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11/03/2007 - Raleigh, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Matt Cullen had a goal and an assist to the lead the Hurricanes past the Florida Panthers, 4-2, at the RBC Center.
Rod Brind'Amour and Jeff Hamilton each collected a pair of assists for Carolina, which has won two of three. Trevor Letowski, Chad LaRose and Cory Stillman also scored, while John Grahame made 22 saves in his first start at home.
Jay Bouwmeester and Richard Zednik scored for Florida, which had two-game winning streak broken. Tomas Vokoun allowed four goals on 40 shots.
During the second period, the teams combined for three goals in a 1:54 span.
Brind'Amour continued to work his magic from behind the cage, centering the puck to LaRose, who roofed it over Vokoun to make it 2-0 with 13:36 remaining in the second.
Bouwmeester countered 1:35 later to cut the margin in half when he crept in from the point and snapped a feed from Olli Jokinen past Grahame.
It took Carolina 19 seconds to answer back, as a high shot from the point handcuffed Vokoun. Letowski was on the doorstep and pounced on the rebound to restore the Hurricanes' two-goal cushion.
Late in the period, Zednik's individual effort made it 3-2. He used his speed to split the defensemen and jump on a loose puck. Then Zednik moved the disc from the forehand to the backhand and beat Grahame with 2:19 left.
Stillman provided insurance in the third with a power-play goal. Cullen took the shot from the left point and Stillman deflected it past Vokoun with 8:53 remaining.
A high-sticking penalty on Nathan Horton in the final minute halted any chance at a comeback for the Panthers.
Carolina cashed in on the power play at the 8:34 mark of the opening stanza. Brind'Amour was lurking behind the net and threw the puck to Hamilton at the point, who one-timed it on net. Vokoun made the first save, but Cullen, stationed in front of the goal, banged home the rebound to give the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead.
A sprawling save by Grahame on Horton preserved the lead heading into the first intermission.
Game Notes
Carolina has won nine of the last 11 meetings...Stillman extended his point streak to seven games, while Cullen now has a six-game point streak...Carolina's Ray Whitney had his five-game goal-scoring streak broken...Carolina was 2-for-4 on the power play, while Florida was 0-for-2...The last time Florida won in Carolina was a 2-0 triumph on December 6, 2002.
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Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines.
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