Red Wings' run bolstered by shootout
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02/14/2012 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - If American author Stephen King is looking for a setting in his next horror novel, he should base it on Joe Louis Arena.
That's because no other venue in the NHL is currently as ominous.
The Detroit Red Wings have won 20 straight home games, tying the 1929-30 Boston Bruins and 1975-76 Philadelphia Flyers for the league mark -- and have the opportunity to break the record against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday.
"Obviously, it's incredible to win that many in a row at home," said Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock. "It's unbelievable that you could actually do that. We don't really look at it like that. We look at it like you won one, so that's the approach we've taken. That's what we'll try to do again on Tuesday."
While Detroit's run of success on home ice is quite impressive, the club has benefited from a format in today's game that wasn't present during either of the streaks for Boston or Philadelphia: the polarizing shootout.
Three of the Red Wings' wins have come beyond overtime -- the idea of an individualistic concept determining the outcome of a team sport irks me, but that's a diatribe for another day.
If the same pre-lockout standards applied, Detroit's streak would've been snapped at 12, with the hosts and Phoenix Coyotes playing to a 2-2 tie (remember them?) on January 12. The Red Wings wound up prevailing in the shootout and did so nine days later and again last Friday to maintain their pursuit of history.
Regardless, a winning streak or undefeated streak, the fact the Red Wings haven't lost at home in three-plus months is, as forward Henrik Zetterberg put it, "pretty cool."
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Super Bowl XLIII, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds
Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.
The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.
The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.
Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.
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