With American Thanksgiving now in the rearview, it’s time to start plumping our pocketbooks in preparation for Christmas. The Family needs some gifts, we need more booze, and with less than a month to go from Old Saint Nick coming down the chimney, now is the time to get hot.
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YTD Record ——- 50-39-1 (+21.1 Units)
Wolves vs Fulham
If you missed last Friday’s Bangers and Mash release then fear not, because there remains one Premier League game on the schedule for Match Week 13….
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YTD Record ——- 115-158-2 (+5.8 Units)
Florida Panthers vs Ottawa Senators
The Senators will hope to conclude their 5-game homestand with a win Monday night as they play host to the Florida Panthers, but for my money, it is the road Kitty Kats who will be exiting the Canadian Capital with 2 points.
The Panthers enter this evening’s game with the league’s 4th best-expected goal share and are doing so by playing a very sound defensive brand of hockey. Only 3 teams in the NHL are allowing fewer expected goals per 60 minutes at 5-on-5 than Paul Maurice’s Panthers are right now, and have done so without two of their best defenceman for much of the season. However, now both Ekblad and Montour are back manning the point, which more than anything should help the offense a fair bit too. Both guys are above-average offensive defensemen, so although the Florida offense hasn’t been overly dynamic, as they get healthier I expect the numbers to possession numbers to pick up.
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