The New Jersey Devils will travel to Nationwide Arena tonight for a meeting with the inept Columbus Blue Jackets. The Jackets are the worst team in hockey with a record of 16-33-4 and are 11-16-2 at home. The Devils are just 3 points back of Carolina for the top spot in the Metropolitan Division, with a record of 34-13-5. New Jersey is better on the road than they are at the Rock, with a road record of 19-3-3, and last faced Columbus back in October, blowing them out 7-1. The Devils will be without Jack Hughes tonight but it shouldn’t matter.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Month: February 2023
Monday NHL Pick
The Arizona Coyotes will wrap up their 3-game road trip tonight when they visit the Nashville Predators. The Coyotes will be playing their third game in four nights so fatigue could be an issue for them. Arizona has lost their last 2, are 3-6 in their last 9, and have been awful on the road with a record of 6-20-6. Nashville is starting to heat up. The Predators are 4-1 in their last 5 and are always tough on opponents at Bridgestone Arena, where they are 14-8-3. The Predators are breathing down Minnesota’s neck for the final Wild Card spot in the Western Conference. Nashville cannot afford to lose at home to a bottom feeder like Arizona and they know it.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Sunday Men’s NCAA Basketball Pick
The Niagara Purple Eagles will be getting no respect when they host the Iona Gaels today in an early one at Gallagher Center, and that suits me just fine. The Purple Eagles are no push over and especially at home. In Lewiston, they are 8-2, 4th in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, and 9-5 in conference play. The Gaels are a good team – that is a given. They are 2nd in the MAAC, 10-3 in conference play but just 4-4 on the road. Niagara is hot. They have won 5 straight, are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 overall, and the home team is 4-0-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings.
TODAY’S PICK: NIAGARA PURPLE EAGLES +7½
Saturday Men’s NCAA Basketball Pick
The Cornell Big Red will be a road favorite today when they visit the Brown Bears. Cornell is 15-7, 3rd in the Ivy League and 6-6 on the road. Brown is 12-10, 4th in the Ivy League and 6-4 at home. Cornell has lost their last two so they are due for a win. The Big Red can score, averaging 84.8 points per game as opposed the Bears’ 68.3. They also beat Brown, 80-73, back on January 28th. Cornell is currently laying 2 with a money line of only -132.
TODAY’S PICK: CORNELL BIG RED M/L
Friday Men’s NCAA Basketball Pick
The Nevada Wolf Pack are still perfect at Lawlor Center and tonight they will go for their 13th straight home victory when they host the Fresno State Bulldogs. Not only do the Pack win in Reno, they cover. Nevada is 11-2-1 ATS in their last 14 home games. Fresno State is just 3-7 on the road and have not won at Lawlor Center since January 21, 2017. Nevada is averaging 78.7 points per game at home and allowing 64.7. On the road, Fresno State is averaging 63.2 points per game and allowing 69.8. The Pack is laying a lot of chalk. The current line is Nevada -9 but don’t let the number scare you. If they feel like blowing out the Bulldogs tonight they will.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEVADA WOLF PACK -9
Thursday NHL Pick
The Vancouver Canucks lost another one on the road last night, falling to the New York Rangers at MSG, 4-3, and have now lost 9 of their last 10 away from Rogers Arena. It won’t get any easier tonight when they make the short trip to UBS Arena for a matchup with the red hot New York Islanders. New York is 16-9-5 on Long Island. They have won 4 straight, are 9-3 in their last 12 against the Pacific, and won the last meeting with the Canucks in Vancouver on January 3rd, 6-2. Expect a stellar performance tonight from newly acquired All-Star Bo Horvat, who will be extra motivated when he faces his old team Vancouver for the first time since being traded on January 30th. The Islanders are hot, ride them ’til they are not.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Wednesday Men’s NCAA Basketball Pick
The Fordham Rams will look to bounce back from a tough loss on Sunday to the Richmond Spiders, a game they could have and should have won, when they host the Massachusetts Minutemen tonight at Rose Hill Gymnasium. The Rams have been a tough opponent at home. They are 14-2 in the Bronx, where they average 73.1 points per game and allow an average of 65.2. The Minutemen are just 2-5 on the road where they are averaging 66.1 points per game, allowing 75.1, and are 0-6 ATS in their last 6 road games. On the other hand, Fordham covers. They are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 overall, 23-7-1 ATS in their last 31 home games, and following an ATS loss they are 12-4-1 ATS in their last 17. The current line is Fordham -6 and if they want to cover the number they will.
TONIGHT’S PICK: FORDHAM RAMS -6