11/21/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The scorching Boston Bruins will aim for their eighth victory in nine games when they welcome the Florida Panthers for tonight's meeting at TD Banknorth Garden.
The Bruins are known mainly for their defensive discipline, but were able to put on an offensive display in Wednesday's win over visiting Buffalo. Chuck Kobasew and Zdeno Chara both scored twice, as Boston scored the last five goals and defeated the Sabres, 7-4.
Marc Savard registered a goal and three assists, while David Krejci had a goal and two helpers for the Bruins, who have won 10 of their last 12 games and lead the Northeast Division with 28 points.
Phil Kessel scored a goal and assisted on another for Boston. Manny Fernandez stopped 25-of-29 shots to pick up the win as he gave No. 1 goaltender Tim Thomas a night off.
The Bruins have won two straight overall and six in a row on home ice. Boston is 6-1-1 as the host this year and will play its next two games on the road, beginning with Saturday's test in Montreal.
Florida, meanwhile, lost for the second time in three games Thursday night as it was handed a road setback by the New Jersey Devils. Patrik Elias and Brian Gionta each had a goal and an assist to lead the Devils to the 3-1 decision at the Prudential Center.
Michael Frolik scored his first goal in the NHL and Tomas Vokoun was tagged for three goals on 19 shots for the Panthers, who came into the game with wins in three of their previous four outings.
Florida is last in the Eastern Conference with just 15 points this season and became the first team in the East with 10 regulation losses on Thursday.
Tonight marks the end of a three-game road trip for the Panthers, who have a 3-7-1 record as the visiting team this year. Next up for Florida is a three- game homestand, which will begin Monday night against Carolina.
Florida has won two of three and eight of the last 10 meetings with the Bruins and has also taken five straight and seven of eight in Beantown.
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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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