Perry's hat trick lifts Ducks over Blue Jackets

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02/12/2012 - Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Corey Perry recorded his second hat trick of the season and fifth of his career, leading the Anaheim Ducks to a 5-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena.

Bobby Ryan scored and added an assist and Jason Blake also found the back of the net for the Ducks, who bounced back from a 2-1 shootout loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Friday and have won three of their last four games. Ryan Getzlaf tallied three assists and Jonas Hiller made 24 saves in the victory.

"It was important, especially because they played last night, to get a lead," Ducks head coach Bruce Boudreau said. "When you get a lead on a team and they played last night, it's a little easier to make them quit."

Fedor Tyutin had a goal and an assist, while Aaron Johnson and Antoine Vermette scored for the Blue Jackets, who had won three of four coming in. Steve Mason stopped 30-of-35 shots in defeat.

Anaheim wasted no time taking the lead as Perry found the back of the net with a quick wrister through traffic from the left circle just 46 seconds into the contest.

The Ducks extended their lead to 2-0 with a power-play tally at 16:15 of the opening frame when Getzlaf, holding the puck at the left point, found a cutting Perry, who quickly redirected the pass into the net for his second goal of the period.

The Jackets cut the deficit to one with a power-play goal of their own with 2:19 to play in the period after Tyutin jammed it past Hiller off a centering feed from Jeff Carter.

The Ducks roared out of the gate in the second period, netting two goals inside of the first three minutes to take a comfortable 4-1 lead.

Blake made it 3-1 when he took a quick pass just inside the blue line on the right wing from Getzlaf. Blake turned up ice and saw no defender, so he drove hard to the net and fired it past the blocker side of Mason.

Ryan found the back of the net at 2:58 when he got a perfect pass from Teemu Selanne and ripped it home from the slot for a 4-1 Ducks lead.

Perry completed his hat trick at 12:38 after the Ducks won an offensive zone draw to the right of Mason. Ryan pushed it on goal and Perry was there to pop it into the net on a rebound to make it 5-1.

"We were given a bit of a clinic tonight by Getzlaf, Perry and Ryan tonight, especially on the power play," Blue Jackets interim head coach Todd Richards said. "They executed extremely well, we made some mistakes and ended up paying for them."

Columbus pulled one back with 50 seconds to play in the period after Johnson ripped it past Hiller from the left point to give the Jackets some life heading into the third.

The Jackets pulled within two with a power-play goal at 5:27 of the third frame when Nash fired one on net from that point that was kicked out by Hiller, but Vermette poked it home from in close on the rebound.

Columbus did not muster anymore offense, though, as the Ducks held on for the win.

Game Notes

Selanne is now tied with Brett Hull for 21st all-time in points with 1,391...The teams concluded a four-game season series on Sunday. The Ducks won the series, 2-1-1...Blue Jackets' forward Derek Dorsett left the game in the second period with an upper-body injury...Anaheim scored on 3-of-4 power play chances, while Columbus went 2-for-5 with the man advantage.

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Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?

I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.

Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.

There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.

Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.

For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.

A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.

The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.

Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.

So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.

Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.

“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.

Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.

“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.

It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.

Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.

The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.

“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.

“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”

Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.

The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.

“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”

Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?

“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”

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