<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3 width=500 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=left width="50%">Yesterday</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">0</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">1</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">0</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="20%">-2.00 Units</TD></TR><TR><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=left width="50%">Last 30 Days</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">32</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">35</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">3</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="20%">+17.60 Units</TD></TR><TR><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=left width="50%">Season To Date (Since October 2008)
</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">91</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">115</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">3</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="20%">+3.88 Units</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
HOME TEAM IN CAPS
All games include OT unless stated otherwise
Toronto +1.75 over CAROLINA (REG)
It’s not easy to make a case for the Leafs here but this is more about the take-back against the Canes then it is about playing on the Leafs. Carolina should never be favored by this much over anyone because they’re really not better then anyone including the Leafs. They do have a decent record and how they got it baffles me but make no mistake, this edition of the Canes is a fraction of the team they iced the past couple of years. Eric Staal is on pace for about a 60-point season and he has very little support. As bad as the Leafs are going, the Canes, too, are suffering from the same ailments. Carolina has been outscored 14-4 in dropping its last three games. Only three times over its past 24 games have they scored more then three goals in a game and they’re usually held to two or less. When a team is having trouble scoring, like the Canes have been all year, laying –1.90 with said team is just so risky and it’s bad strategy, period. If the Leafs can get some goaltending for a change, they really have a damn good chance of snapping out of its current funk, as these Canes are so beatable. Definite overlay. Play: Toronto +1.75 (Risking 2 units).
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></o>Nashville +1.84 over MONTREAL (REG)
The Habs have really been playing great hockey the past few games and even in their loss at Boston on Tuesday night they probably deserved a better fate. When this team gets healthy they’re going to be extremely dangerous and you can double that as soon as Carey Price gets back into action. However, they’re not healthy at all, as Tanguay, Koivu, Price and Higgins remain on the rack and that’s four key players that could crack any line-up in the business. Furthermore, the Habs have been playing so intense the past few games and it’s just not possible to keep that intensity level up that high for long stretches and this game looks like the one the Habs could take a breather in. You see, this game is sandwiched between the Bruins and Sens and Montreal has seen the Preds just twice in the past five years. In addition, the Predators are playing much better these days with three wins in four games and they’re an extremely frustrating team to play against because they give you nothing. The Preds may not win here but I’m suggesting that they’ll be the more intense of the two and this one just looks like a vulnerable spot for the hosts. Play: Nashville +1.84 (Risking 2 units).
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></o>DALLAS -½ +1.26 over Buffalo (REG)
The Sabres were 0-5 in the second game of back-to-backs before they recently beat the Islanders and Leafs in that situation. Thing is, this isn’t the Islanders or Leafs. The Sabres lost 4-1 in Chicago last night and now they’ll play the rested Stars, who have been off the past two days. Furthermore, the Sabres offense is in a funk recently with just four goals in its last three games. In its last game the Stars out-shot Detroit 48-30 and won 5-4 in OT. Dallas is becoming a factor and a very dangerous team indeed. They’ve picked up points in 11 of its last 15 games and are now just four points out of a playoff spot. This team is capable of going on a big run and that comeback win vs the Red Wings could trigger just that. Play: Dallas -½ +1.26 (Risking 2 units).
