Penguins aim to rebound against struggling Bruins
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02/04/2012 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Pittsburgh Penguins had their hot streak doused Wednesday in Toronto and will try to get back in the win column when they visit the struggling Boston Bruins in today's game at TD Garden.
The Penguins had posted their season-high eighth straight win Tuesday against the visiting Maple Leafs, notching a 5-4 shootout win at Consol Energy Center. Pittsburgh erased a three-goal deficit in the third period to win that contest and Evgeni Malkin scored with just 6.6 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime. Malkin also provided the winning tally in the shootout.
Wednesday's finale of the home-and-home did not go as well, however, as Toronto shut down Pittsburgh's offensive attack in a 1-0 decision at Air Canada Centre. It was the first loss for the Penguins since Jan. 11, when they were also dealt a 1-0 loss by Washington.
Pittsburgh fired 25 shots at James Reimer on Wednesday and he stopped all of them to post his second shutout of the year. Clarke MacArthur netted the game's lone score for the Maple Leafs.
Brent Johnson earned his first start in net for Pittsburgh since Jan. 10 and he played well in defeat, making 23 saves for the Penguins. No. 1 netminder Marc-Andre Fleury is expected to be back in net today for the Pens.
"I'm obviously disappointed in the loss, but it's definitely a step in the right direction," said Johnson, who hasn't won since December 3 and was pulled from his previous two starts. "I tried to simplify things out there and things were working pretty well tonight. I felt confident, felt good."
Pittsburgh is 14-11-2 as the guest this year and is playing the second tilt of a four-game road trip today. The Pens will also visit New Jersey tomorrow afternoon before capping the swing Tuesday night in Montreal.
Penguins forwards Sidney Crosby (neck) and Jordan Staal (knee) and defenseman Simon Despres (lower body) have been skating recently, but there is still no word on when any of them will return to game action. Crosby, of course, was diagnosed with soft tissue damage in his neck earlier this week, which seems to be an improvement from the post-concussion symptoms that the team believed was preventing him from playing.
The Bruins have dropped two of their last three games and have posted a 6-5-1 record over the last few weeks. Boston is still leading the Northeast Division with 66 points and is just three points behind the New York Rangers for the top spot in the East.
Boston's struggles against Carolina continued in its last trip to the ice, as the Bruins dropped a 3-0 home decision against the Hurricanes on Thursday. That setback allowed the Hurricanes, who are tied for last in the East, to sweep the four meetings with the B's this season.
The Bruins simply could not solve Hurricanes goaltender Cam Ward on Thursday, as they fired 47 shots at the former Conn Smythe winner and he turned aside every one of them. Tuukka Rask made 28 saves for the Bruins, who have alternated wins and losses in their last 10 games.
"We have to understand that we are not that great of a team when we go out there and just play through the motions," said Boston head coach Claude Julien. "The reality is that right now we are playing like a team that is at the bottom of the standings, not near the top."
The Bruins are 17-8-2 as the host this year and are completing a three-game homestand this afternoon.
Boston and the Pens have met just once this season when the B's posted a 3-1 victory in Pittsburgh on Dec. 5. The Bruins have won three of five overall in this series, but the Pens have taken three straight in Beantown.
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(September 15)—The NASCAR season has hit the homestretch with the opening event on this year’s Chase for the Cup taking place this weekend at the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. With 10 races remaining to determine the Cup Series champion, leading online sportsbook MySportsbook.com today announced odds on all 10 Chase qualifying drivers capturing the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship.
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Online Sportsbook Football Betting
Why Sports Betting is so much fun?
Betting Sports
The most popular sports to bet on are NFL and college football along with NBA and NCAA basketball. There are multiple betting opportunities within those sports, beginning with the basic wager on a game’s outcome (also called betting the side). College Football Point spreads are used in both football and basketball in an attempt to even the attractiveness of each team in a match-up. ( See our article detailing how and why point spreads are made)
But you could also simply bet on the money line, or straight-up winner of the game. Oddsmakers use the money line so that more money must be risked on the favorite or expected winner and less money on the underdog to balance the action on both sides. While money line gambling is an attractive option for football and basketball bettors who only care about picking a winner, it is the primary option for those bettors who enjoy wagering on MLB baseball and individual sports like boxing, tennis, golf and racing events such as NASCAR. ( More details on playing the Money Line)
Points (or Runs) Scored
Another bet across all major team sports including football, basketball, baseball, and hockey involves wagering on the amount of scoring in a game, called an Over/Under total. For example, the Over/Under total on Super Bowl XXXIX was 48, which means a bettor could wager whether there would be more or less than 48 points scored by both teams combined in the game.
The final score of Super Bowl XXXIX was 24-21; the scoring of both teams added up to 45, which means the game went Under . So Under bettors won, and Over bettors lost.
Future Bets
Sports gambling doesn’t end there. Betting sides and totals are the most common wagers available everywhere, but many sportsbooks also offer future bets on big upcoming events like who will win next year’s Super Bowl and what movie will win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
The main advantage of futures is that you can get appealing odds by betting far in advance. For example, with NFL futures you often can get much higher odds on a team by betting before the season even starts. A NFL future bet on a team to win the Super Bowl odds might be 20/1 in the preseason; but by midseason, their odds might decrease to 10/1 if they turn out to be legitimate championship contenders.
Proposition Bets (or Prop Bets)
Proposition bets , also known as prop bets, focus upon the more exotic aspects of a game and are generally reserved for events that are widely televised. Prop bets are extremely popular when it comes to wagering on the Super Bowl in Las Vegas. The Imperial Palace Casino’s sportsbook is well-known for the enormous number of prop bets offered. For example, you can bet on:- What team will win the coin toss
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Types of Bets
Straight Bet
Involves one individual wager, whether it be on your team to cover the point spread, to win the game straight-up on the money line, or to go over/under the total.
Sports Betting Parlays
A parlay is a single bet that links together two or more individual wagers and is dependent on all of those wagers winning together. The benefit of the parlay bet is much better odds than placing each individual bet separately since the difficulty of hitting it is much higher.Standard payoffs on a two-team parlay are 13/5; while a three-teamer pays 6/1; and a four-teamer 10/1.
Parlay cards are also fairly common in sportsbooks and popular with bettors, as they are released early in the week with set odds that do not change in return for a slightly lower payoff.
Round Robin Betting
Adventurous bettors who enjoy betting parlays sometimes put together a series of parlays called a Round Robin . A three-team Round Robin consists of one three-team parlay and three two-team parlays. For example, Joe likes teams A,B,C – with a Round Robin he has a three-teamer with ABC, and two-teamers with AB, AC, and BC.Betting Teasers
Similar to a parlay, a teaser bet is a single bet that links together two or more individual wagers, but is different in that the point spread is adjusted to your advantage on each individual wager. In exchange for the points, you get less of a return on your bet compared to a parlay. For example, a 6-point teaser would move the line on a 7-point favorite from -7 to -1, meaning the team would have to cover 6 less points. Each of the individual wagers must win or the bet is a loss.These are the main types of sports bets available today. But as sports betting continues to grow, sportsbooks will continue to develop new and creative ways to bet. We’ll continue to track these changes to the sports gambling landscape, so check back often and we’ll tell you all about it!
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