Flames burn Avalanche

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02/18/2007 - Calgary, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kristian Huselius had a pair of goals and added an assist to lead the Calgary Flames to a 5-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche in the second of three meetings between the teams in a six-day span.

Jarome Iginla scored a goal and added an assist for Calgary, which has won two of three. Dion Phaneuf and Stephane Yelle also tallied for the Flames, while Miikka Kiprusoff made 24 saves between the pipes. Daymond Langkow also added a pair of helpers.

"Tonight, especially early on, it was tight checking," said Langkow. "Obviously both teams came to play, after the last game (which Colorado won, 7-5). It was a battle, but it was a good hockey game. We were fortunate to come out on top."

Paul Stastny and Andrew Brunette scored for Colorado, which had a two-game winning streak halted and has dropped three of its last five games overall. Milan Hejduk added an assist to extend his point streak to six games, while Peter Budaj stopped 25-of-29 shots in a losing cause for the Avs.

The Flames grabbed a 3-2 lead at 16:31 of the second, taking advantage of a Colorado line change. Nabbing the puck in the neutral zone, Roman Hamrlik charged forward and dished to Huselius, whose shot went wide of the net. Phaneuf then corralled the puck and ripped a dynamite shot past Budaj to put Calgary on top.

Huselius made it a 4-2 game in the third period with his second tally of the night. With the Flames on the power play, the right winger collected a pass from Iginla down low in the left circle and sent a wrist shot high and just underneath the crossbar in the top right corner of the net with 11:52 remaining in the game.

Yelle added a short-handed, empty-net goal with 2:25 left to play.

"I think the whole team came to play tonight," said Huselius. "It was a huge game for us and it was nice to get the two points. It's always nice to contribute. The key thing is we won and now we can go on the road and play well hopefully."

Neither side lit the lamp in the first period, with Calgary holding the slight edge in shots on goal, 5-4.

The Flames finally broke the scoreless tie on Huselius' tally in the middle stanza. Andrei Zyuzin ripped a shot toward the crease, and Huselius came around the net and broke free on the right side, wristing the shot past a sliding Budaj on the glove side at 2:59.

Colorado was quick to net the equalizer, however, as Kiprusoff got mixed up in traffic and didn't have time to recover before Stastny tipped in a shot by Hejduk at 7:42.

The Avs struck again about 3 1/2 minutes later, as Brunette followed Joe Sakic through the neutral zone and into Flames' territory. Sakic ripped a slapshot wide and off the boards, but the disc deflected right back to him for another chance before Brunette knocked home the rebound to put Colorado up by a 2-1 margin at 11:13.

Calgary, though, tied the game with a power play marker at 14:45. Langkow sent a cross-ice pass to Iginla, who turned and opened up his body before rifling a one-timer past Budaj to make it 2-2.

Game Notes

Huselius' first tally was his 100th career NHL goal... The teams meet again in Colorado on Tuesday. It will be the Flames' third straight game against the Avalanche, who visit Vancouver in between on Sunday. Hejduk has five goals and five assists during his six-game point streak...Colorado finished 0-for-3 on the power play, while Calgary went 2-for-6.

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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.

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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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