http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Sportsbooks - Pro and College sport headlines and stories on the NFL, NBA, NCAA, NHL, MLB, football, baseball, basketball, World Series, Super Bowl. en-us jackblack@sportsbooks.com http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Players making their first deposit with Sportsbooks.com will automatically receive a Tournament Ticket to the $500 Welcome Freeroll. http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966592.html The St. Louis Blues have placed forward Jason Arnott on injured reserve, the team announced Friday. Arnott has not played since suffering a shoulder injury against Los Angeles on February 3. The 37-year-old veteran center has played in 49 games with the Blues this season, scoring 12 goals and posting 24 points. http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966556.html The Pittsburgh Penguins activated forward Jordan Staal from injured reserve, in anticipation of his return to the lineup on Saturday against the Winnipeg Jets. Pens head coach Dan Bylsma confirmed Staal's return on Friday, at the same time the club announced the roster move. "In the last couple days it was just great to get in a couple practices with the rest of the team, just to get back a little timing, and things are looking up," Staal http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966513.html The Dallas Stars have yet to win the back end when playing games on consecutive nights. That won't make ending their lengthy losing streak in Buffalo any easier. The Stars try to pick up their first road win against the Sabres in over 14 years, but in addition to having some tired legs they'll also likely be going up against the returning Thomas Vanek. Dallas is coming off last night's 4-2 victory at Columbus in which the club used a fast start to roll to its fou http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966512.html The free-falling Chicago Blackhawks will try to end their longest losing streak in over four years when they continue a lengthy road trip with tonight's battle against the San Jose Sharks at HP Pavilion. The Blackhawks are 0-5-1 over their last six games, marking the club's longest skid since an 0-6-2 stretch from Dec. 30-Jan. 11 during the 2007-08 season. The last four losses (0-3-1) have come at the start of a nine-game swing. The recent swoon has dropped the 20 http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966510.html The Colorado Avalanche recently put their longest skid of the season behind them and will try to close out a four-game homestand with another victory when they face the Carolina Hurricanes tonight at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche had lost five straight (0-4-1) before busting out of the slump with Tuesday's 5-2 win over Chicago. Colorado needs all the wins it can get, as it enters tonight as the 12th seed in the Western Conference playoff race and just three points ou http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966502.html Forgive the Red Wings if they are looking past the Ducks and towards this weekend when they could have a chance at matching the longest home winning streak in NHL history. After all, wins over Anaheim at Joe Louis Arena are almost a given for Detroit. The Red Wings aim to make it 19 straight victories as the host this evening with an eighth consecutive defeat of the surging Ducks in Motown. Detroit's current string of home victories is a franchise high and the http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966482.html Henrik Sedin played two days after taking a puck off his ankle and scored a goal, and the Vancouver Canucks rolled to a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night. Daniel Sedin had a goal and an assist while Maxim Lapierre, Manny Malhotra and Ryan Kesler also scored for the Canucks, who are unbeaten in regulation in their last eight games (6-0-2). Vancouver stopped a streak of five straight overtime games. Henrik Sedin was cleared http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966477.html 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. "You've got to find ways to get points," Coyotes head coach Dave Tippett said. "It was just not a pretty game at all so we'll take the points, stick those in the bank and move on." Mike Smith stopped 22-of-23 shots i http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966474.html Bryan Little scored the game-winner in a shootout, as the Jets used a late surge to earn a 3-2 comeback win over the Capitals on Thursday. Trailing 2-0 with less than three minutes to play, Winnipeg got goals from Evander Kane and Dustin Byfuglien in a span of 12 seconds to force overtime. Alexander Ovechkin, who had a goal in regulation for the Capitals, and Blake Wheeler opened the shootout with goals. Ondrej Pavelec then stopped Ale