Perron's two goals help Blues down Stars

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03/10/2009 - St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - David Perron scored twice to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 5-2 win over the Dallas Stars at Scottrade Center.

David Backes, Brad Winchester and Keith Tkachuk also scored for the Blues, who have won five of their last seven games overall. Chris Mason made 20 saves in the win.

James Neal and Mike Ribeiro scored for struggling Dallas, which fell to 2-7-1 in its last 10 games. Marty Turco started in goal for the Stars but was pulled midway through the first period after he allowed three goals on eight shots. Tobias Stephan made 17 saves in relief.

The Blues got to Turco early and often.

After Backes' 22nd goal just 59 seconds into the contest got things going, Perron lit the lamp at the 6:32 mark for a 2-0 lead. Perron gained control of the puck and carried down the left-wing side. Using his body as leverage to ward off Dallas defenseman Nicklas Grossman, Perron cut to the goal mouth and lifted a backhander past Turco.

Shortly after, Blues defenseman Jay McKee leveled Mark Parrish with a crushing body check in the neutral zone. Parrish remained on the ice in obvious pain and was helped off ice by the training staff.

Winchester's backhanded rebound goal from near the left post on the power play with 8:04 remaining in the first put the Blues up by three and chased Turco to the bench.

Dallas got on the scoreboard via the power play 5:20 into the middle session. Mike Modano held control inside the right circle and passed to Neal along the goal line to the right of the net. From a sharp angle, Neal lifted a wrister that beat Mason over the near shoulder for his 22nd goal of the campaign.

At the midpoint of the second, the Blues responded and Perron's second marker of the contest restored the three-goal advantage, as T.J. Oshie carried down the right side and passed across the top of the crease for a successful one- timer from near the left post.

Ribeiro's 18th goal less than two minutes later -- an unassisted wrister from in close below the left circle -- brought the Stars within 4-2.

With 4:20 to go in the second, the scoring was capped by Tkachuk's slap shot from the slot while the Blues were on the power play.

Game Notes

St. Louis improved to 17-12-5 at home this season...The Blues lead the season series, 3-0, and the Blues have downed the Stars in six of the last seven meetings in St. Louis...The Stars were 1-for-6 on the power play, while the Blues finished 2-for-6 with the extra skater..It was Tkachuk's 20th goal, the 15th time he's accomplished the feat in his career.

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The San Francisco 49ers (5-11 SU, 5-10-1 ATS in 2007; 1-1 SU & ATS in pre-season) found some offensive life last week, and they will try to build some momentum on Thursday night as they travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU & ATS in 2007; 0-2 SU, 0-1-1 ATS in pre-season) in an NFL matchup that is set to get underway at 8 PM ET at Soldier Field (natural turf) in Chicago.

Thursday, August 21

NFL betting odds: CHICAGO -3 (-120), Total 37

NOTABLE STAT: San Francisco was last in points, last in total offense in 2007
KEY NFL BETTING TREND: SF has lost its last seven SU on pre-season road

In the BetUS NFL pre-season football betting odds, the Bears are listed as a three-point favorite (laying -120), with the total posted at 37 points.

Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup (reflecting numbers going into the 2008 season):

* SF has lost 11 of its last 14 games SU
* SF has covered three of its last 11 games
* SF has lost six of its last seven road games SU
* SF has covered one of its last seven road games
* CHI has covered five of its last eight games
* CHI has played five of its last seven games OVER the total
* CHI has covered four of its last 13 home games
* SF has lost its last seven pre-season road games SU
* CHI has covered two of its last seven home pre-season games

Well, I guess we should congratulate the Bears on making their quarterback choice for the season's opening game, as they have designated Kyle Orton the starter against Indianapolis. The Bears obviously have lost patience with Rex Grossman, and what they do with him at this point is anybody's guess. But suffice it to say that there isn't a quarterback competition anymore, at least in training camp.

Meanwhile, the quarterback competition may also be settled in San Francisco, where the Niners bounced back from a lackluster 18-6 loss to the Raiders, in which they turned the ball over four times, to execute a 34-6 rout of the Packers last Saturday. However, coach Mike Nolan has stopped short of saying that, insisting that the job is still open. But J.T. O'Sullivan, the longshot of the trio of Niner signal-callers who opened camp, will start his third straight pre-season game here. Against Green Bay, O'Sullivan was only 8-for-17, and was intercepted, but he also threw for 9.1 yards an attempt, which included a 59-yard TD pass to Josh Morgan. The others struggled.

Some offensive cohesion is badly needed, in light of the Niners' dismal 2007 campaign, in which they were dead last in the NFL in scoring, with just 13.7 points a game. And O'Sullivan is the guy who is most familiar with offensive coordinator Mike Martz's exacting system, because he learned it last year in Detroit. O'Sullivan will go at least the entire first half and may even last longer. He'll be relieved by Alex Smith, with Shawn Hill doing the mop-up work. Three receivers who were out last week - Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie and Arnaz Battle - will miss this game too.

That may hurt a little here, especially since the Bears will be using a lot of their defensive starters. And it's the defense that has been keeping the Bears in games thus far. In fact, the defense and special teams were responsible for the first 19 points Chicago scored against Seattle last time out, as the offense really struggled with Grossman at the controls. But maybe the first-team offense has a chance to settle a little bit as it works more with Orton at the helm.

Certainly we have concerns about the Bears' offensive line, but we like the scenario for them here, especially if O'Sullivan doesn't make some bis plays. The Niners may have nowhere else to turn right now, and they have lost seven straight road games in the pre-season. Let's take Chicago, the three-point favorite in the NFL football betting odds.

CHICAGO -3 (-120) **
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