NHL Predictions
Minnesota Wild -119
Just a 1 unit play today on the Wild at home. The Flames come into tonight losing 3 straight road games as they finish off their 4 game road trip. Losses have come to Columbus, Detroit and St Louis and they were outscored 11-4 over those three games. Calgary is just 2-6 in their last 8 games making them 8-12-1 on the season and just 4-7 on the road. Minnesota had won 5 straight before their 5-2 home loss against Edmonton on Friday. They have won 6 of their last 7 home games making them 8-3-1 at home and 13-6-3 on the season. The Wild haven’t been scoring a lot of goals, but are having success defensively. In net tonight will be Niklas Backstrom who is 7-4-2 on the year with a 1.97 GAA and .935 SV% (2 shutouts). We can expect Kiprusoff in net for the Flames who is 8-9 on the season with a 2.49 GAA and .917 SV%. Minnesota won their first meeting of the season 3-0 in Calgary, and took 4 of their 6 meetings last season where they outscored the Flames 17-9. The Wild are 7-3 in their last 10 vs a team with a winning % below .400 and 6-2 in their last 8 as a favorite. Overall the Wild have been the much better team over the past couple of weeks and I expect them to continue their solid play at home. Wild win and I like the value were getting tonight.
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New England Patriots -160
Backing National Football League team (Patriots) that have a plus-7 point per game differential coming off a game where they allowed three points or less in the first half of their last affair against a team (Eagles) that has a point-differential of + or - 3 in the second half of the season has cashed at an amazing 26-2 (93%) over the last 10 NFL campaigns and the bias is 1-0 this season.
Bears / Raiders Over 41
Playing to the high side of the over - under on a team (Oakland) that has covering the spread in 4 or 5 out of their last 6 games against opponent (Chicago) after covering the spread in 5 or 6 out of their last 7 games. The trend is a sick 67-16 (81%) over the last five NFL campaigns and it is the first time the bias has presented itself this year.