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Sportsbooks offering two NHL betting opportunities on Tuesday, and we’ll take a look at the Western Conference series between the Red Wings and Sharks as the action shifts to Detroit.  The Sharks won the first two games in California, with Games 3 and 4 on tap for the Red Wings’ home ice at the Joe Louis Arena.

San Jose Sharks at Detroit Red Wings
May4, 4:35 PM Pacific

We expected the Red Wings to get a split in the first two games of the series, but that didn’t happen.  With the exception of a listless first period of game one by Detroit, both games at San Jose were close and competitive.  And facing the prospect of going down 3-0 with a loss here, this game becomes essentially a ‘must win’ contest for the Wings.  The good news for Detroit is that they’ve given the Sharks fits on their Joe Louis Arena home ice.  The Red Wings are on a 22-6-1 run against the Sharks on their home ice and more recently have won four of the last six.

While we’re not interested in laying the price and getting involved with Detroit–the teams are just too evenly matched for that–we are going to come back with another position on the game to go Over the total.  The teams have gone Over in both of the first two games of the series with 7 goals scored in each, and have gone Over in 3 of the last 4 head to head.  Both are capable of playing good defensive hockey, but so far they’ve not had much trouble getting shots and scoring on each other.  At 5′ flat we’ll look for this series to once again play Over the total.

Bet Detroit/San Jose Over 5′ -110

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