12/04/2008 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Patrik Elias scored with 90 seconds left in regulation, then scored at the 2:46 mark of overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wachovia Center.
In the extra session, Elias took a pass from Brian Gionta, slipped by his defender and then slid a backhander between the pads of Martin Biron for the win.
Zach Parise scored the other goal while Scott Clemmensen made 29 saves for the Devils, who have won six of their past seven games.
Kimmo Timonen and Scottie Upshall each scored a goal while Biron stopped 28 shots for the Flyers, who have dropped three of their last four.
The game was tied for much of the third period, but the Flyers took the lead courtesy of a power-play goal. With Paul Martin in the box for hooking, Upshall had the puck at the right side of the net and attempted to pass it out front. However, the disc hit off the stick of Bryce Salvador and went between the pads of Clemmensen for a 2-1 advantage with 4:28 to play.
Shortly after the goal, Gionta was called for hooking, but Philadelphia did not score. Right after the penalty expired, Elias' one-timer from the left circle went between the pads of Biron with 90 seconds to play.
The first period was a spirited, but scoreless affair as each goaltender made five stops in the frame.
Skating on the power play, Philadelphia took the lead. After Clemmensen made several stops, the Devils tried to clear the puck out of their zone. Timonen, though, kept the puck in at the left point, took a stride forward and blasted a slap shot through a screen for a 1-0 lead at the 6:48 mark of the second.
However, New Jersey tied the game with 2:43 left in the second. Parise brought the puck around the right side of the net on a wraparound that Biron stopped, but Parise grabbed his own rebound and slammed it home for his 14th goal of the season.
Game Notes
Philadelphia plays in Carolina on Saturday...The Devils play in Montreal on Saturday...Philadelphia had won the previous two games against New Jersey this season...The Flyers went 2-for-5 on the power play while New Jersey failed to score on any of its three chances...Philadelphia left wing Simon Gagne left the game with an undisclosed injury.
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“You play to win the game!”
Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?
Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.
Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.
Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.
This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”
The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason.
Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.
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