Avs seeking momentum in home tilt with Thrashers

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03/10/2009 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Having halted their longest losing streak of the season, the Colorado Avalanche will try to string together back-to-back victories tonight in a home clash with the Atlanta Thrashers at the Pepsi Center.

Colorado halted a six-game skid on Sunday with a 5-1 win over Chicago and avoided its worst losing streak since relocating to Denver prior to the 1995-96 season. The Avalanche hadn't lost six in a row since March 30-April 11, 1998.

Peter Budaj made 24 saves and five different Avalanche skaters scored versus the Blackhawks. Milan Hejduk and Ryan Smyth ended with a goal and an assist each and have combined to score eight of Colorado's 13 goals over its last six games. Both are riding four-game point streaks heading into tonight's game, with Smyth posting four goals and two assists in that span and Hejduk adding two tallies and three helpers.

Ben Guite, Chris Stewart and Marek Svatos each lit the lamp as well for the Avalanche, who had won three in a row before their slide. Tyler Arnason ended with three helpers in the win.

Colorado plays the first of back-to-back home games tonight and is 17-15-0 at the Pepsi Center this season.

Atlanta enters this contest having won two straight and four of its last six games. The club hasn't won three in a row in nearly two months, last doing so from January 16-20.

Ilya Kovalchuk has sparked Atlanta's recent surge. He had a goal and an assist in Sunday's 5-2 win over Calgary, giving the Russian sniper six goals and seven helpers over a six-game point streak. Kovalchuk, tied for third in the league with 36 goals this season, has a point in 12 of his last 13 games, posting 15 tallies and 11 assists over that span.

Bryan Little scored twice while Chris Thorburn and Tobias Enstrom also lit the lamp versus the Flames. Kari Lehtonen turned away 27 shots in the win and is 2-0-0 as a starter in his career versus the Avs.

Atlanta begins a three-game road trip tonight and has lost its last three contests as the guest. The Thrashers will also visit Edmonton and Buffalo and are 12-17-4 as the road team this year.

The Thrashers have notched a point in four of their last five games versus the Avalanche, going 3-1-0 with a tie. Atlanta posted a 4-3 home win versus Colorado on February 24 in a game that featured Kovalchuk's first career goal in five games against the franchise.

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2007 Academy Award Betting : Oscars odds

The 79th Annual Academy Awards odds , which will air February 25th, is sparking an interest throughout the nation with the announcement of its nominees. As the public chooses their favorites, sportsbooks are creating odds for one of the biggest entertainment betting nights of the year.

Whether its at a “Oscar Party” or in an on line sportsbook, entertainment gambling on award shows represent a huge increase in betting. As the public speculation mounts, MySportsbook.com, the largest and most respected sportsbook on the web, posted odds on who is going home with a “Golden Best Friend.”

“ We see a majority of our entertainment wagers come from the Academy Awards,” said MySportsbook.com spokesperson, Tim Dalton. “This is a competition that applies to everyone. These are the people that entertain us on a daily basis and you want to see them win.”

MySportsbook.com posted the following odds for Academy Awards:

Odds to win the Achievement in Directing:

Alejandro González Iñárritu "Babel": 8/1

Martin Scorsese "The Departed": 2/17

Clint Eastwood "Letters From Iwo Jima: 4/1

Stephen Frears "The Queen": 12/1

Paul Greengrass "United 93": 15/1

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond": 11/1

Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson": 20/1

Peter O’Toole in "Venus": 16/5

Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness": 16/1

Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland": 1/11

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

Penélope Cruz in "Volver": 18/1

Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal": 15/1

Helen Mirren in "The Queen": 1/50

Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada": 10/1

Kate Winslet in "Little Children": 20/1

Best Animated Feature Film:

"Cars": 1/3

"Happy Feet": 2/1

"Monster House": 20/1

Best Foreign-Language Film of the Year:

"Water" – Canada: 22/1

"The Lives of Others" – Germany: 7/2

"After the Wedding" - Denmark: 24/1

"Days of Glory (Indigenes)" – Algeria: 23/1

"Pan's Labyrinth" - Mexico: 1/10

Odds to win the Best Live-Action Short Film:

"Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)": 6/5

"Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)": 7/2

"Helmer & Son": 5/2

"The Saviour": 6/1

"West Bank Story": 7/2

Odds to win the Best Original Screenplay:

"Babel": 7/4

"Letters From Iwo Jima": 3/1

"Little Miss Sunshine": 21/20

"Pan's Labyrinth": 11/4

"The Queen": 5/4

Best Motion Picture of the Year:

"Babel": 11/4

"The Departed": 1/2

"Letters from Iwo Jima": 15/2

"Little Miss Sunshine": 17/10

"The Queen": 20/1

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:

Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 11/10

Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children": 10/1

Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond": 9/1

Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls": 2/5

Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed": 5/1

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

Adriana Barraza in "Babel": 14/1

Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal": 11/1

Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 2/1

Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls": 1/8

Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel": 11/1

Film To Win Most Oscars:

Dreamgirls: 2/3

Pans Labyrinth: 6/5

The Departed: 6/1

The Queen: 11/1

Babel: 15/1

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: 11/1

Little Miss Sunshine: 15/1


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