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Visiting Stars Road Favorites Over Kings In Wednesday NHL Picks
2024/12/04
What: Wednesday NHL Picks Who: Dallas Stars at Los Angeles Kings When: Wednesday, December 4, 10:00 p.m. As they prepare to meet in the Wednesday NHL picks, both the Dallas Stars and Los Angeles Kings are playing great hockey. Dallas has won eight of the club's past 11 games. Los Angeles is 4-1 over the […]
Nuggets The Choice Over Warriors in Tuesday NBA Betting Picks
2024/12/03
What:Â NBA Betting Picks Who: Golden State Warriors at Denver Nuggets When: Tuesday, December 3, 10:00 p.m. Streaks are wild for the Golden State Warriors in the NBA betting picks as they are arriving in Denver to face the Nuggets in a Tuesday NBA Cup clash. On the one hand, Golden State is 3-0 in NBA […]
Bulls Favored Over Nets In Monday NBA Betting Picks
2024/12/02
What: NBA Betting Picks Who: Brooklyn Nets at Chicago Bulls When: Monday, December 2, 8:00 p.m. It's been quite a long time since the Chicago Bulls were beating the Brooklyn Nets, but in Monday's NBA betting picks, oddsmakers are foreseeing this occurrence becoming a reality. It's hometown Chicago, losers of four in a row to […]
Devils Road Favorites Over Rangers In Monday NHL Picks
2024/12/02
What:Â Monday NHL Picks Who: New Jersey Devils at New York Rangers When: Monday, December 2, 7:00 p.m. The New York Rangers had their way with the New Jersey Devils last season on the ice and in the NHL picks. Will that pattern be continuing into the 2024-25 season? Oddsmakers don't think so. The Devils and […]
Struggling Panthers Favored Over Maple Leafs In Wednesday NHL Picks
2024/11/27
What: Wednesday NHL Picks Who: Toronto Maple Leafs at Florida Panthers When: Wednesday, November 27, 7:30 p.m. The Wednesday NHL picks present two teams heading in opposite directions in the matchup between the Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs. The hometown Panthers are sliding on a four-game losing skid. The visiting Maple Leafs are storming, […]
Avalanche The Choice Over Lightning In Monday NHL Picks
2024/11/25
What: Monday NHL Picks Who: Colorado Avalanche at Tampa Bay Lightning When: Monday, November 25, 7:00 p.m. Oddsmakers aren't seeing much to choose between the visiting Colorado Avalanche and the hometown Tampa Bay Lightning in the Monday NHL picks. As the home team, Tampa Bay is set as a marginal -108 underdog. The visiting Avalanche […]
Jets vs Panthers Rematch Set As Pick'em In Tuesday NHL Betting Picks
2024/11/19
What:Â NHL Betting Picks Who: Florida Panthers at Winnipeg Jets When: Tuesday, November 19, 8:00 p.m. It's the reigning Stanley Cup champions facing off against the NHL's current No. 1 team for the second time in four days in the Tuesday NHL picks. And oddsmakers don't know which way to lean in the moneyline between the […]
Oilers Road Favorites Over Canadiens In Monday NHL Betting Picks
2024/11/18
What:Â NHL Betting Picks Who: Edmonton Oilers at Montreal Canadiens When: Monday, November 18, 7:30 p.m. Everyone enjoys a trip to Montreal and NHL teams are no exception. In fact, a visit to the city might be just what the doctor ordered for the Edmonton Oilers in the Monday NHL picks. Edmonton's season-high three-game winning streak […]
Italians Favored Over Spaniards In Davis Cup Tennis Picks
2024/11/18
WHAT: Davis Cup men's tennis championship WHEN: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - Sunday, November 24th, 2024 WHERE: The Palacio Deportes MartÃn Carpena in Malaga, Spain WATCH: The Tennis Channel The world's top player will be looking to lead Italy to a successful defense of their Davis Cup title. However, World No. 1 Jannik Sinner can […]
Take Penguins Over Red Wings In Wednesday NHL Betting Picks
2024/11/13
What: NHL Betting Picks Who: Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins When: Wednesday, November 13, 7:30 p.m. The last time the Pittsburgh Penguins were facing the Detroit Red Wings, they were doing so coming off a 6-0 shellacking handed them by the New York Rangers. Pittsburgh would whip Detroit 6-3. As they are meeting again […]
Back Avalanche And Canadiens In Monday NHL Betting Picks
2024/11/11
What: NHL Picks And Best Bets When: Monday, November 11, 2024 The Dallas Stars were expected to be top Stanley Cup contenders in the NHL betting picks and so far, that's how it's working out. The same opinion was held of both the Colorado Avalanche and Nashville Predators, but both clubs are struggling out of […]
Take Maple Leafs, Golden Knights In Friday NHL Picks
2024/11/08
It's a light NHL schedule on Friday, with just four games on the docket. Below, we're going to focus on two matchups in particular: The Detroit Red Wings vs the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Vegas Golden Knights vs the Seattle Kraken. The 7-5-2 Maple Leafs are sitting three points ahead of the 6-5-1 Red […]
Thursday NHL Picks: Go With Flames, Hurricanes
2024/11/07
It's a fairly busy NHL schedule Thursday, with eight games on tap. Below, we're going to focus on two matchups in particular: The Calgary Flames vs the Boston Bruins, and the Pittsburgh Penguins vs the Carolina Hurricanes. The Bruins have stumbled to a 6-7-1 mark to begin the season, while the Flames, playoff outsiders a […]
Blaney Slight Favorite Over Byron In NASCAR Championship Race
2024/11/06
What: NASCAR Championship Race When: Sunday, November 10, 3:00 p.m. ET Where: Phoenix Raceway Watch: NBC Ryan Blaney is the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion. He's coming into the NASCAR Championship Race off a win last week in the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville and oddsmakers are going to ride with the hot hand. It's Blaney […]
Larson, Hamlin, Blaney Betting Favorites For NASCAR Xfinity 500
2024/10/30
What: NASCAR Xfinity 500 When: Sunday, November 3, 2:00 p.m. ET Where: Martinsville Speedway Watch: NBC Oddsmakers are clearly anticipating that the next stop on the NASCAR Cup Series circuit, the Xfinity 500, will be an extremely competitive and close race. But isn't that usually the case when the world's best stock car drivers are […]
Alcaraz Slight Favorite Over Sinner In ATP Paris Masters Tennis
2024/10/29
The world's top two players are the betting favorites at the ATP Paris Masters, even though neither has ever tasted victory in the event. World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz is the +185 chalk to win his first Paris Masters title. Meanwhile, you can access a betting line of +210 on Jannik Sinner, the top-ranked player […]
McDavid Heavy Favorite To Win NHL Hart Trophy
2024/10/27
Based on recent outcomes, there's a 50% chance that the Hart Trophy winner this season as the MVP of the NHL will be someone who is playing for the Edmonton Oilers. Over the past eight NHL seasons, four times the Hart Trophy as been won by a member of the Oilers and oddsmakers are seeing […]
Larson, Bell Top Betting Picks In NASCAR Straight Talk Wireless 400
2024/10/23
What: NASCAR Straight Talk Wireless 400 When: Sunday, October 27, 2:30 p.m. ET Where: Homestead-Miami Speedway Watch: NBC All season long, Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell have been dueling for the NASCAR Cup Series title. Entering this week's Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, expectations are that the battle will be continuing. Oddsmakers are […]
McDavid, MacKinnon Favorites In NHL Art Ross Trophy Betting
2024/10/21
Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid is the betting favorite to win the NHL Art Ross Trophy and that really isn't surprising. The Art Ross Trophy, which goes to the league's regular-season scoring leader, has wound up in McDavid's hands five times since 2017. No wonder then that he's the odds-on -185 chalk to be NHL […]
Series Leader Larson Heavy Favorite In NASCAR South Point 400
2024/10/16
What: NASCAR South Point 400 When: Sunday, October 20, 2:30 p.m. ET Where: Las Vegas Motor Speedway Watch: NBC When the NASCAR Cup Series arrives in Las Vegas, no one's smile is wider than that of Kyle Larson. When it comes to NASCAR best bets, Larson and Las Vegas Motor Speedway are frequently a winning […]
Shesterkin Favored To Win NHL Vezina Trophy
2024/10/14
Igor Shesterkin is looking to get paid and oddsmakers are showing through the Vezina Trophy betting lines that they are of the belief that this will provide the New York Rangers goaltender with a certain amount of incentive. The Rangers netminder is the +450 favorite to win the award that goes to the NHL's most […]
Van Gisbergen Favored In NASCAR Bank Of America Roval 400
2024/10/09
What: NASCAR Bank Of America Roval 400 When: Sunday, October 13, 2:00 p.m. ET Where: Charlotte Motor Speedway Watch: NBC You won't find Shane Van Gisbergen or AJ Allmendinger among the challengers in this year's NASCAR Cup playoffs. However, you will find them to be the best bets to win at this week's stop, the […]
Mitchell, Hossler Best Bets In PGA Tour Black Desert Championship
2024/10/08
What: 2024 PGA Tour Black Desert Championship When: October 10th-13th Where: Black Desert Resort Golf Course The majors are long over, the Presidents Cup has been decided, but don't go thinking that there's nothing left to bet where the PGA Tour is concerned. In reality, there's some serious action still ongoing and it's only beginning […]
Dallas Stars To Win The 2025 Stanley Cup
2024/10/07
In the NHL Stanley Cup betting lines, oddsmakers are counting on history repeating itself. Last spring, the Florida Panthers went from 2022-23 Stanley Cup finalists to 2023-24 Stanley Cup champions. It was the Edmonton Oilers who were vanquished by the Panthers in last season's Cup final series. And it's the Oilers who are being set […]
Bet These NHL Teams To Make Stanley Cup Playoffs
2024/09/25
Which NHL teams that missed the Stanley Cup playoffs a year ago should you be betting to be playoff participants following the 2024-25 regular season? Last season saw a spectacular conclusion to the Eastern Conference race. The Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals and Detroit Red Wings all went into the 82nd and final game of the […]
Sabalenka Given Favorite's Odds At WTA Beijing
2024/09/24
What: WTA Beijing China Open Women's Singles Tennis When: September 25-October 6, 2024 Where: China National Tennis Center Belarusian star Aryna Sabalenka, the second-ranked player in the world, is set as a solid +140 favorite to win the title at the WTA Beijing China Open. The reigning US Open women's singles champion is heading a […]
Hamlin Favored To Win NASCAR Bass Pro Shops Night Race
2024/09/18
What: NASCAR Bass Pro Shops Night Race When: Saturday, September 21, 7:30 p.m. ET Where: Bristol Motor Speedway Watch: USA Network Denny Hamlin is in desperate need of a win to remain in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Fortunately for him, there's no place he likes to race more than Bristol Motor Speedway. Arriving to […]
Larson Favored At Nascar Watkins Glen International
2024/09/11
What: NASCAR Go Bowling At The Glen When: Sunday, September 15, 3:00 p.m. ET Where: Watkins Glen International The road to the NASCAR Cup heads to a road course this week - Watkins Glen International for Go Bowling At The Glen. And for the most part, it's the usual suspects who oddsmakers like to be […]
USA Favored Over Europe In Solheim Cup Picks
2024/09/09
The USA is favored to do something this week that the country's best female golfers haven't achieved since 2017 - win the Solheim Cup. The American team is set with favorite's odds of -135 in the opening Solheim Cup odds. You'll get a betting line of +135 if you wager on the European team to […]
Larson Favored To Win NASCAR Cup Series Championship
2024/09/03
What: NASCAR Cup Series Championship Playoffs Who: The top 16 drivers from the regular season standings When: Ten races from September 8 through November 10 And then there were 16 drivers left in the hunt for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship. The NASCAR playoffs get underway with the Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway […]
Coco Gauff to Win the US Open Women's Singles
2024/08/29
What: US Open Women's Singles Tennis When: August 24-September 7, 2024 Where: Arthur Ashe Stadium Iga Swiatek has won the US Open women's singles title before. Aryna Sabalenka has been ever so close in the past and oddsmakers think this is the year to pick her to win. The Belarusian player is the +210 chalk […]
Alcaraz, Djokovic Favorites in US Open Men's Singles
2024/08/27
What: US Open Men's Singles Tennis When: August 24-September 8, 2024 Where: Arthur Ashe Stadium As the world's best players arrive in New York for the US Open, the final Grand Slam event of the tennis season, there's a new rivalry dominating men's singles. And oddsmakers don't see it subsiding on the hard courts at […]
Hamlin, Logano Favored In NASCAR Coke Zero Sugar 400
2024/08/21
What: NASCAR Coke Zero Sugar 400 When: Saturday, August 24, 7:30 p.m. ET Where: Daytona International Speedway The unpredictability of NASCAR restrictor plate racing is reflected in the betting lines for this week's Coke Zero Sugar 400. As the drivers prepare for the wild and woolly adventure that going all-out on the 2.5-mile oval at […]
Alcaraz, Sinner Top Favorites At ATP Cincinnati
2024/08/12
At the ATP Cincinnati Open, Carlos Alcaraz is returning to the hard courts following his silver medal performance on the clay courts of the Paris Olympics. It will be his first hard court action for the Spaniard since March, but that isn't deterring the oddsmakers. Alcaraz is set as the chalk to be winning his […]