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Bernier, Kings blank PredsHockey Betting Lines03/30/2010 - Nashville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jonathan Bernier stopped 34 shots en route to his first career shutout to lift the Los Angeles Kings over the Nashville Predators, 2-0, at Bridgestone Arena. Scott Parse broke the scoreless contest in the third period. His tally came at the 7:50 mark, as Jeff Halpern carried the puck behind the net and threw it quickly in front to a streaking Parse for the easy put-in for the Kings, who snapped a four-game skid and trail Detroit by one point for the sixth spot in the West. Bernier, playing in his sixth NHL game and just second this season, made eight saves in the first period, 15 in the second and 11 in the third. He was recalled from Manchester of the American Hockey League on Monday. Sean O'Donnell also scored for the Kings, who ended a seven-game skid against Nashville, beating the Predators for the first time since March 13, 2008. Pekka Rinne racked up 29 saves in the loss for the Preds, who have dropped two of their last three and are just one point ahead of Detroit and two points in front of the Kings for the fifth playoff spot.
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Big 12 Conference betting odds Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State Work left to do: Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on. Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough. Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.
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