NHL Picks & Predictions for Sunday, January 3, 2010

Last Updated on January 3, 2010 11:00 am by drew

Sunday’s NHL Picks

Along with key trends for each game, our team of writers and handicappers hand out their picks and predictions for Sunday, January 3, 2010 in the NHL.

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Philadelphia Flyers at

Ottawa
Senators, 1:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

OTTAWA is 33-26 (+5.5 Units) against the spread versus

PHILADELPHIA
since 1996

OTTAWA is 31-24-7 straight up against

PHILADELPHIA
since 1996

28 of 56 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-2.6 Units, Under=-2.4 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

OTTAWA is 5-5-0 straight up against

PHILADELPHIA
over the last 3 seasons 

5 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.6 Units)

All games played at

OTTAWA
since 1996

OTTAWA is 16-12 (+1.3 Units) against the spread versus

PHILADELPHIA
since 1996

OTTAWA is 16-9-5 straight up against

PHILADELPHIA
since 1996

14 of 27 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+0.3 Units)

Games played at

OTTAWA
over the last 3 seasons.

OTTAWA is 3-1 (+0.9 Units) against the spread versus

PHILADELPHIA
over the last 3 seasons 

OTTAWA is 3-1-0 straight up against

PHILADELPHIA
over the last 3 seasons 

2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.0 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Ottawa
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View Matchup | Best Line: -115 SPORTSBETTING.com

Buffalo Sabres at

Montreal
Canadiens, 3:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

BUFFALO is 49-30 (+13.3 Units) against the spread versus

MONTREAL
since 1996

BUFFALO is 48-28-3 straight up against

MONTREAL
since 1996

38 of 68 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+5.1 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

BUFFALO is 9-8 (+0.9 Units) against the spread versus

MONTREAL
over the last 3 seasons 

BUFFALO is 9-8-0 straight up against

MONTREAL
over the last 3 seasons 

8 of 15 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.6 Units)

All games played at

MONTREAL
since 1996

BUFFALO is 22-17 (+4.9 Units) against the spread versus

MONTREAL
since 1996

BUFFALO is 21-16-2 straight up against

MONTREAL
since 1996

20 of 33 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+6.6 Units)

Games played at

MONTREAL
over the last 3 seasons.

MONTREAL is 5-3 (+1.0 Units) against the spread versus

BUFFALO
over the last 3 seasons 

MONTREAL is 5-3-0 straight up against

BUFFALO
over the last 3 seasons 

4 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.2 Units)

NHL Free Pick: N.Y.

Buffalo
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View Matchup | Best Line: -115 SPORTSBETTING.com

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Posted: 1/3/10 11:00AM ET