Sabres look to continue home dominance of Bruins

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02/17/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Buffalo Sabres continue what's been a successful homestand thus far when the Eastern Conference leaders entertain the rival Boston Bruins tonight at HSBC Arena.

Buffalo has won the first three tests of this six-game residency and four in a row overall, a streak which has enabled the club to open up a comfortable 13- point lead on second-place Ottawa in the Northeast Division.

The Sabres have needed extra minutes to earn their two latest wins. After edging Calgary in a shootout last Saturday, Buffalo came through with a 2-1 triumph over Edmonton Thursday on Daniel Briere's goal 1:02 into overtime.

Maxim Afinogenov also scored for the Sabres, but suffered a broken bone in his left wrist later on during the contest. The talented Russian wing, who currently ranks second on the team with 57 points (23 goals, 34 assists), will be sidelined a minimum of six weeks.

Buffalo also lost rookie center Jiri Novotny to a left ankle injury on Thursday and is without two other key performers in defenseman Jaroslav Spacek (broken hand) and forward Paul Gaustad (torn ankle tendon).

The Sabres are an impressive 20-7-2 as the host this season and will try to extend a six-game home win streak tonight.

Buffalo has also won six in a row over the Bruins at HSBC Arena, where Boston hasn't tasted victory since a 3-2 overtime decision on March 11, 2004. The Sabres have taken 12 of the last 14 overall meetings between the divisional foes, including five of six matchups so far this season.

The cellar-dwelling Bruins started off a six-game road trip on a down note, falling to the New York Islanders by a 4-1 count on Thursday.

Glen Murray notched the lone goal of the contest for the Bruins, who had a two-game win streak halted. Tim Thomas stopped 34 shots in defeat.

Boston played without second-leading scorer Patrice Bergeron, who suffered a lower body injury during a 3-0 victory over Edmonton last Saturday. The playmaking center's return to the lineup tonight is questionable.

The Bruins bring a 10-14-2 road record into tonight's clash.

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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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