The Anaheim Ducks are a perfect 4-0 at Honda Center this year and that’s where they’ll be tonight when they host the Calgary Flames. Calgary is just 1-4 on the road and have lost their last 3 trips to the Pond. Ducks stay hot.
TONIGHT’S PICK: ANAHEIM DUCKS
Saturday NHL Pick
The Tampa Bay Lightning return home tonight from a 6-game road trip to face the Colorado Avalanche. Tampa Bay has won 5 straight against the Avs and 7 of the last 10. They are 41-15 in their last 56 at Amalie Arena and the place will be electric. The Lightning’s dominance over the Avalanche continues.
TONIGHT’S PICK: TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Friday NHL Pick
The 4-2-2 Washington Capitals will host the 2-2-0 New York Rangers tonight at Capital One Arena. The Capitals have won 9 of the last 10 meetings with the Rangers and New York is playing back-to-back games tonight so fatigue could be an issue for them. Ovi and company will get this one.
TONIGHT’S PICK: WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Thursday MLB Pick
Masahiro Tanaka was spectacular in Game 1 of the ALCS in Houston, yielding just 1 hit in 6 scoreless innings as the Yankees went on to win the game, 7-0. Zack Greinke is slated to take the hill for the Astros and has not been delivering in the post-season. He gave up 3 runs in 6 innings in the loss to the Yankees on Saturday and is now 0-2 in the post-season with a bloated 8.38 ERA. If Tanaka and the Yankees can put the screws to the Astros at Minute Maid Park, why not tonight in the Bronx, where they have won 8 of the last 11 meetings with Houston?
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES
Wednesday MLB Pick
Heavy rains are expected in the Bronx tonight so, weather permitting, the New York Yankees will try to even the score with the Houston Astros at two games apiece. New York will not have to face any of the lethal three (Cole, Verlander or Greinke) as both teams are expected to go with a bullpen game. The Yankees potent offense has been stymied in the last two games but could see the return of Giancarlo Stanton tonight. Despite last night’s loss, New York is still 8-3 in their last 11 games at home against Houston. The Bombers cannot go down 3-1 in this series or it’s over, and they know it.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES
Tuesday NHL Pick
When the Winnipeg Jets take the ice at Bell MTS Place, good things happen. They win. Last year the Jets were 25-12-4 at home and tonight they will host an Arizona Coyotes team that they have dominated. The Jets have won 8 of the last 10 meetings against the Coyotes and will notch another one tonight.
TONIGHT’S PICK: WINNIPEG JETS
Monday MLB Pick
The St. Louis Cardinals find themselves down 0-2 in the NLCS and it won’t get any easier for them tonight as they face Stephen Strasburg at Nationals Park. The Nationals have won all 3 of Strasburg’s post-season starts and they are 4-1 in his last 5 turns against the Cardinals at home. St. Louis will counter with Jack Flaherty and this guy can deliver. In the post-season, he is 1-1 with a 2.77 ERA and had better be on his game tonight because the run support has not been there. St. Louis has just 4 hits in the first two NLCS games. The Nationals are hot and clicking on every cylinder.
TONIGHT’S PICK: WASHINGTON NATIONALS