Bruins double up Hurricanes to remain red-hot at home

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12/20/2008 - Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - David Krejci and Shawn Thornton scored third- period goals to lift the Boston Bruins to a 4-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes at TD Banknorth Garden.

Marc Savard also scored and Stephane Yelle added an empty-net goal for Boston, which has won four straight and nine of its last 10. Manny Fernandez stopped 32 shots in the victory.

The Bruins have also captured 13 straight at home and improved to 13-1-1 at the Garden. They began the home slate with a 2-1 shootout loss to Pittsburgh and a 4-2 setback to Toronto in October. Boston's win streak is its longest at home since a 16-game run during the 1975-76 season.

Joni Pitkanen and Ray Whitney scored for Carolina, which had won two in a row and failed to register a point for the first time in seven games (3-1-3). Rod Brind'Amour assisted on both goals for the Hurricanes, while Cam Ward made 32 saves in defeat.

The game was tied heading into the third period, but Krejci gave Boston the lead for the first time just 3:54 into the stanza. Vladimir Sobotka raced into the Carolina zone along the right wing and sent a cross-ice pass to the left circle for Krejci, who flipped a high shot past Ward for his 12th goal of the season.

Thornton made it a 3-1 game eight minutes later, as he picked up a loose puck behind the Carolina net, skated out to the right of Ward and snapped a shot past the short side for his second goal.

Whitney pulled the Hurricanes within one with 4:36 remaining, whacking home the second rebound of an initial shot by Scott Walker, but Yelle found the empty net in the closing seconds to seal it.

Carolina took a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal by Pitkanen just under five minutes into the game. Pitkanen received a cross-ice pass from Brind'Amour and beat Fernandez with a shot from the left circle for his third goal.

Ward stopped all nine Boston shots he faced in the opening period, but the Bruins tied it at 7:06 of the second. Phil Kessel, who had a goal disallowed a few minutes earlier on an obvious high stick, sent a pass into the slot and the puck deflected off a couple of players. Savard was the beneficiary of the bounce, skated to the left of the crease and lifted a shot over Ward for his 10th goal.

Game Notes

Boston's Patrice Bergeron left the ice in the second period after a collision. He was able to skate off under his own power...Kessel has a 17-game point streak, the longest for a Bruin since Adam Oates recorded points in 20 straight games from January 7 through February 20, 1997...Brind'Amour has a six-game assist streak...The Hurricanes were 1-for-3 on the power play, while Boston failed on its lone attempt with the extra skater.

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Albert Pujols to be This Year's Home Run Champ Says Online Sportsbook

Barry Bonds is a 50-1 long shot to be this year's home run champ odds.  The favorite to be this year's home run champ is none other than Albert Pujols, however.

Now that Barry Bonds is signed and in Giants camp, it is on to his pursuit of all of sports most prestigious records: the all-time home run mark. Bonds sits just 21 homers shy of tying Hank Aaron for the career mark at 755. Word out of Giants’ camp is that Bonds is the healthiest he has been in a few years. Bonds is just two seasons removed from his injury riddled 2005 campaign where he played in only 14 games and hit only 5 home runs. He did come back last year and had a solid season hitting .270 with 26 bombs. All eyes will be on Bonds this spring and summer not only because of his home run chase but his highly publicized steroid abuse allegations. If and when Bonds breaks the record, he surely will not get the positive attention one should for breaking a record that was once thought of as “unbreakable”. Despite Bonds decent season last year, he is just 50-1 at MySportsbook.com to lead the MLB in long balls this season.

Not surprisingly, the favorites to go deep the most times this season are Albert Pujols 5-1, Ryan Howard 6-1, David Ortiz 8-1 and Alex Rodriguez 12-1. With 49 homers, Pujols finished second in the National League behind Howard (58). Pujols is considered the favorite due to the consistent power numbers that he has posted since breaking into the league in 2001. Also one must consider the fact that he played in 16 fewer games then Howard did due to an injury. Howard smashed 58 homers in his first complete season of big league play en route to the National League MVP odds award. He silenced his critics by successfully hitting left-handed pitching. Howard also displayed the ability to use his power to the opposite field. Two attributes which should keep Howard amongst the league leaders in long balls for years to come. From the American League representatives, David Ortiz leads the field. Ortiz was second in the majors last year with 54 home runs. Except for 1999 when he only played in 10 games, Ortiz has improved on his home run numbers each year he has been in the majors (1997).

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