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NHL

Write up


Tuesday, January 30




Hot Teams
Lightning won seven of its last nine games.
Maple Leafs won three of their last four games.
Devils are 7-0 in game following their last seven losses.
Senators won seven of their last nine games.
Florida won its last two games, 4-1/4-2. Penguins won three in row, five of last six games.
Nashville won four in row, ten of last eleven games.
St Louis won seven of its last nine games. Minnesota is 4-1 in its last five road games.
Columbus won four of its last five games. Canucks are 11-3 in their last fourteen games.
San Jose won five of its last seven games.

Cold Teams
Boston lost ten of its last thirteen games. Buffalo lost six of its last eight games.
Flyers lost nine of their last ten games.
Carolina lost three of its last four games.
Thrashers are 2-3 in their last five home games.
Washington lost five of its last seven games.
Red Wings lost three of last four games. Islanders are 4-10 in their last fourteen games.
Colorado is 3-5 in its last eight home games.
Calgary lost last two games in OT, but they're 7-1 in their last eight home games. Kings lost eight of their last nine games.
Dallas is 4-7 in its last eleven games.

Series Records
Sabres are 3-1 vs Boston this season: 5-4/6-2/2-3/6-3.
Lightning is 2-1 vs Philly this season: 4-1/3-4/5-2.
Visiting team won both Toronto-Carolina games this season.
Thrashers are 2-1 vs Devils this season: 5-2/1-2/4-3.
Home side won all three Ottawa-Washington games this year
Islanders won 2-1 at Detroit in last year's meeting.
Florida is 2-0 vs Pittsburgh this season, 5-2/3-2.
Nashville, Colorado split two games this season.
Minnesota is 3-1 vs Blues this season: 5-3/3-2/1-2/5-4.
Flames are 2-1 vs Kings this season: 1-3/6-4/5-3.
Columbus is 1-2 vs Canucks this season: 0-1/3-2/2-3.
Dallas, San Jose split four games this season, with three of the four resulting in shutouts.

Back-to-Back Situations
Bruins are 4-2 if they played the night before.
Toronto is 4-3 on front end of back/back.
Ottawa is 3-4 if it played the night before.
Columbus is 7-6 on front end of back/back.

Totals
Over is 17-8-1 in Bruins' last twenty-six games.
Over is 5-2-2 in last nine Philadelphia games.
Five of last seven Toronto games stayed under total.
Under is 7-2-1 in Devils' last ten games.
Last four Ottawa games stayed under the total.
Last four Detroit games stayed under the total, but in last five Islander games, over is 4-0-1.
Last seven Pittsburgh games went over the total.
Under is 8-3-1 in last dozen Nashville road games.
Last five Minnesota games stayed under the total.
Four of Kings' last five games stayed under total.
Six of last seven Columbus games stayed under the total.
Under is 6-3 in last nine Dallas road games.


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NHL



Tuesday, January 30





New Jersey Devils at Atlanta Thrashers (7 PM ET)
The Thrashers are scoreless on 18 consecutive power-play chances over the past four games, converting only four of their last 50 opportunities. EDGE: DEVILS
Atlanta has won six of seven against the Atlantic Division-leading Devils with Marian Hossa and Ilya Kovalchuk each playing a big part in that success. Hossa has five goals and five assists in that span while Kovalchuk has three goals and six assists during a six-game point streak against New Jersey. EDGE: THRASHERS
Atlanta has scored 15 goals in three straight home wins over the Devils. EDGE: OVER




Detroit Red Wings at New York Islanders (7:30 PM ET)
Detroit is 18-3-3 at home this season but just 13-11-3 on the road. The Red Wings are 2-5-1 in their last eight away from Joe Louis Arena. EDGE: ISLANDERS
The Red Wings are 6-1-0 in their last seven meetings with the Islanders at Nassau Coliseum, but they haven't met their since December 17th, 2002. EDGE: RED WINGS

Detroit is 13-3 in its last 16 games as a road favorite of -110 to -150.




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NHL

Short Sheet

Tuesday, January 30th



New Jersey at Atlanta, 7:05 EST
New Jersey: 1-6 SU vs. Atlanta
Atlanta: 32-19 SU after having won 2 of their last 3 games

Boston at Buffalo, 7:05 EST
Boston: 0-12 SU Away after having lost 4 of their last 5 games
Buffalo: 12-2 SU off 3+ road games

Toronto at Carolina, 7:05 EST
Toronto: 15-6 Under Away after allowing 1 goal or less in their previous game
Carolina: 19-2 SU at home after scoring 3+ goals in 3 straight games

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 7:05 EST
Tampa Bay: 6-1 SU vs. Philadelphia
Philadelphia: 0-11 SU as a home underdog

Washington at Ottawa, 7:35 EST
Washington: 7-0 Over off BB division games
Ottawa: 0-5 SU at home off a division loss

Florida at Pittsburgh, 7:35 EST
Florida: 15-48 SU as a road underdog
Pittsburgh: 18-5 SU off 5+ Overs

Detroit at NY Islanders, 7:35 EST
Detroit: 31-12 SU Away off a win
NY Islanders: 9-1 Under at home off a win

Nashville at Colorado, 8:05 EST VER
Nashville: 30-8 SU as a favorite
Colorado: 1-7 SU playing 3 or less games in 10 days

Minnesota at St. Louis, 8:05 EST
Minnesota: 14-3 Under Away playing with 2 days rest
St. Louis: 6-27 SU off BB home games

Los Angeles at Calgary, 9:05 EST
Los Angeles: 9-28 SU in the 2nd off BB road games
Calgary: 21-5 SU at home off an Over

Columbus at Vancouver, 10:05 EST
Columbus: 2-9 SU at Vancouver
Vancouver: 9-0 SU after a win by 2+ goals

Dallas at San Jose, 10:35 EST
Dallas: 0-5 SU on Tuesday nights
San Jose: 10-0 SU after a loss by 2+ goals

** (TC) Denotes Time Change