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Duquesne at Arizona
The Wildcats look to take advantage of a Duquesne team that is 0-6-1 ATS in its last 7 games as a road underdog. Arizona is the pick (-8 1/2) according to Dunkel, which has the Wildcats favored by 13 1/2.
Dunkel Pick: Arizona (-8 1/2). Here are all of today's games.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9
Time Posted: 7:30 a.m. EST
Game 741-742: Akron at Mississippi State (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Akron 56.177; Mississippi State 66.163
Dunkel Line: Mississippi State by 10; 139
Vegas Line: Mississippi State by 6 1/2; 143 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Mississippi State (-6 1/2); Under
Game 743-744: Lehigh at St. John's (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Lehigh 53.002; St. John's 64.236
Dunkel Line: St. John's by 11; 151
Vegas Line: St. John's by 13; 149 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Lehigh (+13); Over
Game 745-746: Liberty at Texas A&M (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Liberty 49.944; Texas A&M 66.583
Dunkel Line: Texas A&M by 16 1/2; N/A
Vegas Line: Texas A&M by 20 1/2; No Total
Dunkel Pick: Liberty (+20 1/2); N/A
Game 747-748: Duquesne at Arizona (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Duquesne 59.057; Arizona 72.389
Dunkel Line: Arizona by 13 1/2; 144
Vegas Line: Arizona by 8 1/2; 149
Dunkel Pick: Arizona (-8 1/2); Under
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After a slow start, the Lightning have really picked things up with six wins in their past eight games to move a couple of games over .500. However, this is a risky favorite because of their poor defense and unreliable goaltending. When you look at the defense pairings for the Bolts (Matt Gilroy and Eric Brewer, Pavel Kubina and Brett Clark and finally Bruno Gervais and Marc-Andre Bergeron) and compare it to that of the Flyers (Kimmo Timonen and Braydon Coburn, Andreas Lilja and Andrej Meszaros and Matt Carl and Erik Gustafsson), it’s like comparing Jennifer Lopez to Rosie O’Donnell. There’s a good chance that Chris Pronger returns tonight and his replacement, Erik Gustafsson has played so well that he might stick around and knock Andreas Lilja out of the sixth spot. The Lightning continue to give up as many quality scoring chances as anyone and these Flyers can convert those chances. In fact, in three of its last 10 games, Philadelphia has scored seven goals or more and we haven’t seen outputs like that since Wayne Gretzky wore an Oilers jersey. Play: Philadelphia +107 (Risking 2 units).
OTTAWA +104 over N.Y. Rangers
The Rangers are hot with four consecutive wins but a closer look reveals that they beat a San Jose team playing its last game of a seven game trip, a reeling Ducks team and a pair of wins over Montreal and Winnipeg. The Rangers are a grinding team that tries to physically wear down their opponents and that makes them tough to play against. However, the Senators always play them well, Ottawa is at home and they’ve already defeated them once this year in New York after being down 4-1 in the third period. The Sens had won six straight before losing their last three in a row. One of those losses was in Boston and the other two were at home against Montreal, 2-1 and against Buffalo, 3-2 in a shootout. Against the Habs, they ran into a hot Carey Price. The Sens are still playing well and that six-game winning streak was no fluke. They play hard and they play to win and they surely offer up some good value as a home pooch against the offensively challenged Rangers. Play: Ottawa +104 (Risking 2 units).
Nashville +102 over ANHAEIM
As the chalk in a horrible situational spot, the Ducks offer up very little. Anaheim returns home from a grueling seven game road trip with just one win. They’ve won just once in its past nine overall and the blueprint for beating this team has been established. You shut down the Ducks top line and they virtually have little chance of success because they have no depth. The Ducks have had a paltry 22 shots on net or less in five of their last six games. It’s also worth noting that the Predators have that blueprint, as they beat the Ducks 3-0 10 days ago and they knocked them out of last year’s playoffs. Nashville is coming off a 4-3 loss to the Kings last night but they were not outplayed. Prior to that they had won four of five and they’ve also scored three goals or more in six straight. The Preds wrap up a five game trip here and they’re going to give it everything they have, just like they do every time they step on the ice. Play: Nashville +102 (Risking 2 units).
1 UNIT* NHL* Nashville Predators @ Anaheim Ducks: NASHVILLE PREDATORS TO WIN (+111)
(Note: I'm risking 1 unit to win 1.11 units)
The Predators are coming off a 4-3 loss last night in Los Angeles, which comes after previously winning 4 of their last 5 games. Tonight's game in Anaheim is their 5th and final game of their road trip and the Predators look to finish it off 3-2 with a win tonight. Nashville is 7-5-2 on the season. Anaheim returns home after a brutal 7 game road trip where they went just 1-6. The Ducks have lost 5 straight games, and 8 of their last 9, making them 5-6-3 on the year. On the season the Ducks are averaging just 1.9 goals per game, while allowing 2.71 goals against per game. Nashville has enjoyed 6 straight games of scoring 3 or more goals, and has increased their goals per game to 2.7 coming into tonight. With the night off last night Pekka Rinne should be between the pipes tonight. He is 7-4-2 with a 2.33 GAA and .929 SV %. Lifetime against the Ducks Rinne has enjoyed a lot of succes, with a 7-2-2 record and 1.95 GAA. The Predators will most likely be without David Legwand, but should get Sergei Kostitsyn back tonight. In net for the Ducks will most likely be Jonas Hiller, who is just 4-5-3 with a 2.85 GAA and .902 SV% on the season. In their last 5 games the Ducks are averaging 3.40 goals against, while only scoring 1.20 goals per game. Coming off of a long road trip is hard enough for a team, but coming off a road trip as bad as the Ducks went through will be even tougher to get up for tonight's game. One of those games on Anaheim's road trip was against Nashville, who they lost to 3-0. Nashville has taken 7 of these two teams last 9 meetings, which includes the first round series win in last years postseason. The Ducks are in a bad spot for tonight's game and I look for Nashville to continue their succes against Anaheim with Rinne leading the way with another solid outing against the Ducks. Take the Preds as a very live underdog.
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