiteside led the Heat with 19 points, 17 rebounds and 11 blocks in a 98-95 road win Jan. 15. The center is also playing well heading into this contest, averaging 17.6 points, 14.8 rebounds and 3.9 blocks in his last 12 games.

 

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Preview: Bulls (32-32) at Raptors (44-20)

Date: March 14, 2016 7:30 PM EDT

Though wins have become increasingly rare for the Chicago Bulls over the season's second half, they've been plentiful in recent matchups with the Toronto Raptors.

Desperate for a victory, the Bulls hope Jimmy Butler's expected return leads to a season sweep when they visit the Atlantic Division leaders on Monday night.

A two-month long free fall has dropped Chicago (32-32) one game behind Detroit for eighth place in the Eastern Conference, with injuries contributing greatly to its 10-20 record since Jan. 9. The Bulls have lost 11 times during a 16-game stretch in which Butler's played just twice due to a left knee strain.

While the All-Star is slated to play after practicing fully on Sunday, the Bulls will still be short-handed as they vie for a ninth consecutive win over Toronto (44-20) and fourth this season. Derrick Rose is expected to miss a second straight game with a groin strain and Pau Gasol will be held out of the next two due to a swollen right knee.

Gasol is averaging 19.5 points and 14.5 rebounds over his last four games and had 17 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists in Friday's 118-96 home loss to Miami, in which the Bulls were again hurt by defensive lapses and an inability to protect the ball.

Chicago committed 18 turnovers - five during a 22-2 fourth-quarter run that gave the Heat a 23-point lead - and allowed Miami to shoot 51.6 percent. It's averaged 20.8 giveaways over the last four games and is permitting 108.3 points per contest over its past 16.

"The dominoes started falling and it was one of those things where we could not stop their momentum," coach Fred Hoiberg said. "It started with turnovers and it's been the theme the last few games. The fourth quarter we just lost our mind out there."

The Bulls attempt to avoid their first nine-game road skid since Jan. 7-Feb. 2, 2004 in a venue where they last lost on April 12, 2013. Chicago recorded its fifth straight win at Air Canada Centre on Jan. 3 behind an epic performance from Butler, who broke Michael Jordan's franchise record by scoring 40 of his 42 points in the second half in a 115-113 victory.

Rose had 26 points and Doug McDermott scored a career-high 30 on 13-of-17 shooting as Chicago extended its series streak with a 116-106 home win on Feb. 19.

McDermott has been slumping lately, though, having shot 34.9 percent over his last five.

Toronto's DeMar DeRozan remained hot with a 38-point, 10-rebound, seven-assist effort in Saturday's 112-104 overtime victory over Miami, the Raptors' third consecutive win and 15th in its last 16 at home. The 2016 All-Star is averaging 30.2 points over a six-game stretch.

'He played fantastic, did what he's supposed to do (Thursday) and that's what an All-Star does,' said backcourt mate Kyle Lowry. 'He laid it down and he's been playing that way the whole season."

Jonas Valanciunas added 20 points and 10 rebounds to help offset an off night from Lowry, held to 4-of-16 shooting while managing 16 points - his lowest total since Feb. 10. The standout point guard averaged 27.0 points on a 56.8 percent field goal rate over his previous six.