{"id":4378,"date":"2009-05-07T14:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nhl-odds-thursday-hockey-betting-picks\/"},"modified":"2009-05-07T14:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-07T19:21:00","slug":"nhl-odds-thursday-hockey-betting-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nhl-odds-thursday-hockey-betting-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Odds &#8211; Thursday hockey betting picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>As each hockey betting series progresses, storylines\u2014bad blood, controversial calls and unsung heroes\u2014get deeper and deeper. Let&#8217;s breakdown what&#8217;s happening in the Wild West for tonight&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sports-betting\/hockey\" title=\"NHL odds\" id=gon2>NHL odds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Canucks <span class=SpellE>vs<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Blackhawks<\/span> odds &#8211; Tonight at <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/font><st1:time Hour=\"20\" Minute=\"0\"><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>8:00 p.m. ET<\/span><\/b><\/st1:time><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><br \/> <\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sports-betting\/hockey\" title=\"NHL odds\" id=xhgn>NHL odds<\/a>: Canucks +135, <span class=SpellE>Blackhawks<\/span> -155<\/p>\n<p> The Canucks can afford a loss in this hockey betting series after stealing Game 3 on the road, but the <span class=SpellE>Blackhawks<\/span> really have to win tonight to make this a series. If they don&#8217;t, they&#8217;ll face the daunting task of winning not just three straight, but two in <st1:City><st1:place>Vancouver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. The Canucks are a tempting sportsbook pick as the underdog but, as it showed against the Flames after consecutive losses, this <span class=SpellE>Blackhawks<\/span> team is resilient. Coach Joel <span class=SpellE>Quenneville<\/span> knows what his team needs to do to even the series tonight: score first. The Canucks have jumped to leads of two or more goals in all three games so far in the <span class=SpellE>Blackhawks<\/span> <span class=SpellE>vs<\/span> Canucks odds. With roughly 22,000 hungry fans rocking at the <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>United<\/st1:PlaceName>  <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> tonight, the Hawks will have plenty of inspiration to come out skating and hitting harder than ever. Expect them to rely on their depth and speed to overcome the Canucks tonight.<\/p>\n<p> Hockey betting pick: <span class=SpellE>Blackhawks<\/span> -155<\/p>\n<p> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Red Wings <span class=SpellE>vs<\/span> Ducks odds &#8211; Tonight at <\/span><\/b><st1:time Hour=\"22\" Minute=\"30\"><b><span  style='font-weight:bold'>10:30 p.m. ET<\/span><\/b><\/st1:time><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><br \/> <\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sports-betting\/hockey\" title=\"NHL odds\" id=w08->NHL odds<\/a>: Red Wings -150, Ducks +130 <\/p>\n<p> <span class=GramE>What&#8217;s<\/span> done is done. The referees botched a call <span class=SpellE>bigtime<\/span> in Game 3, blowing the whistle on a lose puck before Marian <span class=SpellE>Hossa<\/span> banged it in for a goal, but that happens in sports and the Ducks got the win. However, even if the Wings can&#8217;t fight the call, that doesn&#8217;t mean they can&#8217;t have their revenge. <span class=GramE>There&#8217;s<\/span> just no way the defending Stanley Cup odds champions will go quietly. They&#8217;ll be swift-skating and angry tonight, so don&#8217;t be surprised if Jonas Hiller gets overwhelmed in goal for the first time in these playoffs. Bet on the Wings odds to even things up. <\/p>\n<p> Hockey betting pick: Red Wings -150<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As each hockey betting series progresses, storylines\u2014bad blood, controversial calls and unsung heroes\u2014get deeper and deeper. Let&#8217;s breakdown what&#8217;s happening in the Wild West for tonight&#8217;s NHL odds. Canucks vs Blackhawks odds &#8211; Tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET NHL odds: Canucks +135, Blackhawks -155 The Canucks can afford a loss in this hockey betting series &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nhl-odds-thursday-hockey-betting-picks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NHL Odds &#8211; Thursday hockey betting picks<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-4378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4378","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=4378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}