Super Bowl LII matchups
Odds courtesy of Golden Nugget sports book
(For complete list of all 256 matchups, go to reviewjournal.com/sports/betting) Top five
Patriots-cowboys 6-1 Patriots-packers 8-1 Patriots-falcons 10-1 Patriots-seahawks 10-1 Patriots-giants 12-1 Raiders
Raiders-cowboys 12-1 Raiders-packers 15-1 Raiders-seahawks 18-1 Raiders-falcons 25-1 Raiders-giants 30-1 Raiders-vikings 30-1 Raiders-panthers 40-1 Raiders-buccaneers 40-1 Raiders-cardinals 40-1 Raiders-lions 60-1 Raiders-saints 60-1 Raiders-eagles 60-1 Raiders-redskins 100-1 Raiders-rams 150-1 Raiders-bears 150-1 Raiders-49ers 200-1 Long shot
Jets-49ers 5,000-1 “I’m not looking forward to the season too much.”
Smart money on Penguins
The Predators opened as high as minus-150 favorites in Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final on Sunday in Nashville before late sharp money across the city poured in on the Penguins, who closed as minus-115 favorites.
“We didn’t write Nashville tickets (Sunday),” Kessler said.
Westgate sports book manager Jeff Sherman said there was plenty of Penguins support from the sharps and the public.
“The public was taking the plus for once because the home team had won every game,” he said.
Before Pittsburgh clinched its second straight Stanley Cup title with Sunday’s 2-0 win at Nashville, the home team had not only won but covered the puck line (minus-1½ goals) in each of the first five games.
Pittsburgh favored to three-peat
The Penguins opened as the 7-1 favorite to win their third consecutive Stanley Cup next season. The Blackhawks, Capitals, Ducks, Oilers
and Sharks are each 10-1.
Knights begin quest for Cup
The Golden Knights are 150-1 to win the Stanley Cup in their inaugural season and Vegas is 75-1 to win the Western Conference.
The Philadelphia Flyers were the fastest expansion team to win the Stanley Cup, claiming the NHL title in their seventh season (1973-74).
The Florida Panthers compiled the best record by an expansion team in its inaugural season, going 33-34-17 (83 points) in 1993-94, when they missed the playoffs by one point.
Sherman estimates the Knights’ season point total to be in the low 70s.
“We’ll see how the expansion draft goes,” he said. “We’ll start doing some props once they get some players on the team.”
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