The Toronto Maple Leafs are in need of a win and they will get that tonight when they face the upstart Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena. The Leafs are better by far than the Kraken in every aspect and they are 13-8-2 on the road. Seattle is 9-15-2 at home. Forget about it.
TONIGHT’S PICK: TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Month: February 2022
Sunday NHL Pick
The Ottawa Senators will be a big dog today when they visit the Washington Capitals and they should be. Ottawa is 7-11-3 on the road and 4-17 in the last 21 meetings with Ovie and company.
TODAY’S PICK: WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Saturday Men’s NCAA Basketball Pick
The Buffalo Bulls will be hosting the Ball State Cardinals in an early one today in Western New York. The Bulls are laying a lot of chalk but they can cover it. Buffalo can light up the scoreboard and they showed their offensive prowess in their last outing against Eastern Michigan, blowing them out, 102-64. The home team is 5-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings.
TODAY’S PICK: BUFFALO BULLS -11½
Friday Men’s NCAA Basketball Pick
The Akron Zips will have payback on their minds tonight when they host the Kent State Golden Flash. The Zips fell to the Golden Flash back on January 14th, 67-55, in Kent, Ohio, so if you don’t think they want this one, think again. The Zips are 10-1 at The JAR and overall are averaging 71.5 points per game and allowing an average of 62.7. Excluding neutral sites, the Flash are 4-4 away from the MAC Center and overall are averaging 70.7 points per game and allowing 64.1. Will this be a tight one? More than likely. The line is currently Akron -3.5, with a money line of only -170. Don’t sweat the points.
TONIGHT’S PICK: AKRON ZIPS M/L
Thursday NHL Pick
The Toronto Maple Leafs are the hottest thing on ice and will seek their 7th straight victory tonight when they visit the Saddledome for a date with the Calgary Flames. The Flames are also on a roll, ripping off 4 in a row, but will be playing back-to-back games and that is not a position you want to be in when the Leafs come to town. Toronto is almost as good on the road as they are at home, with a record of 13-6-2, and will be well-rested after Monday’s win over the Carolina Panthers. They also have Auston Matthews, who has been off the charts, notching another 2 goals on Monday which now brings his total on the season to 31. The Leafs are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings with the Flames overall and 4-0 in their last 4 trips to Calgary. The Leafs are hot, ride them ’til they’re not.
TONIGHT’S PICK: TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Wednesday Men’s NCAA Basketball Pick
The Quinnipiac Bobcats will look to end their 3-game skid tonight when they visit Webster Bank Arena to face the Fairfield Stags. The Bobcats should feel confident going into this matchup, having already beat the Stags this year back on January 16th, 72-66, and are catching a Stags team that is struggling as well. Fairfield has lost 2 straight, 8 of their last 10, and are a dismal 3-6 on their home court. Quinn, who is getting 5 points, should be able to at least get under the number, averaging 73.7 points per game as opposed to Fairfield’s 69.8. In the last 17 meetings, the road team is 11-5-1 ATS and Fairfield is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games.
TONIGHT’S PICK: QUINNIPIAC BOBCATS +5
Tuesday NHL Pick
The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Boston Bruins will get back to work tonight when the Bruins host the Penguins at TD Garden. Pittsburgh had lost 4 straight going into the break so maybe the layoff has helped but they will be without superstar Evgeni Malkin due to Covid-19 protocol and that will hurt. Boston is 15-8-1 at home, 6-2 in their last 8 at TD, and won 15 of the last 17 at home against the Penguins. The Bruins are a slight favorite in this one and the home team is 24-7 in the last 31 meetings between these two clubs.
TONIGHT’S PICK: BOSTON BRUINS