Courtesy of Handicapper Tom Freese The Stars are 11-5 UNDER in their last 16 games and they are 5-1 UNDER in their last six road games vs. a team with a winning home record. The Stars are also 10-3 UNDER in their last 13 games vs. Western Conference teams and they are 5-2 UNDER their last seven road games. The Sharks are 19-7-4 UNDER in their last 30 games after allowing five goals or more in their last game and they are 26-10-5 UNDER vs. Pacific Division teams. The Sharks are also 8-2-1 UNDER in their last 11 meetings with the Stars including going 3-1-1 UNDER their last five games in San Jose. Play on the UNDER. To see more NHL picks, click
Sportsnet.ca fantasy hockey writer Chris Nichols discusses Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward, Dallas Stars forward Steve Ott and Anaheim Ducks left winger Joffrey
NHL Hits of the Week featuring bodychecks by Dustin Brown, Brenden Morrow, Jean-Francois Jacques, Dion Phaneuf, Stephen Weiss, Jeff Finger, Brad Stuart, Alexandre Giroux, Ryan O’Byrne and Kyle
Here is a promo video for the 2010 NHL Winter Classic at Fenway Park between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Boston Bruins on New Year’s Day (1 p.m. ET, NBC). This will be the third installment of the Winter Classic, which features a regular season NHL game being played in an outdoor stadium. The first took place on Jan. 1, 2008 at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York and the second took place on Jan. 1 this year at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The only other time a regular season game was played outdoors was on No. 22, 2003 at Commonwealth Stadium in
Don Cherry and Ron McLean host Coach’s Corner on Saturday, December 5 on CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada. In this episode, Grapes talks about the American Hockey League, tendon guards on skates, Colorado Avalanche C Matt Duchene, New York Islanders LW Matt Moulson, Edmonton Oilers D Sheldon Souray, LW Patrick O’Sullivan and C Shawn Horcoff. Cherry ends by slamming a series of critical articles about minor hockey published in the Toronto Star.
Courtesy of Handicapper Tom Freese Buffalo is 10-4 their last 14 games vs. a team with a losing record and the Sabres are 9-4 their last 13 home games. The Sabres are 4-0 their last four games and they are 7-2 when playing with one day of rest. The Rangers are 39-86-6 their last 131 road games vs. a team with a home win percentage of over 60 percent and they are 3-7 their last 10 road games. New York is 2-7 its last nine meetings in Buffalo and the Rangers are 1-5 vs. Eastern Conference teams. Play on Buffalo. To see more NHL picks, click here
Sportsnet.ca fantasy hockey writer Chris Nichols focuses on LA Kings C Anze Kopitar, RW Justin Williams and LW Ryan Smyth as well as Buffalo Sabres G Ryan Miller and Boston Bruins G Tuukka