Avs try to regain swagger in home test vs. Oilers

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02/06/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Colorado Avalanche have struggled since posting their longest winning streak of the season, a trend they will try to reverse tonight in the opener of a four-game homestand versus the Edmonton Oilers at Pepsi Center.

The Avalanche have lost four of five since a six-game win streak, including a 5-3 setback in Nashville on Thursday. Matt Duchene, Cody McLeod and Justin Mercier all scored in the loss, with Mercier netting his first career NHL goal in his sixth game.

Craig Anderson allowed all five goals on 36 shots in defeat.

"We didn't work very hard, we didn't do the little things to get calls, to get plays," said Avs defenseman Scott Hannan. "You got to play in the offensive zone. We got caught in our own zone, we turned the puck over. We were sloppy in a lot of areas."

Colorado hopes a return home can get it back on track. The Avalanche have won five of their last seven at Pepsi Center, where they are 16-8-2 this year. The club is sixth overall in the Western Conference and trails Vancouver by two points for first place in the Northwest Division.

The Avs will host an Oilers club tonight that has lost eight straight on the road, all in regulation. Edmonton lost the opener of a five-game road trip on Thursday, falling 4-2 in Minnesota.

Mike Comrie, who has missed 30 games this year due to mononucleosis, scored for the first time since November 8, while Marc Pouliot also scored. Jeff Deslauriers, who was coming off a 33-save shutout of the Flyers on Wednesday, made 32 saves.

Edmonton had won two straight since a 0-11-2 stretch and is just 7-16-2 on the road this year.

"We thought we could get another win," Pouliot said. "Everybody was disappointed."

The Oilers and Avalanche have split four meetings this year, with Colorado posting a 6-0 victory in the most recent meeting in Denver on January 18. Anderson made 24 saves in his third career shutout of the Oilers, improving to 4-3-0 with a tie and 2.61 goals-against average lifetime versus the Oilers.

Colorado also halted a three-game series home losing streak with the victory.

Deslauriers is 1-1-0 with a 5.01 GAA in his career against the Avalanche, while recently recalled Bryan Pitton has yet to play in an NHL game.

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Super Bowl XLIII Betting - Super Bowl 2009

Super Bowl 2009, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Let’s take a look at the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds and the betting line and figure out where they’ve been and where they are going to go.

MySportsbook.com put up the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds late on Sunday night with the Pittsburgh Steelers favored by 6.5 points and a total betting line at 47.5 points.

Since then, however, the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds have seen a good deal of movement and you’ll want to be on top of where they are likely to move to make sure you get the best line value for the big game.

Since opening, the Super Bowl 2009 betting lines went to Steelers -7 in the span of roughly 3 hours but were quickly bought back down just minutes later to 6.5 again.

After that is took about 5-6 more hours before the betting line went back to -7 where it has sat for a while now and is likely to remain. The opening betting total of 47.5 was bet down right after the line became available and went to 47 within minutes.

Roughly a day later it has been bet even further down to the 46.5 tally it currently is set at.

Roughly 60% of gamblers seem to be on the Cardinals here so the point spread will be bet down and a 7.5 would not last very long at all with many taking the early 6.5 in hopes of finding a potential middle in the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds.

If you like Arizona and see a 7.5, I’d take it as soon as possible because it’s unlikely to last. For Pittsburgh backers, the -7 might be the best you’ll be able to find but a 6.5 is definitely possible close to game time.

Regarding the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds for the total, most tracked gamblers are already on the over and with those who took the under 47.5 already securing a middle on the over 46.5, the only way I see it moving is back up to 47 so if you like the over, I’d recommend betting now.

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