tampa players diving all over the place in boston and its as bad as a footy game now!

toronto are fkin hammering philly here and have just scored2-2..bobrovsky has kept philly in it!

Caps are the biggest over rated side in the league imo..horrible team with no offence

If Caps don't make it deep into the play-offs this season after their change of strategy to sacrifice the offense then Bruce is absolute toast for certain

*wouldn't

still 8 mins to go but at that stage now when both teams will want to keep 1pt out of the game and take their chances in OT , remembering they are level points in the standings behind Flyers

Impossible angel from Lukic, great composure

Well done guys , some good calls there 

Washington now been involved in 24 unders in their last 29 games 

No mate not this year , was invited to hospitality but tbh i'd rather stay up all night watching Hockey if I had to choose , luckily i'm a full time punter these days so I can please myself as long as the wife permits me 

Final stat before I go, in the last 22 completed nhl matches, there have been 20 unders (5.5) and just 2 overs!!!

Thanks again for that horse earlier Swardean , quality stuff 

Swardean - its a real shame about its mark - could have been a massive plot given the weight it had to give up as a 4yo.

As you say the race tonight may have been a better bet in hindsight.  It does look as though another furlong would suit.  That said the 2 were well clear so depending how good the winner was it could have been over the ideal distance.  I'll watch tonight's race with interest, hoping that something wins by miles for you.  Will be a painful watch if they finish in a heap.

Thanks again mate

Just watching last nights highlights - 'Lucic - over a pile of humanity'

Classic!!

I've had a stellar day - probably never to be repeated - on the nags and am too drunk now to sensibly bet on tonight's games, but.....

Surely unders in NJ/Pens game at evens looks pretty good value, even with the bar being set half a point lower?

Also, Rangers are looking a truly stuffy outfit lately and Sens look to have a new lease of life - the Sens at odds against will do on ML

Cardiff, if you ever watch hockey live its a whole lot faster than you think and pretty exciting - I'll take you up in conversation when I sober up - a Durham Wasps fan from more than 20 years back, Christ I feel old saying that

evening all,

fully agree with drewboy (though beware, am also drunk) that unders in nj is the stand-out.  finding it hard to see calgary losing too.

gl tonight

CHICAGO -1.5 over the Huricanes

Word in from Chicago is that after 24 straight starts, Cam Ward is getting time off to rest up till Carolina play Atlanta on Wednesday.  The plan is to have him play the balance of the season to increase the chances of remaining in the eight play-off spots. 

That isn't to say that they have given up on the night but back-up goalie Justin Peters is getting his first start since the 9th of January and has only made four appearances for sixty minutes.

Eight of the last ten wins by the Hawks have been by two or more goals and that positive stat stretches back further if you want.  With players making solid contributions on all three lines, Justin Peters will have a challenging task to hold off the Hawks.

RT is available at 4/5 if some feel the game will be tighter.  But I think a solid value play for the -1.5 at 7/5.

Best of luck with your Friday selections.

Can't believe i'm still up just couldn't sleep with Dallas on live , just finished 3-3 in regulation so that's 2/2 on the Dallas streak , pleased I chose the safest option by laying the opposition in regs tonight as that price was easily good enough in difficult games , will be doing the same for the games at Sharks and Kings in the next couple of days , then re-assess before the home stretch that follows.
Thank god I don't have to sweat out OT which has just started 


Good call Chicago bt the way SHAPES , very easy win 

Chicago

Nice when a read comes together.  As one who was a goalie till the age of 18, I felt for Justin Peters.  A goal against on the first shot of the night, one later off of a defense man that was going wide but overall, he looked rusty as a keeper would with only four starts.

Seven in a row for Chicago.  A fantastic last quarter surge.

Great stuff guys   


Just a quick comment on the choice of bets available that may best suit the selection you've made , the choices are obviously..... ...handicap...regulation...moneyline...or lay the opposition in regulation , all depending on several factors , I often use the term as with Dallas earlier of " playing Dallas to get at least a point " which obviously means lay the opposition in regs but that said the " double chance " bet available with many bookmakers these days is the identical thing with no commission and invariably gives a better value option than just diving in to lay with commission and the sometimes inevitable discrepancy between back and lay.
The time to be a bit more cautious and play the double chance option is illustrated well in the current batch of Dallas road games in that the opposition are shorter odds , the tie is always a massive player in these divisional games or in particular games with a close conference standing at this stage of the season so i'd much rather have the tie on my side in certain games.

My entire strategy is built around a really high strike rate blended in with the perceived best value and sometimes it pays not to be over greedy and remember the season is a very very long one.

The above is everyone's idea of a strategy guys tbh and each to their own indeed , it's just beneficial sometimes to remember the best price available for a team to win is not necessarily the best way to go about backing them.

Good luck later , lots of early starts today with the opening game only just over 4 hrs away   

Early games look trappy.  I thought Blues were unlucky not to get something from the caps game and that could be ok form (assuming you think the caps are all that!!).  So will leave that game.

I know lets bet with the heart.  Vancouver M/L win.  This to keep the Win/Loss streak going.