NHL betting thoughts

Sasquatch

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Playing on the western conference seems to be the right move right now. Especially when on the road against their brethren in the East, allowing your bankroll to grow.
Take last week, for example. By betting blindly on the Westerners (often at Pick’em or at plus money), you would have posted a profitable 9-6 record. But let’s look closer.
Six of the games were played by Calgary (1-2) and Vancouver (0-3) – teams you would probably bypass on the road, especially the Flames’ 4-game trip over six nights which ended in a 3-1 loss in Chicago.
That leaves you with – Wow! – a sa-weet 8-1 record, featuring Tuesday shutouts by Colorado and St. Louis, then Saturday’s pièce de résistance when the Avalanche (+180) mauled the Canadiens in Montreal, 6-1 (this column told you this two weeks ago prior to the injury to Habs goalie Carey Price).
Even San Jose survived a contest at its traditional House of Doom, the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, blowing a late lead in regulation yet eventually nipping the improving Sabres in overtime.
This week finds a mouth-watering sextet of West Warriors on the road Tuesday, including Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota, St. Louis, San Jose and “my” L.A. Kings going to Philadelphia. On Thursday, most of these clubs are again in action, along with Anaheim in Florida and Anaheim going to suddenly-vulnerable Montreal.
Biggest Apple of the NHL’s three clubs situated near New York City, name the best goaltender. It’s a tough call, as all three are among just five league-wide holding a stellar goals-against average of under 2.00
Of course, the Rangers’ Henrik Lundqcist (1.68 GAA) is the backbone to the Blue Shirts’ current 9-game winning streak. However, not too far behind hails the Islanders’ Jaroslav Halak (1.90), then Cory Schneider (1.98) of the New Jersey Devils.
Sabres in the other two.
 

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