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Snarks On Ice: The NHL Roundup

By oddJoe ⋅ January 21, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Blues 3, Blue Jackets 4, SO
In the penalty box: being on the brink of suffering a second double digit losing streak in one season.

Blackhawks 1, Wild 4
In the penalty box: Sweet Home Chicago, for being the most over-played and hackneyed song in the blues canon.

Lightning 6, Stars 3
In the penalty box: little or no ‘D’ in Big D. Dallas has allowed 15 points in the three straight losses.

On Tap Tonight
Islanders (20-24-2) at Devils (24-18-5) 12:00 PM EST
Flyers (28-11-8) at Penguins (11-27-9) 2:00 PM EST
Red Wings (31-12-3) at Avalanche (27-18-3) 2:00 PM EST
Sharks (21-17-6) at Kings (29-18-2) 6:00 PM EST
Rangers (26-14-7) at Bruins (18-21-7) 7:00 PM EST
Maple Leafs (24-19-3) at Senators (31-10-4) 7:00 PM EST
Lightning (24-20-3) at Thrashers (23-19-6) 7:00 PM EST
Hurricanes (32-10-4) at Capitals (16-24-5) 7:30 PM EST
Blue Jackets (17-29-2) at Predators (28-12-6) 8:00 PM EST
Sabres (29-14-3) at Flames (27-14-5) 9:00 PM EST
Oilers (25-17-5) at Coyotes (23-22-2) 9:00 PM EST
Canadiens (21-17-6) at Canucks (27-15-5) 10:00 PM EST
Panthers (18-23-7) at Mighty Ducks (20-16-9) 10:30 PM EST

oddJoe’s hockey picks
Week two of NBC’s hockey coverage brings us Detroit at Colorado, Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, and San Jose at Los Angeles. There’s no NFL action today, so you have no excuses.

The one early game not going out to millions of homes today is the Islanders-Devils tilt. New Jersey is looking to extend its winning streak to nine for the first time since 2001, but they’ll have to get past a New York team that has already won two against their division rivals. Now, I don;t think that the Isles are really better than the Devils are at this point, but I just don’t think New Jersey can keep up their winning streak much longer, and the pressure of a division game just might provide the breaking point. Best line: New York Islanders +200 at VIPSports.

Buffalo didn’t come through for me on Thursday, losing to Vancouver, but I’m sticking with them today again Calgary. The Flames are another tough team to beat on their home ice, but I think the Sabres are too good to drop back-to-back games. Plus, they’ve won eight of their last 11 meetings with Calgary. Best line: Buffalo +145 at Bowmans.

The crazy, wild long shot of the day with is over at BetCRIS where Toronto is +270 to beat Ottawa, though personally I don’t have any faith left in the Leafs to come though with any kind of upset. I do sort of like the idea of the Blue Jackets beating Nashville on the road. The Predators have been that sort of unsteady squad that gets beat by lesser teams, so if I’m going long today I’m going with Columbus (+260 at Bowmans).