Columbus Bluejackets (EVEN) at Edmonton Oilers (-120)

Mar 02, 2008 | By Stan Leung | Picks Articles Archive

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Columbus Bluejackets (EVEN) at Edmonton Oilers (-120)
Sunday, March 02, 2008 8 PM
Bluejackets EVEN
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The Edmonton Oilers are the NHL bettors sport betting favorite to place a wager on. Oddsmakers currently have the Oilers listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Bluejackets, while the game's total is sitting at 5 at most online sports betting sites. Why because they have won three straight. Well I am here to tell you different.

Yes the Oilers are playing well but for the Edmonton, I always go Murphy’s law with that team. When something is going right something will go wrong. It is just that way with that club. Right now the Oilers are playing with so many injuries and they can not sustain their play forever. They have Shawn Horcoff, Ethan Moreau, Sheldon Souray and Raffi Torres still out which is there main core of players. One very glaring stat is have bad both goalies are playing. Dwayne Roloson is 0-2-0, 3.47, .846 in last 3 GPI while Mathieu Garon is 3-3-0, 3.52, .889 in last 6 GPI.

The Bluejackets are playing very well on their Western road trip with a well fought victory over the Vancouver Canucks at GM Place. Rich Nash is really putting the team on his back and team is very fundamentally sound. The Edmonton always has trouble playing with fundamental teams with a good system that are well coached.

Bottom Line: The Oilers are too beat up to play consistently for long streaks due to their injuries. Their net minders have not played very well and with Rich Nash playing the way he has the team has looked much different since the trade deadline. NHL betting wise this is a great dog pick to make versus a team that can not play consistent all year long.

Take the Bluejackets as road dog favorites

A few trends to consider:

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Columbus's last 5 games when playing on the road against Edmonton
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Columbus's last 10 games when playing Edmonton
Columbus is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Columbus is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games
Edmonton is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Edmonton's last 6 games
Edmonton is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Columbus
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games when playing at home against Columbus

Columbus Bluejackets (EVEN) at Edmonton Oilers (-120)

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Take the Bluejackets as road dog favorites

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