Coyotes edge Flames on Doan's OT winner

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02/10/2012 - Glendale, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Shane Doan scored the game-winner in overtime to give the Phoenix Coyotes a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday.

Taylor Pyatt scored in regulation for the Coyotes, who extended their season- high win streak to four games.

Mike Smith stopped 22-of-23 shots in the win.

Olli Jokinen tallied a goal and Leland Irving made 34 saves in the Flames' fourth loss in six games.

Calgary trailed 1-0 entering the third period, but tied the game up 4:01 into the frame on a 4-on-4 when Mark Giordano's slap shot from the high slot deflected off the leg of Jokinen and into the net.

Smith stopped the other six shots he faced and Irving blocked 10 in the final stanza to force overtime.

But Calgary's Mikael Backlund was whistled for tripping 2:07 into the extra frame and the Coyotes took advantage of the penalty with the game-winner when Radim Vrbata fed a pass from the right of the net to the top of the left circle, where Doan blasted a one-timer past Irving.

Pyatt gave Phoenix a 1-0 lead at the 7:43 mark of the first period after deciding to keep the puck himself on a 2-on-1 rush and wristing a shot through the pads of Irving.

Game Notes

Phoenix has won nine of the last 12 meetings between the teams...Phoenix went 1-for-3 on the power play, while Calgary was 0-for-3 on the man advantage...Phoenix is now tied with the Minnesota Wild for eighth place in the Western Conference with 58 points apiece...Calgary is tied with the Colorado Avalanche for 10th place with 57 points.

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The AFC South and the NFC East are the favorite divisions to have the next Super Bowl champ among them in the NFL betting odds. But more down to the point, these football odds are in favor of the Indianapolis Colts, by far the strongest team in the AFC South, and the Dallas Cowboys of the NFC East.

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Big 12 Conference betting odds

Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

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.