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Whoever or whatever is influencing this line has it wrong. The Rangers should not be a -123 road favorite over the Capitals. Washington is coming off that 5-2 loss on the Island yesterday but the score was tied 2-2 with about 10 minutes to go in the third when the Caps took back-to-back, four-minute minors and were shorthanded for eight straight minutes. Prior to that, Washington had won five of six while outscoring the opposition 23-9 and Braden Holtby was in net for all those starts. Holtby is back in today after a day off yesterday. Washington has also won four straight at home while outscoring the opposition 19-5.
The Rangers are coming off another disturbing loss, this time at home against the depleted Senators. They have more head-scratching losses this season than most. The Rangers are a pedestrian 12-11 on the year and have played 15 of those 23 games at home. These Rangers continue to get way more love than they deserve. They lack grit and scoring and they lack chemistry. The past seven games these two have played against one another have all ended in one-goal victories. In other words they play each other tough but this season, unlike years gone by, the Blue Shirts aren’t so tough anymore.
Ferringo CBB Michigan State -19.5 Davidson -16 *minus a half* Middle Tenn State -13 *minus a half* Teaser Illinois +15, Western Kentucky +7.5 *minus a half*
5-Unit Play. #816. Take Sacramento -1 over Milwaukee Bucks (Sunday @ 9:05pm est).
Indian Cowboy's Picks For NHL Hockey
4-Unit Play. #7 NY Islanders vs. Pittsburgh Over the Total 5 ½ (Saturday @ 7:05 pm est)
This is still basically the same Pittsburgh team that reached the Stanley Cup in consecutive years in 2008 and 2009, winning the title in 2009. Head Coach Dan Bylsma is a veteran now and has proved he can keep a team afloat through adversity. The Pens are still the most talented and dangerous team in the league with the #1 overall offense in the league and that only means ?Bad News? for opposing goaltenders. The Penguins are built to have No. 87 and No. 71 win games for them. The Penguins forwards also can create matchup problems for any team in the NHL. They have two of the league's (40) goal scorers from this season (Evgeni Malkin and James Neal). The Over is (4-1) in the last (5) meetings, (14-4) in Penguins last (18) Sunday games, (18-7-1) in Penguins last (26) home games at the Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (41-17-2) in Penguins last (60) overall and (12-4-5) in Islanders last (21) games playing on no rest.The Islanders had one of the best records in the NHL in the second half of last season and also return a young team that should get even better and they always play up or down to the competition.
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