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03/02/2010 - Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Glen Metropolit registered a goal and one assist as Montreal scored four times in the third period to down Boston, 4-1, at TD Garden.
Maxim Lapierre, Mathieu Darche and Benoit Pouliot also tallied for the Canadiens, who had lost three of four before the Olympic break.
Carey Price was strong in net with 23 stops.
Marco Sturm notched the lone score for the Bruins, who had won four straight prior to the hiatus. Tuukka Rask was tagged for all four goals on 32 shots.
Montreal knotted the game at the 2:40 mark of the third period, when Tom Pyatt dished into the slot for Metropolit's redirection.
The Habs went ahead at 7:24, when Rask misplayed a chip-in from Travis Moen and Lapierre swept the rebound home.
Darche gave the Canadiens a two-goal cushion with 2 1/2 minutes left in regulation, with a quick return after Rask kicked aside a Metropolit backhander.
Pouliot hit the clincher into the empty net with 1:27 to play, seconds after Rask was summoned to the bench.
The Bruins picked up the game's first goal on the power play, as Sturm managed to pry the puck from underneath Price and slip it home with 7:49 to play in the first.
Boston came up empty on two second-period man advantages, but Rask made eight saves to keep the margin at one.
Game Notes
Montreal has won four of five meetings over Boston this season...Prior to the game, the Bruins announced that forward Patrice Bergeron is day-to-day with a groin strain suffered while playing for Canada during the Olympics.
<< Hurricanes dominate Leafs
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rookie Justin Peters was strong with 32 saves
while Chad LaRose posted a goal and two assists, as the Carolina Hurricanes
defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-1, at Air Canada Centre.
Peters made only the
<< Syracuse clinches Big East title
Syracuse, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arinze Onuaku and Andy Rautins celebrated
senior day in style, scoring 21 and 14 points, respectively, and in the
process helped top-ranked Syracuse claim its first outright Big East title
since 1
<< Culpepper helps Miners clinch C-USA title
Huntington, WV (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Randy Culpepper scored a game-high 32 points
as 24th-ranked Texas-El Paso hung on to beat Marshall, 80-76, and clinch the
Conference-USA regular season title.
Derrick Caracter added 18 points, while Claud
<< Ducks send D Boynton to Blackhawks
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Anaheim Ducks shipped defenseman Nick
Boynton to the Chicago Blackhawks for future considerations on Tuesday.
The 31-year-old had one goal and six assists in 42 games for the Ducks this
season. H
Pens top Sabres as Olympic hero Crosby returns to NHL action >>
Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ruslan Fedotenko had a goal and an assist as
the Pittsburgh Penguins took a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres in the first
game after the Olympic break for both teams.
Pascal Dupuis and Sergei Gonchar ea
Callahan and Blueshirts blow past Ottawa >>
Ottawa, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Callahan scored twice during New York's
four-goal second period and Henrik Lundqvist made 24 saves, as the Rangers
topped the Ottawa Senators, 4-1, at Scotiabank Place.
Brandon Dubinsky and Sean Av
Comeau's first career hat trick lifts Isles over Blackhawks >>
Uniondale, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Blake Comeau recorded his first career hat
trick to lead the New York Islanders over the Chicago Blackhawks, 5-3, at
Nassau Coliseum.
Jon Sim and Richard Park also lit the lamp for the Islanders,
Thrashers down Panthers in Atlanta >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Todd White and Rich Peverley each had a goal
and an assist as Atlanta downed Florida, 4-2, in the first game for both teams
after the Olympic break.
Colby Armstrong and Pavel Kubina each had a goal for th
It's less than a month until the NHL hockey betting season opens at MySportsbook.com and preparations are underway for another battle in the race to hoist Lord Stanley's mug in 2007.
As cup crazy fans prepare to place their bets, one online sportsbook ,MySportsbook.com, is offering hockey betting lines on the 2007/2007 Stanley Cup , who will bring it home this upcoming season.
Despite a poor showing in last season's playoffs and the loss of Steve Yzerman to retirement, the Detroit Red Wings are early favourites at this online sportsbook with wagering odds of 6-1. The Wings will look to offensive powerhouse Pavel Datsyuk and newly appointed captain Nicklas Lidstrom to lead one of the league's most prominent franchises.
Always a threat are the Ottawa Senators, with newly acquired goaltender Martin Gerber from the Stanley Cup champion ,Carolina Hurricanes. The Sens are second best in the rankings at a 7-1 bet, and odds makers at this sportsbook are optimistic that the Ottawa squad will fare better than last season's Eastern Conference semi-final upset to the Buffalo Sabres.
Also worth noting are the defending Stanley Cup champs Carolina Hurricanes, a 10-1 bet to repeat. Behind the Canes are the New Jersey Devils, Calgary Flames, Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers, and Anaheim Mighty Ducks all sit at 12-1. In the basement are the Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, and St. Louis Blues who all have 100-1 odds to win.
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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