{"id":6622,"date":"2009-05-15T15:41:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T20:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/hockey-betting-conference-finals-get-underway-on-the-ice\/"},"modified":"2009-05-15T15:41:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T20:41:00","slug":"hockey-betting-conference-finals-get-underway-on-the-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/hockey-betting-conference-finals-get-underway-on-the-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey Betting &#8211; Conference Finals Get Underway On The Ice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>After your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sports-betting\/horse-racing-tips\" title=\"Preakness betting\" id=wndd><span class=SpellE>Preakness<\/span> betting<\/a> action is all done on Sunday, players can start placing their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/\" title=\"online sports bets\" id=jehs>online sports bets<\/a> on the NHL&#8217;s conference series, which kick off Sunday in <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. Last year&#8217;s Stanley Cup finalists both made it to the final four again this year, and they&#8217;re favored to draw first blood against a pair of pesky teams that won&#8217;t lie down.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=SpellE><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Blackhawks<\/span><\/b><\/span><b><span style='font-weight:bold'> <span class=SpellE>vs<\/span> Red Wings odds &#8211; Sunday, May 17, <\/span><\/b><st1:time Hour=\"15\" Minute=\"0\"><b><span style='font-weight:  bold'>3:00 PM ET<\/span><\/b><\/st1:time><\/p>\n<p> The Red Wings are favored at -190 to win the first game at Joe Louis Arena, and they took four of six from the young <span class=SpellE>Blackhawks<\/span> during the regular season. <st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, who is the oldest team in the NHL, put away <st1:City><st1:place>Anaheim<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in seven games, and they can trot out four productive lines all capable of playing well at both ends of the ice. The <span class=SpellE>Blackhawks<\/span>, who are the second-youngest team in the league, used their speed to defeat <st1:City><st1:place>Vancouver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in six games, and they&#8217;ll try to attack the Red Wings from all angles. However, they showed some nerves early in the <st1:City><st1:place>Vancouver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> series, and it&#8217;ll come up again on Sunday against a team that doesn&#8217;t get frazzled easily. Take <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Detroit&#8217;s<\/span><\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sports-betting\/NHL-odds-1005.aspx\" title=\"NHL odds\" id=\"wn:v\">NHL odds<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Hurricanes <span class=SpellE>vs<\/span> Penguins odds &#8211; Monday, May 18, <\/span><\/b><st1:time Hour=\"19\" Minute=\"30\"><b><span  style='font-weight:bold'>7:30 PM ET<\/span><\/b><\/st1:time><\/p>\n<p> The Penguins are -205 favorites at home on Monday, coming off an exciting seven-game series with <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. Sidney Crosby is tied with the Capitals&#8217; Alex Ovechkin in playoff scoring with 21 points, and he had a pair of goals and an assist in the series-clinching 6-2 romp in <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while <span class=SpellE>Evgeni<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Malkin<\/span> woke up about halfway through the series and is third in points. The Hurricanes upset <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in seven games, taking the deciding game in overtime, and Eric <span class=SpellE>Staal<\/span> is the engine that makes them go offensively, as <st1:City><st1:place>Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is only 1-4 in the postseason when he doesn&#8217;t score. These two split four meetings this year, and the key matchup will come between the pipes as Pittsburgh&#8217;s Marc-Andre <span class=SpellE>Fleury<\/span> takes on Carolina&#8217;s Cam Ward in a battle of two top young goalies. Score one for <span class=SpellE>Fleury<\/span>, who would love to make up for a below-par performance at home in Game 6 against <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> with the series on the line. Make <st1:City><st1:place><b><span   style='font-weight:bold'>Pittsburgh<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><b><span style='font-weight:bold'> <\/span><\/b>your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sports-betting\/hockey\" title=\"hockey betting\" id=gzym>hockey betting<\/a> pick on Sunday.<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>After your Preakness betting action is all done on Sunday, players can start placing their online sports bets on the NHL&#8217;s conference series, which kick off Sunday in Detroit. Last year&#8217;s Stanley Cup finalists both made it to the final four again this year, and they&#8217;re favored to draw first blood against a pair of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/hockey-betting-conference-finals-get-underway-on-the-ice\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hockey Betting &#8211; Conference Finals Get Underway On The Ice<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6622","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=6622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}