Coyotes bury Sharks

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04/10/2009 - San Jose, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Scottie Upshall and Peter Mueller each had a goal and assist, as the Phoenix Coyotes topped the San Jose Sharks, 4-1, at HP Pavilion.

Despite the loss, San Jose clinched the top seed in the Western Conference. The Sharks have 117 points with one game to play, while Detroit is at 112 points with two games left. The Red Wings lost in a shootout to Nashville earlier Thursday.

Zbynek Michalek and Ed Jovanovski each scored once for Phoenix, which snapped a two-game slide. Al Montoya stopped 40-of-41 shots in the win.

Travis Moen had the lone goal for San Jose, which had won its last two games. Evgeni Nabokov allowed all four goals on 17 shots.

Upshall got Phoenix on the scoreboard 9:30 into the game, while Jovanovski made it a 2-0 game with a power-play tally with 19 seconds left in the opening period.

Michalek had the lone goal of the second period, making it 3-0 and making San Jose's comeback chances that much harder.

Moen stuffed in the puck near the left post with 7:38 left in the game, but Mueller's tally with a little over two minutes left restored the three-goal cushion for the Coyotes.

Game Notes

The two teams split the six-game season series, with each team winning three times in regulation...The Coyotes played their last road game of the season and finished 13-24-4 as the visitor. Phoenix closes its regular season Saturday against Anaheim...San Jose finished the season with a 32-5-4 home record. The Sharks end the regular season Saturday in Los Angeles against the Kings.

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Underdog bettors love the Super Bowl and, history suggests, the underdogs love them back. And the big dogs bite harder.

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SB XLII -- 2008 -- New York Giants 17, New England Patriots 14 (Giants +12.5) – Eli Manning’s 13-yard touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress in the final minute clinched the historic upset for the Giants, who used a masterful defensive plan to slow down Tom Brady and the previously undefeated New England Patriots.

XXXVI -- 2002 -- Patriots 20, Rams 17 (Patriots +14) – This was the coming out party for the aforementioned Brady, who went from obscure sixth-round draft pick to Super Bowl hero in one fell swoop. He led the game-winning drive in the final minute – eschewing analyst John Madden’s advice to take a knee and play for overtime – leading to Adam Vinatieri’s memorable 48-yard field goal that split the uprights as time expired.

XXXII 1998 Broncos 31, Packers 24 (Denver +12) – The first of John Elway’s two consecutive Super Bowl titles to put an end to his Hall of Fame career was an upset for the ages. The Broncos used the determination of Elway and a 157-yard, three-touchdown performance from Terrell Davis to turn back Brett Favre and the heavily favored Packers.

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