The Los Angeles Kings will return home tonight to Staples Center after a 6-game road trip to host the Toronto Maple Leafs and payback will be on their minds. The Kings suffered their first regulation loss to the Leafs, 3-2, on October 23rd in Toronto. Los Angeles is off to a great start at 9-2-1-0 and are 4-0-1-0 at Staples Center. Toronto is 8-5-0-0 and 4-2-0-0 on the road, and will be playing back-to-back games after knocking off Anaheim last night at Honda Center, 3-1. The home team is 6-1 in the last 7 meetings between these two clubs and Jonathan Quick is expected between the pipes for the Kings. If anyone is going to slow down the Leaf’s potent offense, he will, with a .942 SV% and a GAA of 1.89.
TONIGHT’S PICK: LOS ANGELES KINGS
Author: Roger
Wednesday World Series Pick
It’s been 29 years since the Los Angeles Dodgers last won the World Series and the Houston Astros have yet to win one. Who gets it tonight? I’m leaning Dodgers in this one. Yu Darvish will take the hill for LA and will have a chance to redeem himself after a poor outing in Game 3. Despite that performance, he is is 2-1 in his last 3 turns, with an ERA of 4.15, and a 1.23 WHIP. The other Game 3 starter, Lance McCullers Jr., will get the nod for Houston. Over his last 3 outings, McCullers is 1-1, with an ERA of 5.17, and a WHIP of 1.28. After last night’s loss, Houston is now 1-5 in their last 6 road playoff games, and 2-8 in their last 10 games at Chavez Ravine. LA figured out Houston’s ace last night, Justin Verlander, and should do the same with McCullers tonight, and oh yeah, Dodger Stadium will be electric.
TONIGHT’S PICK: LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Tuesday World Series Pick
Do not put a dagger in the Los Angeles Dodgers just yet because the last two games of the World Series are at Chavez Ravine and the Dodgers are 52-19 in their last 71 home games. Impressive. Houston sends Justin Verlander to the hill and LA counters with the lefty, Rich Hill. We all know Verlander has been delivering this post-season, with a mark of 4-0, and an ERA of 2.05, but Hill has been crisp as well, going 0-0, with an ERA of 2.77. Take the Astros out of Minute Maid Park and they are 1-4 in their last 5 road playoff games and 2-7 in their last 9 trips to SoCal. The Dodgers are 5-1 in Hill’s last 6 starts and 4-1 in his last 5 starts at Dodger Stadium. Does the crowd play a factor in these games? You better believe it and it will tonight.
TONIGHT’S PICK: LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Monday NHL Pick
The Vegas Golden Knights are winners of their last 5 games but all those wins were in Nevada. Tonight they are in Brooklyn to take on a Islanders team that is 3-0-0-1 at home. The party ends tonight for the Golden Knights.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Sunday World Series Pick
The Dodgers bats are alive and Kershaw is on the hill today. Take the Dodgers.
TODAY’S PICK: LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Saturday World Series Pick
The Los Angeles Dodgers squandered some golden opportunities last night to get back into the game but came up short and now find themselves down 2-1 to the Houston Astros and need a win tonight or they are in major trouble. Yuli Gurriel’s antics last night were a disgrace to baseball and that should give the Dodgers some extra incentive to bring the hammer down. The Astros will send Charlie Morton to the hill and in the post-season he is 1-1 with an ERA of 6.23. The Dodgers will counter with the lefty Alex Wood, who is 0-1 this post-season, with an ERA of 5.79. Los Angeles is 18-5 in his last 23 starts and 8-3 in his last 11 road starts.
TONIGHT’S PICK: LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Friday World Series Pick
We know that both the Dodgers and the Astros can hit the ball so tonight’s contest will come down to starting pitching and the bullpen. Los Angeles will send Yu Darvish to the rubber and he is no stranger to the Houston Astros or Minute Maid Park. In his career against the Astros, he is 5-5, with an ERA of 3.44 in 14 starts, and has been lights out at Minute Maid Park with a record of 4-1, an ERA of 2.16, and a stingy 0.74 WHIP. Darvish has been on his mark this post-season, with a record of 2-0 and an ERA of 1.59. Lance McCullers Jr. will get the nod for Houston. He has also pitched well this post-season but has yet to register a win, with an ERA of 2.08, and Houston is 1-8 in his last 9 starts. The Astros bullpen is awful and that was evident in Wednesday’s wild game. Closer Ken Giles is 0-1 with an inflated ERA of 8.22 over 6 games. The weather is fine in Houston but they are deliberately closing the roof at Minute Maid Park to enhance the crowd noise. Noise or not, I like the Dodgers chances in this one.
TONIGHT’S PICK: LOS ANGELES DODGERS