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02/22/2012 - Glendale, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mikkel Boedker scored the winner in the final round of the shootout as the Phoenix Coyotes took a 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday.
Dustin Brown had tied the shootout in the second round when he buried his shot past Mike Smith, but Boedker got it back when he faked to the backhand and shoved it in.
Jack Johnson then missed the net on his shot to give the Coyotes the win.
Radim Vrbata had two goals and an assist while Shane Doan also scored two for the Coyotes, who have won three straight and eight of nine. Smith made 25 saves in the win.
"This one felt really good tonight," said Doan. "We're on kind of a roll here, but to rally the way we did tonight, it's nice."
Drew Doughty, Justin Williams, Brown and Andrei Loktionov all scored for the Kings, who have lost five of their last six games. Jonathan Quick also stopped 25 shots.
The Kings held a 3-0 lead after 14:44, but the Coyotes' power play, which went 3-for-7 in the game, scored twice in the first 5:26 of the second period to get the team back into the game.
The first goal came just 50 seconds in as Martin Hanzal sent a pass on the rush from the left side to the right where Vrbata tapped it in.
Less than five minutes later, it was a 3-2 game on Doan's one-timer off a bouncing pass from Hanzal at the right circle.
The Kings got one back at the 11:51 mark of the second on the power play thanks to Williams' 12th of the season, but Phoenix made it a one-goal game going into the third when Doan cleaned up a rebound at the left side with 2:53 left in the second.
A match penalty to Kyle Clifford gave the Coyotes a five-minute power play with 6:13 to play and they tied the game with 2:27 left as Vrbata's heavy wrister from the low left circle snuck underneath the crossbar.
Doughty got the Kings on the board 6:18 into the game when his big shot from the high slot beat Smith cleanly.
With 7:28 to play in the first Loktionov's turnaround shot from the right side snuck past Smith and it was a 3-0 game 2:12 later when a slap shot from Willie Mitchell at the left point was tipped in by Brown.
Game Notes
Hanzal had three assists in the game...The Kings play in Colorado on Wednesday...Phoenix hits the road for games in Calgary and Edmonton on Thursday and Saturday...Both teams won three times in the season series...Los Angeles was 1-for-3 on the power play.
<< Oilers handle Flames
Calgary, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sam Gagner and Jordan Eberle scored and added
two assists apiece, leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 6-1 victory over the
Calgary Flames in this season's fifth installment of the Battle of Alberta at
Scotiab
<< No. 1 Kentucky survives scare from Mississippi State
Starkville, MS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kentucky was knocked around by Mississippi
State early, but the No. 1 Wildcats survived the test and overcame a 13-point
halftime deficit en route to a 73-64 victory to secure at least a share of the
SEC reg
<< Scott leads Virginia over Georgetown
Blacksburg, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mike Scott had 20 points and nine rebounds
on Tuesday, leading No. 25 Virginia to a 61-59 win over Virginia Tech.
Sammy Zeglinski and Jontel Evans both added 13 points for the Cavaliers (21-6,
8-5 ACC),
<< Michigan uses long ball to down Northwestern in OT
Evanston, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - No. 11 Michigan went 14-of-38 from long range,
hitting three in a row near the start of overtime to run away with a 67-55 win
over Northwestern on Tuesday.
Trey Burke led all scorers with 19 points, while Ti
Trail Blazers blow out shorthanded Spurs by 40 >>
Portland, OR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Seven different Trail Blazers scored in double
figures, led by 21 from LaMarcus Aldridge, as Portland embarrassed San Antonio
137-97 at Rose Garden on Tuesday.
Jamal Crawford netted 20 points and handed ou
Green and Colorado State get past New Mexico >>
Fort Collins, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dorian Green scored 17 points and Pierce
Hornung finished with a double-double, as Colorado State knocked off No. 18
New Mexico, 71-63, at Moby Arena.
Hornung logged 13 points and 15 rebounds, while
FedEx extends sponsorship of FedExCup >>
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The PGA Tour and FedEx announced on
Wednesday a five-year extension of the company's sponsorship of the FedExCup.
The FedExCup is a year-long competition that began in 2007. This new deal will
keep
Blackwell takes over as Fordham's defensive coordinator >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former South Florida co-defensive coordinator
David Blackwell has joined the new staff of Fordham football coach Joe
Moorhead as defensive coordinator.
Moorhead was named the Rams' new coach in December and is
MySportsbook.com Releases World Series Championship Lines
New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox early favorites to win 2008 World Series
The Major League Baseball season starts this weekend and MySportsbook.com, a leading online sportsbook for over 8 years, is the first to offer baseball sports betting lines on who will win the 2007 World Series.
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Going in to this weekend, MySportsbook.com's favorites to win the World Series are the New York Yankees at 7-2 and last year’s winners the Chicago White Sox at 9-2.
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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