Lupul carries Philly past Preds

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03/07/2009 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Joffrey Lupul tallied twice to lead Philadelphia over Nashville, 4-1, at Wachovia Center.

Mike Richards and Claude Giroux also provided scores for the Flyers, who rebounded from Thursday's 5-1 loss to Calgary and have won two of their last three.

Martin Biron was solid in net, making 31 stops to record his 20th win of the season.

Martin Erat had the lone goal for the Predators, whose six-game win streak came to a halt.

Pekka Rinne allowed four goals on 26 shots in the loss, his first in regulation since February 16. The Finnish rookie also had a personal six-start win streak snapped.

In a scoreless first period, Biron kept the Preds off the board with a highlight-quality save.

Shea Weber's blast from the right circle was stopped but the rebound went right to an open Erat on the left wing. His one-timer was headed for the back of the net, except that Biron, late to shift across the crease, stuck out his stick and stopped the puck right on the goal line.

Richards put the Flyers on the board with a power-play goal 45 seconds into the second period, stashing home a cross-ice feed by Simon Gagne.

Jeff Carter and Randy Jones started a 3-on-1 break which Lupul finished off with a tip at the right post at 4:22 and it was 2-0 for Philadelphia.

Biron was at his sharpest in the middle 20 minutes, stopping all 18 shots he faced and thwarting a pair of Predators power plays.

Erat slipped a wrister between Biron's arm and body at 7:45 of the third period to halve Nashville's deficit, but Lupul followed up a Daniel Carcillo shot from in close to restore the two-goal edge at 8:51.

Arron Asham set up Giroux for the clincher with 3:13 left in the contest.

Game Notes

The Preds had won three of the last five meetings, and the Flyers hadn't posted a victory since a 5-2 decision on March 3, 2004...Flyers forward Danny Briere was in the lineup despite tweaking a previous groin injury on Thursday...Lupul's goals gave him 20 for the season, the sixth Flyer to reach that plateau this season...Biron hit the 20-win mark for the second straight year and for the fifth time in his career...Carcillo's assist was his first point as a Flyer, after his acquisition on Wednesday from Phoenix.

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Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.

As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.

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The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.

Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).

But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.

Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.

Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:

Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1

Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2

New York Giants - 9 - 2

Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).

Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.

So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.

And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.

They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.

Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.

But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.

Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.

Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.

Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.

Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?

Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.

In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.

Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.

Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.

The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.

The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.

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