{"id":4281,"date":"2009-04-22T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/hockey-betting-wednesday-nhl-playoff-picks\/"},"modified":"2009-04-22T11:42:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T16:42:00","slug":"hockey-betting-wednesday-nhl-playoff-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/hockey-betting-wednesday-nhl-playoff-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey Betting – Wednesday NHL Playoff Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As hockey betting rages on, the hate in each series is on the rise and many of the matchups<\/span> are becoming more like boxing odds<\/a> battles than hockey games. There’s no point paying attention to poor <\/span><\/font>Montreal<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>‘s plight, so let’s explore some other NHL odds for tonight.<\/p>\n

Capitals vs<\/span> Rangers odds: Game 4 tonight, <\/span><\/b>7:00 p.m. ET<\/span><\/b><\/st1:time> at <\/span><\/b>Madison<\/span><\/b><\/st1:PlaceName> <\/span><\/b>Square<\/span><\/b><\/st1:PlaceName> <\/span><\/b>Garden<\/span><\/b><\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>
<\/span><\/b>NHL lines: Capitals -150, Rangers +130<\/p>\n

What<\/span> a difference a game can make in online betting. Whether it was Ovechkin’s<\/span> spying tactics or reduced pressure playing on the road, something clicked for the Capitals and they looked reborn in Game 3. Not only did the “big three” of Ovechkin\/Backstrom\/Semin<\/span> combine for eight points, but the forwards backchecked<\/span> as well as they have all season and rookie netminder<\/span> Simeon Varlamov<\/span> shone brightly. Naturally, the Rangers will always have the goaltending advantage with King Henrik<\/span> Lundqvist<\/span> in goal, but Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> only needs to be somewhat close in that department. Varlamov<\/span>, who has experience in the World Junior Championship and Russian Super League hockey betting, has been cool as a cucumber, stopping 56 of 57 shots in two games since taking over the starting job. Given that he seems poised to keep the scores close, the Caps look like a great sportsbook pick to even up the series on Wednesday. Look for Ovechkin to notch his first goal of the series, too.<\/p>\n

Online betting<\/a> pick: Capitals -150<\/p>\n

Blackhawks<\/span><\/b><\/span> vs<\/span> Flames odds: Game 4 tonight, <\/span><\/b>10:00 p.m. ET<\/span><\/b><\/st1:time> at Pengrowth<\/span> Saddledome<\/span>
<\/span><\/b>NHL Lines: Blackhawks<\/span> +135, Flames -155<\/p>\n

For<\/span> the first time all series, the Blackhawks<\/span> looked off their game Monday night in their Game-3 loss to the Flames. While both teams combine skill and grit nicely, the Flames’ style seems to cater slightly more to the “grit” side, and they got under the young Hawks’ skin on Monday night. Playing at home in front of the Sea<\/st1:PlaceType> of Red<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> again, the Flames likely won’t change their strategy in this NHL betting matchup .Bet on Calgary<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> to bully Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> again as the Flames even up what is rapidly becoming the most exciting series in the Stanley Cup odds<\/a> so far this season.<\/p>\n

Online betting<\/a> pick: Flames<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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As hockey betting rages on, the hate in each series is on the rise and many of the matchups are becoming more like boxing odds battles than hockey games. There’s no point paying attention to poor Montreal‘s plight, so let’s explore some other NHL odds for tonight. Capitals vs Rangers odds: Game 4 tonight, 7:00 … Continue reading Hockey Betting – Wednesday NHL Playoff Picks<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}