 NHL trends - 2-02-07
NHL
Write up
Friday, February 2
Hot Teams
-- Red Wings won seven of their last ten games.
-- Columbus won four of its last five games. Calgary is 10-5 in its last fifteen games.
Cold Teams
-- Blues lost last two games, allowing eleven goals.
Series Records
-- Detroit is 3-2 against the Blues this season.
-- Home side won both Columbus-Calgary games this season.
Back-to-Back Situations
-- St Louis is 4-9 on front end of back/back.
Totals
-- Over is 6-3-1 in last ten St Louis games.
-- Under is 6-2-1 in last nine Columbus games.
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NHL
2-02-07
St. Louis Blues at Detroit Red Wings (7:30 PM ET)
Detroit has nine straight home wins and is an astonishing 131-32-13 at home since the start of the 2001-02 season. St. Louis has gone 4-11-2 in its last 17 visits to Detroit. BIG EDGE: RED WINGS
St. Louis goaltender Manny Legace is 2-2 with a 2.73 goals-against-average in four starts this season against the Wings, with whom he spent the previous six years. Legace is 64-17-2 with a 2.08 GAA in 95 games at Joe Louis Arena. EDGE: BLUES
The UNDER is 9-2 in the last 11 meetings.
Columbus Blue Jackets at Calgary Flames (9 PM ET)
The Calgary Flames have gone 7-2-2 without captain Jerome Iginla, who could return to the lineup tonight after missing 11 games with a knee injury. EDGE: FLAMES
Flames goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff has dominated the Blue Jackets in his career, going 7-2-1 with a 1.72 goals-against-average in 11 career games. BIG EDGE: FLAMES
Calgary leads the NHL with 20 home victories and has outscored opponents 22-10 during a six-game win streak at the Pengrowth Saddledome. BIG EDGE: FLAMES
The UNDER is 7-1 in the last eight meetings.
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NHL
Short Sheet
Friday, February 2nd
St. Louis at Detroit, 7:35 EST
St. Louis: 15-48 SU off BB SU losses
Detroit: 9-0 SU at home playing with revenge
Columbus at Calgary, 9:05 EST
Columbus: 0-11 SU Away playing their 4th game in 7 days
Calgary: 22-5 SU at home playing only their 2nd game in 5 days
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