NHL Hockey-new season

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Florida - Washington
With 5 games left Florida is 6 points behind playoff spot.Florida has won the last four meetings with Washington this season after the Capitals took the first two. Overall, the Panthers have won 12 of the last 15 matchups against the Capitals.
Home win.

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San Jose - Phoenix
Everything except home win would be a great surprise.

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Detroit - Dallas

Dallas (46-24-6) at Detroit (47-19-11)

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Game Info: 7:30 pm EDT Fri Mar 30, 2007
TV: KDFI Add to Calendar
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By JON PALMIERI, STATS Senior Writer

The Presidents' Trophy isn't the piece of hardware the Detroit Red Wings are focused on. Still, winning that title for the third straight season would be quite an accomplishment.

Detroit looks to take another step toward the NHL's best overall record when it hosts the surging Dallas Stars on Friday night.

The Red Wings (47-19-11) moved into a tie with Nashville for the Central Division lead and the top seed in the Western Conference with a 2-1 victory over the Predators on Thursday.

Pavel Datsyuk scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and added an assist for Detroit, which is seeking its sixth straight Central Division title. The Red Wings have a game in hand on the Predators with four of their final five games left against non-playoff teams Columbus and Chicago.

We're in the playoffs, and one through eight, I don't know who we want to play," Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. "Which team do we match up best against? I can't figure it out, so I'm not spending any time doing it."

The victory also moved Detroit into a tie with Buffalo for the league's best overall record. The Sabres, however, have a game in hand on the Red Wings.

Detroit could become the first team to finish first in the overall standings in three consecutive seasons since Montreal from 1976-78. The Presidents' Trophy was first awarded in 1985-86.

The Red Wings would like to see their offense improve before the playoffs as they've scored only eight goals in their last six games and have gone 2-2-2.

Some of those struggles can be attributed to the absence of left wing Henrik Zetterberg, who leads the team with 33 goals and is second with 68 points. Zetterberg - sidelined since Feb. 24 with a back injury - has started practicing but isn't expected to play this game. He may return Sunday at Columbus.

Datsyuk is one Red Wing that isn't struggling offensively. He has seven goals and 14 assists in his last 15 games.

With Chris Osgood making 25 saves Thursday, Dominik Hasek is expected to be back in net for this game. The six-time Vezina Trophy winner has won four straight starts against Dallas (46-24-6), allowing six goals with one shutout.

Todd Bertuzzi had two assists Thursday, his first points in four games with the Red Wings.

With 98 points, Dallas is six behind Pacific Division-leading Anaheim and is tied with San Jose and Minnesota for fifth in the West.

The Stars will be tested in their next two games - at Detroit and Nashville - but then play three of their final four contests against teams out of the playoff race. The exception is a home game against the Ducks on April 6.

"It should be an exciting finish to the season," Dallas' Mike Modano said on the team's official Web site. "We know the opportunity is there. It's just a matter of playing good hockey and seeing how the points fall. We have one game left with (Anaheim) and it could make it very interesting coming down the stretch."

Mike Ribeiro scored twice and Marty Turco stopped 21 shots for his 30th career shutout in Dallas' 6-0 victory Tuesday over Phoenix. Turco is 1-8-0 with five ties and a 2.91 goals-against average in 15 career starts against Detroit.

Detroit has won all three meetings against Dallas this season and is 8-1-1 with five ties in the series since the start of the 2002-03 season

Home win.

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be careful with Detroit tonight Grga, they won last night in a hard match against Nasville!I don´t see a home win there might be after OT but not in first 60 Minutes

My bet for the day in the NHL is Buffalo.

Islanders without DiPietro the MVP and maybe without Dunham the 2. keeper.

Sabres a scoring machine! So i take Buffalo to win

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Originally Posted by Densa85

be careful with Detroit tonight Grga, they won last night in a hard match against Nasville!I don´t see a home win there might be after OT but not in first 60 Minutes

My bet for the day in the NHL is Buffalo.

Islanders without DiPietro the MVP and maybe without Dunham the 2. keeper.

Sabres a scoring machine! So i take Buffalo to win

Already on Buffalo.Took a gamble yesterday @ 2.05 with DiPietro and Dunham doubtfull.But when I saw today that DiPietro is out I doubled the stakes but I found only 1.90

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Don't worry about Detroit that were just my initial thoughts about each match.

[Densa85]

ok so we agree about the Sabres pick tonight.Lets see

NASN LIVE OTTAWA - MONTREAL tonight.

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carolina to win

DETROI DALLAS --DRAW

AGREED ON THE REST
PLUS COLUMBUS TO WIN

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Buffalo won after first period 12:12 shots and 5:1 for Buffalo *lol*

red Wings lost in OT after first 2 strong periods they lost the lead in the last period!

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Stats update 146W 97L 3P

Profitable night for me with NJ and Buffalo as my main bets.
Ottawa - Montreal over 5.5/San Jose small double covered my loses on Detroit and Florida.

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Boston - Atlanta ......................... 2.75 4.03 2.03
Colorado - Minnesota ................... 2.18 4.00 2.53
Toronto - Pittsburgh .................... 2.15 3.99 2.58
St. Louis - Anaheim ..................... 3.10 4.09 1.86
Vancouver - Calgary .................... 2.11 3.97 2.65
NY Islanders - Ottawa .................. 2.39 3.83 2.30
Philadelphia - NY Rangers .............. 3.33 4.13 1.80
Montreal - Buffalo ........................ 2.39 3.94 2.32
Nashville - Dallas ......................... 1.99 4.03 2.86
Tampa Bay - Washington .............. 1.61 4.30 4.02

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Columbus - Detroit .................. 3.19 4.12 1.84
Chicago - Edmonton ................ 2.01 4.02 2.81
New Jersey - Boston ............... 1.58 4.33 4.23
Florida - Carolina .................... 2.21 3.99 2.52
San Jose - Los Angeles ............ 1.48 4.50 4.86
NY Rangers - Toronto .............. 2.05 3.98 2.75

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New Jersey - Boston 1
Florida - Carolina 2
San Jose - Los Angeles 1

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New Jersey - Boston 3-1
Florida - Carolina 3-4 OT
San Jose - Los Angeles 6-2

Stats update 148W 98L 3P

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Dallas - St. Louis 1.54 4.32 4.43

St. Louis (32-33-13) at Dallas (48-24-6)

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Game Info: 8:00 pm EDT Mon Apr 2, 2007
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By AMY JO WALKER, STATS Writer

A defeat to the St. Louis Blues more than three weeks ago gave the Dallas Stars their longest skid of the season. They have done very little losing since.

The Stars go for their season high-tying fifth straight victory when they host the Blues on Monday.

Dallas (48-24-6) lost 5-3 to the Blues (32-33-13) on March 8 for its fourth straight defeat, but since then has rebounded to go 10-1-1 over its last 12 games.

The Stars, who have already clinched their fourth consecutive playoff berth, are tied with the San Jose Sharks for the fifth spot in the Western Conference with 102 points, but have a game in hand. Both teams are also trying to catch the Pacific Division-leading Anaheim Ducks, who have 106 points with three games remaining.

Dallas, which hasn't won five straight games since opening the season 5-0-0, beat Detroit 4-3 in a shootout on Friday and followed that with a 4-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Saturday.

Against Nashville, the Stars jumped out to a two-goal lead less than five minutes into the game off goals from Jeff Halpern and Jussi Jokinen.

"We came in here and played crisp and a good road game to take the win," Stars center Mike Modano told the team's official Web site. "It's prep time for us as the playoffs approach, and we did a good job of getting ready for the postseason."

Modano had a goal and an assist to improve his point total to 41 on the season. He has 78 points in 85 career games versus the Blues, including a goal and an assist in the March 8 defeat.

Despite losing the last two overall matchups between the teams, Dallas has won six straight home meetings, outscoring the Blues 19-6 in those contests.

The Stars are 26-10-2 at American Airlines Center this season and are trying to match their season high-tying six-game winning streak there, set Nov. 20-Dec. 6.

The Blues, who have already been eliminated from playoff contention, are opening a season-ending four-game road trip.

They finished their home schedule with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday. Lee Stempniak scored his team-leading 25th goal in the third period to tie the game, but the Blues failed to get the go-ahead tally despite some late breakaway chances.

"It would have been nice to see a couple of those chances go in at the end of the third period," said Blues coach Andy Murray, whose team is just 3-5-3 since the last win over Dallas. "We were pushing it."

The Blues were shut out on all four power-play chances, and are a dismal 1-for-41 over the last 10 games. Ending the drought may be difficult against the Stars, who haven't allowed an extra-man goal in their last three games.

Dallas goaltender Marty Turco is 6-1-1 with a 1.61 goals-against average in his last eight starts versus St. Louis

UNDER 5.5 for me