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10/27/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Blackhawks are getting outstanding play from a pair of rookies, and hope that trend continues tonight when they welcome the Atlanta Thrashers to the United Center.
Though Chicago has lost two in a row, its 5-5-0 start can largely be credited to young guns Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. The 19-year-old Toews, the third overall pick in 2006, is currently riding an eight-game point streak that has seen the center total four goals and four assists in that span.
That includes the lone goal in Thursday's 3-1 loss to Boston. Nikolai Khabibulin allowed all three goals on 18 shots in the loss.
Kane, 18, was held off the stat sheet in that game, but is still Chicago's leading scorer on the season with three goals and 10 assists, giving the 2007 first overall selection 13 points on the season.
Chicago forward David Koci left Thursday's game in the first period after having his nose again broken in a fight with Boston's Zdeno Chara. He did not return for the remainder of the contest and was placed on injured reserve -- along with Andrei Zyuzin (glute) -- after the game.
In addition, Brent Sopel (groin) is questionable for tonight's game.
The Blackhawks, who are 3-3 as the home team this season, will play their next two games at Dallas and St. Louis.
The Thrashers are in the midst of a seven-game road swing, and fell to 1-2 on the trip after Thursday's 3-0 loss to Nashville. Dan Ellis made 20 saves for the Predators.
Johan Hedberg stopped 31 shots for the Thrashers, who have gone 2-2-0 since management fired former head coach Bob Hartley and replaced him on an interim basis with general manager Don Waddell.
Hedberg is starting in place of Kari Lehtonen, who is on injured reserve with a groin injury and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks due to the ailment.
Ilya Kovalchuk recorded three points in a win over Toronto on Tuesday, but was held off the stat sheet against Nashville. He leads the Thrashers with nine points (5 goals, 4 assists) on the season.
This marks the first meeting between the two clubs in Chicago since the Blackhawks recorded a shutout victory over the Thrashers on November 7, 2002. Atlanta is 0-2 all-time in Chicago.
Chicago has also won five of its seven lifetime meetings with Atlanta.
<< Sabres look to strike Lightning
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Buffalo Sabres will resume a five-game road trip
tonight against the Tampa Bay Lightning at St. Pete Times Forum.
Buffalo is 1-2 on the trek and ended a three-game losing streak with Friday's
4-2 win over the F
<< Habs visit Pens in Steel City
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The surging Montreal Canadiens aim for their fourth
straight win when they pay a visit to the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight at
Mellon Arena.
Montreal netted its third straight victory with Friday's 7-4 win
<< Leafs, Rangers square off at the Garden
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - While the New York Rangers are off to a disappointing start
to the season, their play on home ice can't be faulted for that. The
Blueshirts continue a six-game homestand tonight against the Toronto Maple
Leafs a
<< Canes take on Isles in Uniondale
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Islanders will resume a six-game homestand
this evening against the Carolina Hurricanes at Nassau Coliseum.
New York has won two in a row and opened the homestand with a 4-3 overtime win
against the New
Grosjean, Gicquel make for all-French final in Lyon >>
Lyon, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A pair of Frenchmen will square off for an ATP
title on their home soil, as veteran Sebastien Grosjean and Marc Gicquel
advanced to Sunday's final at the Lyon Tennis Grand Prix.
Gicquel came out on to
Ambrose on pole at Memphis >>
Memphis, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Marcos Ambrose captured the pole for Saturday
afternoon's Sam's Town 250 Busch Series race at the Memphis Motorsports Park.
The No.59 Ford driver circled the 0.750-mile oval in 22.901 seconds (117.899
m.p.h.)
Federer outguns Karlovic to reach hometown final >>
Basel, Switzerland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Roger Federer outslugged Croatia's Ivo
Karlovic to advance to the final of his hometown tournament, the Swiss
Indoors.
The top-seeded Federer earned a 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5) victory Saturday in
Celtic downs Motherwell as McDonald tallies three >>
Glasgow, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Scott McDonald returned to the Celtic
lineup in a big way as the Australian striker scored three times to lead
Celtic to a 3-0 win over Motherwell at Celtic Park on Saturday.
McDonald was held
Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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JUPITER, Fla. -- The Foorida Marlins are preparing for the likelihood that right-hander
Josh Johnson won't be ready when the season starts April 2.
Grapefruit League action starts Wednesday, but Johnson, penciled in as the No. 2 starter, hasn't even thrown off a mound at full speed since September. He's experienced some soreness in his right forearm.
MySportsbook.com have the Marlins listed with baseball betting lines at +800 to win the NL East this season .
''You guys know the math. If he's not on the hill then he becomes an opening day roster issue,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said Saturday. ''We're borderline now.''
Johnson, who finished 12-7 with a 3.10 ERA in 2007, was supposed to throw on flat ground Saturday. That was canceled when he woke up with pain.
He played catch on Wednesday with no pain but felt discomfort in a throwing session on Thursday. He's expected to try again Sunday.
''Like we always said from the very beginning, we're going to take it easy on him,'' Gonzalez said. ''He didn't feel right, so we shut him down. We're going to take it back to step one and see where we're at.''
Among the candidates to take Johnson's spot in the rotation are left-hander Chris George and right-handers Yusmeiro Petit and Jose Garcia.
Right-hander Sergio Mitre, who missed most of last season with arm and shoulder problems, also is behind.
With Johnson's status doubtful, Gonzalez said right-hander Ricky Nolasco will stay in the rotation and no longer will be considered a candidate for closer.
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