DOWNTOWN PHIL’S Monday Night Picks 2/28/2011

Was with Phil yesterday celebrating his birthday at the Rio and suffered a brutal beat as we had parlayed Toronto and the Under 6.  Toronto was up 2-0 entering the 3rd period and was up 2-1 with under 5 minutes left. If you saw the game you know that Toronto allowed a late goal to make it 2-2 and gave up a goal within the first two-minutes of overtime to lose 3-2. Brutal.

Monday Plays:

1. Chicago (-120) at Minnesota for 1 unit. Chicago has won 5 of their last 6 and continue to play very solid hockey. In addition to the solid play you get Chicago at a decent price likely based on the fact they are playing back-to-back road games, but still value there getting them less than -140. Minnesota has not been quite as sharp as of late, but clearly have the ability to play with any team in the NHL.  The teams have met three times this year with Chicago winning 2 out of 3.  This game should be pretty close, but will take a shot with Chicago as I just think they are the better overall squad.

2. Detroit at LA Kings (-120) for 1 unit. Two good teams here and this should be a pretty good match-up. Giving a slight edge to the Kings as they have been solid at home going 16-9, but Detroit has been great on the road as well going 14-8.  Both teams tend to play towards the under in respect to the Kings at home and Detroit on the road so it should be low scoring. The Kings offense has been great their last few having scored 11 goals in their last 3 games. I think they continue to roll tonight and pull out a win at home.