05/10/2008 - (Hockey Betting) - The top-seeded Detroit Red Wings will try to take a two games to none lead in the Western Conference finals tonight, when they welcome the Dallas Stars for Game 2 at Joe Louis Arena.
The Red Wings came out with a strong performance in the opener of this best- of-seven series on Thursday. Detroit notched the 4-1 home victory in Game 1 and is now 6-0 as the hosts in this postseason.
Detroit had a superb 29-9-3 record in Motown during the regular season, while Dallas was 22-14-5 on the road during the regular season.
This series will shift to Texas for Games 3 and 4 and the Stars are scheduled to host the third game on Monday night at American Airlines Center.
Tomas Holmstrom posted a goal and an assist to help this year's Presidents' Trophy winners take the 1-0 series' lead.
Brian Rafalski, Johan Franzen and Valtteri Filppula also scored for the Red Wings. Nicklas Lidstrom and Niklas Kronwall both had two assists, while Chris Osgood ran his playoff record this year to 7-0 by stopping 20-of-21 shots.
The Red Wings have won every game with Osgood in goal this postseason and the 35-year-old has a 1.46 goals-against average and .939 save percentage in those outings. Osgood helped Detroit win a Stanley Cup title as the team's starting goaltender in the 1998 postseason.
Franzen, meanwhile, continued his torrid scoring pace, as he notched a goal for the fifth consecutive game to give him 10 tallies over that stretch. The Swedish centerman has 12 goals and 15 points in the postseason and 27 tallies in his last 27 games dating back to the regular season.
Brenden Morrow lit the lamp for the fifth-seeded Stars, while Marty Turco was victimized for four goals on 31 shots. Morrow has scored goals in three straight games for Dallas.
Turco has struggled mightily in his career against Detroit, going just 2-10-5 with a 2.88 GAA and .897 save percentage in 18 regular-season games against the Red Wings.
Dallas forward Stu Barnes has sat out the last four games with concussion-like symptoms and is questionable for this evening's tilt as well. Stars defenseman Philippe Boucher hasn't played since suffering a hip injury in Game 3 against Anaheim and is doubtful tonight.
Detroit eliminated Nashville in six games during the opening round and then swept an injury-riddled Colorado squad in the conference semifinals to reach the conference finals for a second straight year. The Red Wings lost to eventual Stanley Cup champion Anaheim in six, hard-fought games last season.
The Stars are in the conference finals for the first time since 2000. Dallas ousted Anaheim in six games in the first round and raced out to a 3-0 series lead against San Jose in the conference semifinals before moving on with a 2-1 victory in the fourth overtime of Game 6.
The Red Wings won three of the four regular-season meetings with Dallas this season. The Stars found goals hard to come by in those contests, as they managed to score just five times in the four tests.
Detroit has won all three of its postseason meetings with the Stars franchise. The teams last met in the 1998 conference finals when the Red Wings beat Dallas in six games en route to their second straight Stanley Cup crown.
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NEW YORK, NY, Sept. 21 - My Sportsbook NCAA football fans: things are beginning to get really interesting on college football's national stage. Following last weekend's "Separation Saturday", which included five teams ranked in the top 15 dropping games, the BCS Championship picture is beginning to take shape - with Ohio State leading the charge. And, according to odds makers at MySportsbook.com, the number-one-ranked Buckeyes will continue their winning ways this weekend.
Revenge will be the name of the game in Columbus this Saturday, as Ohio State looks to even the score following last season's loss to Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions. Although Penn State are listed as 16.5 point underdogs, they are 11-10 all-time versus the Buckeyes. Paterno and the Lions, however, will have to shut down Heisman Trophy favorite Troy Smith who has thrown for 769 yards and seven touchdowns this season.
Speaking of revenge, Notre Dame will be out for some against Michigan State, following last year's 44 - 41 overtime loss to the Spartans in South Bend. The thirteenth-ranked Irish, listed as a 3-point favorite, will also be looking to avenge last Saturday's thrashing from the Michigan Wolverines. The Spartans, meanwhile, have won seven of the last nine match-ups against Notre Dame and are coming off an impressive 38-23 victory over Pittsburgh.
Out west, 22nd-ranked Arizona State will be battling for their first victory over 21st-ranked California since 2000. Although the Golden Bears are listed as 7.5-point favorites, the Sun Devils are 3-0, lead the nation in sacks with 18 and possess the Pac-10's leading passer in sophomore quarterback Rudy Carpenter.
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NCAA Football betting lines (home team in CAPS)
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Date Favorite Opponent Point Spread
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Sept 21 GEORGIA TECH Virginia 17
Sept 22 NEVADA Northwestern 6.5
Sept 23 MICHIGAN Wisconsin 14
Sept 23 Minnesota PURDUE 3
Sept 23 SYRACUSE Miami (Ohio) 6.5
Sept 23 MISSOURI Ohio 21.5
Sept 23 Louisville KANSAS STATE 14
Sept 23 TENNESSEE Marshall 22
Sept 23 CLEMSON North Carolina 16.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA Kentucky 24
Sept 23 Iowa ILLINOIS 20.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA STATE Rice 30.5
Sept 23 AUBURN Buffalo 41.5
Sept 23 BOWLING GREEN Kent 7
Sept 23 NAVY Tulsa 4.5
Sept 23 VIRGINIA TECH Cincinnati 27
Sept 23 BYU Utah State 29
Sept 23 OHIO STATE Penn State 16.5
Sept 23 TEXAS Iowa State 25
Sept 23 Washington State STANFORD 10
Sept 23 CALIFORNIA Arizona State 7.5
Sept 23 UCLA WASHINGTON 3
Sept 23 INDIANA Connecticut 1.5
Sept 23 Central Michigan EASTERN MICHIGAN 4
Sept 23 WYOMING Air Force 1
Sept 23 UTEP NEW MEXICO 9.5
Sept 23 West Virginia EAST CAROLINA 21
Sept 23 Boston College NORTH CAROLINA STATE 7
Sept 23 GEORGIA Colorado 27
Sept 23 ARKANSAS Alabama 1.5
Sept 23 BAYLOR Army 11
Sept 23 WESTERN MICHIGAN Temple 28
Sept 23 MISSISSIPPI Wake Forest 2.5
Sept 23 KANSAS South Florida 5.5
Sept 23 TEXAS A&M Louisiana Tech 23.5
Sept 23 UAB Mississippi State 9.5
Sept 23 LSU Tulane 36
Sept 23 Utah SAN DIEGO STATE 6.5
Sept 23 BOISE STATE Hawaii 15
Sept 23 Notre Dame MICHIGAN STATE 3
Sept 23 USC ARIZONA U 22
Sept 23 Oklahoma State HOUSTON 1
Sept 23 OREGON STATE Idaho 23
Sept 23 OKLAHOMA Middle Tennessee State 29
Sept 23 MARYLAND Florida International 18.5
Sept 23 AKRON North Texas 17.5
Sept 23 SOUTH CAROLINA Florida Atlantic 29.5
Sept 23 NEBRASKA Troy 23
Sept 23 SMU Arkansas State 6
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