Finland vs Germany

[Wind gara]

i really think finland wins by 3 goals.
like 4-1 or 3-0(low scoring)

what you think?

[JumpoffJoeBeezy]

Wish I knew these lines.. my book doesn't put them up till the morning.

[dannynoo]

Whatever the lines end up being, the under is probably a good bet.

[KingKolzig]

Feb 1911FINLAND-2½-125o5½-130-186311:55 PM 12GERMANY (MSN)+2½+105u5½+110+1182

[KingKolzig]

Feb 1911FINLAND-2½-125o5½-130-186311:55 PM 12GERMANY (MSN)+2½+105u5½+110+1182

that copy and paste didnt work.....Basically Finland -2.5 (-125), with an over/under 5.5..............but the finland ML is -1863, and German ML is +1182

[Jaug]

Germany didn't look bad in their first game. They got at least one full NHL-line.

[KingKolzig]

Germany didn't look bad in their first game. They got at least one full NHL-line.

no kidding. finland is not exactly super-explosive............if sturm is playing for germany sneaking the +1182 in a longshot parlay might be a good idea

[2PLAYSMAX]

I want to make a play on this contest myself.

[juuso]

Liking under 5.5 here. Germany defended well against Sweden and I see no reason why they could not keep the score reasonably low. I'm Finnish, so I know the team pretty well. Good goalies, decent defense, but quite mediocre attackers. They might get the game rolling and score a bunch, but I think lower scoring affair is more likely.

[Jaug]

Liking under 5.5 here. Germany defended well against Sweden and I see no reason why they could not keep the score reasonably low. I'm Finnish, so I know the team pretty well. Good goalies, decent defense, but quite mediocre attackers. They might get the game rolling and score a bunch, but I think lower scoring affair is more likely.

Good post, I agree.

[runt23]

I am thinking the under for sure. 5.5 is always a tough call though. A 3-2 game could easily be a 3-3 or 4-2 game with the goalie pulled in the last minutes of play.

I am thinking a 2-1 or 3-1 score though.

I don't know if I will take this bet yet or not.

I really don't think Finland will take it by 3 or more.

[KingKolzig]

3-0 Finland

[dannynoo]

Teams are apparently less likely to pull goalies because of goal differential. That may not be the case for either of these teams who have yet to win a game.

[bigbank]

Teams are apparently less likely to pull goalies because of goal differential. That may not be the case for either of these teams who have yet to win a game.

um, Finland is 1-0 beating Belarus 5-1.

[jayc88]

germany will win outright or at least cover the number

[runt23]

i don't think germany will win outright.. but yea they should cover 2.5

[pappy31]

Tough call on these two teams. I would lay off of it personally.

[balman]

the under is the play ... i havent seen a team pull thier goalie yet.. even belarus down 3-2 didnt do it.. also germany -2.5 is worth a look, if germany could hold Sweden to 2 goals i cant see why they cant hold fins to 3 or 2...

[eMdOtkay]

Germany +2.5 is my play

[lakerboy]

i already posted under 5.5 earlier in players talk by accident. it should have been posted in hockey section as players talk is more about who is sucking whos cock

[StraitShooter]

i really think finland wins by 3 goals.
like 4-1 or 3-0(low scoring)

what you think?

love finland too!!..and great to have bettable hockey @ midnight too

[StraitShooter]

Tough call on these two teams. I would lay off of it personally.

I bet it cause how often can you bet olympic hockey at midnight.. I have Latvia at 730 too

[cecil127]

love finland too!!..and great to have bettable hockey @ midnight too

yea thats about the only reason ill bet these olympics. up late anyway, why not have it mean something, right?

i fear the latvians may have thrown the proverbial "monkey wrench" into my 3 team hockey parlay which includes germany +2.5. i think they played the toughest D in the olympics so far imo. which is why ill take them in the late-late game or if somehow the czechs win by 4 ill let my parlay take its course...
if i had to pick and o/u in this one(and i cant because bodog doesnt offer it) itd lean towards the under....

[JumpoffJoeBeezy]

Germany's back up tender is apparently playing and it wont be Thomas Greiss.. Apparently a lot of German fans don't have much confidence it Patzold.

[JumpoffJoeBeezy]

Just looking at Patzolds numbers this year and in recent past.. He's playing in the DEL this year with a GAA of over 3.. 3.23.. Whenever he's made the jump to more significant competition, whether it be the KHL or NHL his GAA is well over 5.

So, hopefully we can get this confirmed that he is indeed starting.

[cecil127]

yikes. thanks for the info....im busy with the meadowlands at the moment. just cant bring myself to give that much of a chit about OH but thats a good tip to know.

[JumpoffJoeBeezy]

Also it should be pointed out that Sweden obviously just can't figure it out right now.. A 2-0 win over Germany, and a 3-2 win over Belarus, who Finland smoked 5-1. Wouldn't read too much into that Germany/Sweden game.

[Fthenorm]

How can we confirm the German goaltender for the game?

[Bigcheez]

i already posted under 5.5 earlier in players talk by accident. it should have been posted in hockey section as players talk is more about who is sucking whos cock

True.

[JumpoffJoeBeezy]

I'm not sure I'm trying to find out frantically.. lol.. Here are the lines for tonights game though..

51 Valtteri Filppula
9 Mikko Koivu
15 Tuomo Ruutu
26 Jere Lehtinen
11 Saku Koivu (C)
8 Teemu Selänne (A)
10 Niklas Hagman
12 Olli Jokinen
20 Antti Miettinen
16 Ville Peltonen
39 Niko Kapanen
37 Jarkko Ruutu



25 Joni Pitkänen
5 Lasse Kukkonen
44 Kimmo Timonen (A)
6 Sami Salo
32 Toni Lydman
18 Sami Lepistö



19 Marco Sturm (C)
57 Marcel Goc
17 Jochen Hecht
16 Michael Wolf
15 T.J. Mulock
39 Thomas Greilinger
24 André Rankel
11 Sven Felski (A)
21 John Tripp
25 Marcel Müller
18 Kai Hospelt
9 Manuel Klinge


84 Dennis Seidenberg (A)
10 Christian Ehrhoff
52 Alexander Sulzer
38 Jakub Ficenec
6 Sven Butenschön
5 Korbinian Holzer

What is confirmed is Marco Sturm, the best player for Germany suffered an injury in the last game, but he will play tonight. Still if he's not 100% thats a problem for the Germans. I believe the German goal is to actually GET a goal or two so maybe they will loosen up their tight structured system. The flip side of that is they probably know they aren't going anywhere so it might be balls to the wall for this game.

[StraitShooter]

yea thats about the only reason ill bet these olympics. up late anyway, why not have it mean something, right?

i fear the latvians may have thrown the proverbial "monkey wrench" into my 3 team hockey parlay which includes germany +2.5. i think they played the toughest D in the olympics so far imo. which is why ill take them in the late-late game or if somehow the czechs win by 4 ill let my parlay take its course...
if i had to pick and o/u in this one(and i cant because bodog doesnt offer it) itd lean towards the under....

[StraitShooter]

czech-latvia exciting ending for spread and total

[StraitShooter]

need latvia +3 to hang on

[JumpoffJoeBeezy]

Latvia pulled the tendie, eh? Does that "no pulling the goalie" philosophy change now when its really do or die?

[StraitShooter]

empty netter screwed me..and take tie as it looked real bad early but DAMMIT!!!!!!!