Nashville escapes Los Angeles with one-goal victory

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03/14/2010 - Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Patric Hornqvist scored the game-winner late in the third period, as the Nashville Predators edged the Los Angeles Kings, 3-2, at Staples Center.

Steve Sullivan and Colin Wilson also scored for the Predators, who ended a four-game road trip with a 3-1-0 mark. Pekka Rinne made 18 saves for Nashville, which sits seventh in the Western Conference.

The Predators have won seven in a row against the Kings, and five straight in Los Angeles.

Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown lit the lamp for the Kings, who started a four- game homestand on Sunday. Jonathan Quick turned aside 28-of-31 shots for Los Angeles, which is currently fifth in the West.

With the score deadlocked at 1-1 in the third, Brown lit the lamp with a wrister from the slot at the 5:56 mark to give the Kings the edge.

Nashville had an answer just 39 seconds later. Martin Erat made his way in front and put a shot on net. Quick made the save but left a rebound for Wilson, who chipped the puck home.

Hornqvist then scored with 3:31 remaining to give the Predators a 3-2 margin. Dan Hamhuis' shot from the left point was gathered in front by Hornqvist, who was screening the LA netminder. Hornqvist made a quick move and beat Quick with a shot.

Los Angeles couldn't get the equalizer despite pulling Quick in the final minute for the extra attacker.

The Predators got on the board at the 4:42 mark of the first period. Sullivan gathered the disc at center ice and charged down the right side. The forward fired a shot from the bottom of the right circle that snuck past Quick.

Kopitar tied things up with a power-play goal at the 8:56 mark. Michal Handzus, who was positioned at the side of the net, slid a pass in front for Kopitar, whose wrister beat Rinne.

Quick made eight saves in a scoreless second frame, while Rinne stopped four shots.

Game Notes

The Predators haven't lost to the Kings since March 13, 2008...Prior to the contest, Los Angeles assigned goaltender Jonathan Bernier to Manchester of the American Hockey League...Nashville went 0-for-1 on the power play, while Los Angeles was good on its sole chance.

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NFL owners, already life's biggest winners, want to try their luck with the lottery.


That was the news out of their meetings last week, where team bosses voted unanimously to allow stamping state and local lottery tickets with franchise logos, if, ahem, any governments wanted to do a deal.

A shocker: Within days the Pats announced they'd be sponsoring the Massachusetts state lottery, the Skins said they'd slap their sticker on Virginia scratch-offs and the Ravens admitted they were talking to Maryland lottery bosses. In all likelihood, it won't be long before every team is a presenting sponsor of scratch-offs or just plain old pick fives. "The change in policy was approved 32-0," said NFL spokesman Greg Aiello. "So you can expect to see more deals soon."

It's a branding opportunity too big for the owners to ignore, and one a couple of dozen baseball franchises have enjoyed for years. The fact the NFL has been slower to act than those slack-brained Seligites is indicative of its complicated relationship with all forms of gambling. Consider this: Last Thursday, as the Pats and the Redskins finalized their new lottery deals, a lawyer representing the NFL argued before Delaware's Supreme Court that the state's newly signed sports betting law should be repealed.

The NFL betting is the face of opposition to sports gambling . And as much as it would like to share that responsibility with other leagues, that's not going to happen as long as more than 40% of all money legally wagered on games is bet on football. That's why the Brewers can do a multi-million dollar deal with a local casino, or the Celtics can make their own pact with the Mass lottery, and the response is, "Sweet, let's play." But when the NFL does it the stakes are higher, and everyone from NPR's Frank Deford to the Associated Press to the guys blogging at Deadspin will line up to play gotcha.

So I asked Aiello, who surely knew there'd be piling on, how the league can rail against being bait for sports bettors, then allow its franchises to be just that for lotteries, the most insidious and addictive form of gambling around. He emailed me this response: "We are not moral crusaders. NFL personnel are permitted to engage in legal forms of gambling, except for betting on NFL games. We are making a distinction here between the spread of gambling on the outcome of our games and supporting state lottery scratch-off games, that have nothing to do with the outcome of our games."

Here's where I should rip him. But, the thing is, he's right. Not to get Obama on you, but this is a complicated, nuanced issue. As much as lotteries are considered a tax on the poor, the NFL isn't a socially obligated government program -- it's just a business. Scratch-off's help the bottom line, sports betting doesn't. Now, it's okay to call the league hypocritical when it releases injury reports, which players have told me only helps bettors … But when it supports other forms of gaming? Big Deal.

Now, it's okay to call the league hypocritical when it releases injury reports, which players have told me only helps bettors. And it's okay to mutter something obscene when the league pretends gambling doesn't help drive TV ratings and fan interest and put money in owners' pockets. But when it supports other forms of gaming? Big Deal. The Bears should put an orange "C" on every deck of cards dealt at Harrah's in Joliet; the Eagles should slap their logo on roulette wheels at the Borgata in Atlantic City; the Dolphins should hold training camp at the El San Juan in Puerto Rico.

Seriously.

The NFL's problem, when it comes to the gambling world, isn't hypocrisy, it's worse: The bosses lack vision. That's why the league is picking unwinnable fights in Delaware and taking pot shots from critics after making smart sponsorship deals. Roger Goodell and his gang are acting and thinking locally rather than globally, which is rare for them, especially compared to their professional (and amateur) counterparts.

The NBA held its All Star game in Las Vegas and David Stern's kingdom didn't crumble (although the town did bring plenty of players to their knees.) I'd say it's 6 to 5 and pick 'em that Lebron will make a road swing through Sin City before his career is over.

Even the NCAA College Football Betting is more progressive on this issue than the NFL. Several years ago Rachel Newman Baker, college sports' gambling czar, opened a dialogue with Vegas bookmakers to learn about how they do business. She's visited Nevada sports books, studied their operations and listened to how they regulate action. Now she knows she can expect a call from bookmakers, who lose money when sports are fixed, if they think something sketchy is going on in NCAA games. She's not in favor of sports betting, but, as she once told me, "I know it's not going away, either."

The NFL can't seem to accept that. And until it can find peace with the idea, it'll get flack, even when it's right.

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