Online Betting Overview

There is something about the way that the New Jersey Devils play on the road that always has opponents concerned. In its last 10 games, the Devils are 7-2-1 but that does include an overtime loss on the road. But the Devils are a different team this year than last year. Jacques Lemaire is not behind the bench and it does not look like he will be ever again. That is just fine for the Devils because whatever Lemaire taught them last season seems to have stuck, somewhat. At this point last season, Lemaire had been behind the New Jersey bench for two weeks and the team was climbing out of obscurity. This season, under Peter DeBoer, the Devils sit in seventh place and are right in the middle of a playoff race. What a difference a year makes.

The Boston Bruins remain a defensive juggernaut with Zdeno Chara on defense and Tim Thomas in goal. According to the price per head sports experts, the Bruins have given up only 68 goals this season in 35 games played. The only other team that is even close to that kind of defensive play is the New York Rangers who have given up 79 goals in 37 games played. The Bruins struggled a little out of the gate, but it has turned up the heat and has become one of the price per head bookie favorites to win the Eastern Conference title this year.

New Jersey Devils

The Devils love to play that slow game that relies on the trap and the ageless skills of goaltender Martin Brodeur. But the Devils are finding that playing defense with an aging group that is slowing down is not easy when the rest of the league is picking up the pace. What has saved the Devils this season is that it has been able to keep games close while also scoring a little more than last year. Guys like Ilya Kovalchuk are starting to contribute a little more consistently than last season. The Devils will need to pick up the scoring pace if it wants to go deep into the playoffs, but the Devils’ style of play is perfect for playing a team like the Bruins. The patience that the Devils have will allow New Jersey to stand toe-to-toe with Boston in this game.

Boston Bruins

A sportsbook.com review of the Bruins’ season shows that the Bruins can score goals as well as prevent them. The Bruins have 123 goals scored in 35 games played, which puts Boston in the top-half of the league in goal production. The Bruins are a potent combination of defense and scoring that one would expect from a Stanley Cup champion.

The Bottom Line

NHL fans that are expecting a boring, defensive struggle in this game are going to be disappointed. This will be a hard-hitting game that will be a lot of fun to watch but probably won’ be too much fun to play. The Bruins’ ability to play defense and offense simultaneously is what gives Boston an edge over New Jersey in this contest.

Pick: Boston Bruins

NCAA football will receive the spotlight this week until the NFL playoffs starts on the weekend, and some hoops action on the college and NBA levels will take you into the weekend.

Monday

Rose Bowl Odds (5:00 PM ET): No.5 Oregon is a 4-point favorite at Bet Online in the “Granddaddy of Them All” in Pasadena, but No.10 Wisconsin has gained two points on them in regards to the spread in this meeting of the last two teams to lose the Rose Bowl.

Fiesta Bowl Odds (8:30 PM ET): No.3 Oklahoma State is a 4-point favorite over No.4 Stanford in a game that may be the most entertaining of the bowl season. Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck is still being tipped to go first in the NFL draft, but he fell in the eyes of players that use bookie software and didn’t even win the Heisman, while the Cowboys feel they should be in the national-title game.

Tuesday

Sugar Bowl Odds (8:30 PM ET): No.13 Michigan is favored by 2.5 points over No.11 Virginia Tech, who are coming off a beating at the hands of Clemson in the ACC championship game, and the Wolverines have a much-improved defense, which has led them to the BCS in Brady Hoke’s first season as head coach.

Wednesday

Orange Bowl Odds (8:00 PM ET): The aforementioned No.15 Clemson Tigers are favored by a field goal over No.23 West Virginia, and this matchup features two coaches in Clemson’s Dabo Swinney and West Virginia’s Dana Holgorsen who are very aggressive in their play-calling, so this game could feature a lot of points.

Thursday

Michigan Indiana Odds (9:00 PM ET): The No.12 Hoosiers have to be moving up in the eyes of players that use price per head services after upsetting Ohio State, their second win over a top-two team this season. They should be the favorites at home against the No.16 Wolverines, who are on the ascent in the Big Ten, which has quietly returning to prominence with five teams in the top 25 this week.

Friday

Bulls Magic Odds (8:00 PM ET): Chicago has been touted as a team that should go after Orlando’s Dwight Howard, who is a free agent at the end of the season and will have to deal with questions about where he will play until the trade deadline, or he is moved. He will get a closer look at the Bulls when they come to town on Friday, and reigning MVP Derrick Rose is getting into the flow of the season. Expect a lot of discussion surrounding this game to be about the possibility of Rose and Howard pairing up in the Windy City, and it’s a game that should be checked out by online betting players.

NCAA football betting players and fans have a busy week ahead as the bowl season takes over, while a little hoops action from the NBA and NCAA ranks will keep you occupied as well.

Monday

Bowl Betting Madness: It all starts at noon as Houston takes on Penn State in the TicketCity Bowl, while 1:00 PM ET features three contests (that’s no BetOnline scam) as South Carolina and Nebraska meet in the Capital One Bowl, Michigan State and Georgia clash in the Outback Bowl, and Ohio State and Florida face off in the Gator Bowl. The Rose Bowl goes off at 5:00 PM ET with Wisconsin and Oregon, while Stanford and Oklahoma State wrap up the day in the Fiesta Bowl.

Tuesday

Sugar Bowl Odds (8:30 PM ET): Michigan is a 2.5-point favorite in the Sugar Bowl, and some players that use price per head software will point to the improvement of the Wolverines’ defense as the reason that they have returned to prominence under head coach Brady Hoke. However, Virginia Tech is coming off a terrible loss to Clemson in the ACC title game and they’ll be out to show they’re a better team than the one that got whipped by the Tigers twice in 2011.

Wednesday

Marquette Georgetown Odds (7:00 PM ET): Players that buy price per head software will tell you that the Big East is the toughest basketball conference in the country, and a pair of top-20 teams clash in the nation’s capital as Georgetown hosts Marquette. The Hoyas weren’t being thought of as a threat in the Big East, but a quick start has many jumping on their bandwagon.

Thursday

Heat Hawks Odds (8:00 PM ET): It seems that anytime Miami plays, it’s must-see-TV, and the Heat will be in Atlanta on Thursday night to take on the Hawks, who are the epitome of a mid-pack team. It doesn’t even matter if the Hawks beat the Heat on this night, Atlanta has struggled terribly in the playoffs and that should be their mission this season. With LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in tow, the Heat will be fine.

Friday

Cotton Bowl Odds (8:00 PM ET): It’s not a BCS bowl, but the Cotton Bowl between Arkansas and Kansas State could end up being the best of the bunch. The Razorbacks are 7.5-point favorites in this meeting of top-10 teams, and the Wildcats still aren’t getting much respect around the country, so a win over an SEC team would be huge for their profile and they could end up cracking the top five with a victory over the Razorbacks. This will be an excellent contest for college football betting players.