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The online betting favored Detroit Red Wings look to take an early 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals over the Dallas Stars on Saturday, riding a seven-game postseason winning streak. And, if you're among the NHL sports betting community who's backing the Wings all the way to the Stanley Cup finals, you have to like your chances in the best-of-seven series.
When the puck dropped in Game 1, Detroit answered the call with a 4-1 victory as the hefty favorites. The Wings were razor sharp in the series opener; meanwhile, Dallas appeared fatigued and had no shot at barking as the valuable puppies.
The Stars endured a 2-1 quadruple-overtime win in the semifinals last Sunday to eliminate San Jose in six games, a contest that lasted 5 hours and 14 minutes. It was the eighth longest game in NHL history and the Stars' third longest game ever, and it showed.
If you bet on NHL playoff action and invested in Dallas to win this series, there's several reasons to be concerned heading into Game 2 at Joe Louis Arena. In addition to the fatigue factor, Stars' goalie Marty Turco is 0-8-2 in his career in Motown.
Dallas lost the regular-season series to Detroit 1-3, while being outscored 5-12. It doesn't take a math major to add in Game 1's online betting results and figure out the Stars have dropped four of five it’s last meetings against the Wings, and have been outscored 6-16 in the span.
In order to even the series, Dallas must break through a stonewall named Chris Osgood, who turned away 20 shots in the opener, improving him to 7-0 as a starter since replacing Dominik Hasek between the pipes in Game 4 of Round 1.
Starting at 7:00pm EST on Saturday, it will be interesting to see if the Stars can rebound by utilizing its more physical team of the encounter against the finesse owned by the Wings.
Oddsmakers believe Detroit will prevail and have listed them at -230 for Game 2. The adjusted series price listed in the BetUS NHL odds now reads Wings -500 and Stars +400.
There's also NHL wagering action on Sunday at 7:30pm EST when the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins meet in the Steel City for Game 2 in the first ever all-Pennsylvania Eastern Conference finals. If you get down with the online NHL betting postseason excitement, it's going to be a magnificent weekend. Good luck from all your friends at BetUS!
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