Win or lose make no mistake this is NOT the Flyers first game home after a long road trip. That was last night. They all live in New Jersey suburbs and have been home for a solid 4 days now sleeping in their own beds for the last few nights so there is no angle there. If that angle was going to be used then it was last night and they came through and won anyway. I expect Price to feed off his solid outing on Monday and put his best food forward in his attempt to grab the Team Canada starting goaltender spot, because whoever is hot headed in will be in the drivers seat. Mason will rise up to match him. The total being set at 5 tells me the oddsmakers agree. Here are some numbers I found right here on our very own site posted by another poster in the game thread and I went and checked them out and the numbers held up. Copy and paste below.
This season home teams playing with no rest have gone 42-29 (59.2%), and excluding pushes, they’ve seen 43 of 76-games go under the total set by sportsbooks in that exact scenario. If the home team is a money line underdog they’ve gone 15-10, and as a favorite 27-19. Home teams playing with no rest, and with a total of 5.0, have gone an extremely profitable 19-7 (73.1%) this year.
Not much not to like in all that if you like the Flyers and Under which i already did.
The lion and the tiger may be more powerful, but the wolf doesn't perform in the circus.
Win or lose make no mistake this is NOT the Flyers first game home after a long road trip. That was last night. They all live in New Jersey suburbs and have been home for a solid 4 days now sleeping in their own beds for the last few nights so there is no angle there. If that angle was going to be used then it was last night and they came through and won anyway. I expect Price to feed off his solid outing on Monday and put his best food forward in his attempt to grab the Team Canada starting goaltender spot, because whoever is hot headed in will be in the drivers seat. Mason will rise up to match him. The total being set at 5 tells me the oddsmakers agree. Here are some numbers I found right here on our very own site posted by another poster in the game thread and I went and checked them out and the numbers held up. Copy and paste below.
This season home teams playing with no rest have gone 42-29 (59.2%), and excluding pushes, they’ve seen 43 of 76-games go under the total set by sportsbooks in that exact scenario. If the home team is a money line underdog they’ve gone 15-10, and as a favorite 27-19. Home teams playing with no rest, and with a total of 5.0, have gone an extremely profitable 19-7 (73.1%) this year.
Not much not to like in all that if you like the Flyers and Under which i already did.
Blackhawks are 1-4 in their last 5 games playing on 2 days rest.
Over is 4-0 in Rangers last 4 when their opponent scores 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Over is 7-1 in Blackhawks last 8 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Ofcourse the trends are just for fun as we could dig up negative ones as well, but in a nutshell I like the Rangers play on the road much more so than at home and they have the results to back it up. The Hawks have just won 2 of their last 5 games and 4 of their last 8 so they are not exactly on the top of their game right now. They are also coming fresh off a big showdown game against the Sharks, so maybe the Rangers, who always play them very tough anyway, can sneak in here and grab a win. Also Rick Nash must be pretty sick and tired by now of hearing how he does not deserve to be on Team Canada so I look for him to be out to prove a point and he is coming of easily his best game of the season Monday night.
The lion and the tiger may be more powerful, but the wolf doesn't perform in the circus.
Blackhawks are 1-4 in their last 5 games playing on 2 days rest.
Over is 4-0 in Rangers last 4 when their opponent scores 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Over is 7-1 in Blackhawks last 8 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Ofcourse the trends are just for fun as we could dig up negative ones as well, but in a nutshell I like the Rangers play on the road much more so than at home and they have the results to back it up. The Hawks have just won 2 of their last 5 games and 4 of their last 8 so they are not exactly on the top of their game right now. They are also coming fresh off a big showdown game against the Sharks, so maybe the Rangers, who always play them very tough anyway, can sneak in here and grab a win. Also Rick Nash must be pretty sick and tired by now of hearing how he does not deserve to be on Team Canada so I look for him to be out to prove a point and he is coming of easily his best game of the season Monday night.
Craig Anderson goes back into Colorado for the first time since they let him go. It is only his second time facing them. His first time facing them was in Ottawa and he got shelled for 7 goals as he and his team got embarrassed. I'm looking for a stellar game from Mr. Anderson tonight as he goes up against his former team in the house he used to reside, as he faces off against the wife beater.
The Sens come in riding a 4 game win streak. The Avs just had a 3 game win streak snapped in their last game. Stastny is banged up for the Avs and is questionable for tonight. Spezza will make his return to the Sens lineup tonight.
I like it.
The lion and the tiger may be more powerful, but the wolf doesn't perform in the circus.
Craig Anderson goes back into Colorado for the first time since they let him go. It is only his second time facing them. His first time facing them was in Ottawa and he got shelled for 7 goals as he and his team got embarrassed. I'm looking for a stellar game from Mr. Anderson tonight as he goes up against his former team in the house he used to reside, as he faces off against the wife beater.
The Sens come in riding a 4 game win streak. The Avs just had a 3 game win streak snapped in their last game. Stastny is banged up for the Avs and is questionable for tonight. Spezza will make his return to the Sens lineup tonight.
Looks like Budaj going for Montreal instead of Price. Interesting....
His 2013 stats:
5-3-1 GAA 2.05 Save % .923
I read that this was possible but thought they would settle on Price. I was aware of the possibility and it changes nothing on my approach to this game.
The lion and the tiger may be more powerful, but the wolf doesn't perform in the circus.
Looks like Budaj going for Montreal instead of Price. Interesting....
His 2013 stats:
5-3-1 GAA 2.05 Save % .923
I read that this was possible but thought they would settle on Price. I was aware of the possibility and it changes nothing on my approach to this game.
More notes: While the hawks have no particular bone to pick with the out of conference rangers. Let's remember the rangers head coach hates the hawks with a passion from his days in Vancouver so he will do his best to have his team amped up for this one.
Steve Mason is 7-1-1 in his last 9 starts and on the season is 17-10-4 GAA 2.39 Save % .932
Craig Anderson is riding a personal 5 game winning streak.
The lion and the tiger may be more powerful, but the wolf doesn't perform in the circus.
More notes: While the hawks have no particular bone to pick with the out of conference rangers. Let's remember the rangers head coach hates the hawks with a passion from his days in Vancouver so he will do his best to have his team amped up for this one.
Steve Mason is 7-1-1 in his last 9 starts and on the season is 17-10-4 GAA 2.39 Save % .932
Craig Anderson is riding a personal 5 game winning streak.
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