Betting Picks

One win away from their first Stanley Cup final appearance in franchise history, the Nashville Predators are coming home to the friendly confines of Bridgestone Arena, where they are 10-1 in their last 11 playoff games.

There's an old saying that for a team to win in the playoffs, their best players must be their best players. And in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby showed everyone why he's the best.

After blowing out the Boston Celtics for a second straight time, do the Cleveland Cavaliers have another rout in them for Game 3? We use TopBet's lines for Sunday's tilt to help us find out.

If you want to talk about trends and mortal locks, then you are talking about the Anaheim Ducks in Game 5 of a playoff series at the Honda Center. The Ducks have won seven in a row when playing in that scenario.

The Golden State Warriors enter Game 3 against the San Antonio spurs with a 2-0 series lead and as six-point favorites. Can they cover? Or will the Spurs find a way to rebound from their Game 2 disaster?

Even though the Cleveland Cavaliers absolutely picked apart the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, TopBet still only has the latter listed as 5.5-point favorites in Game 2. Is that enough of a cushion for Boston to bounce back? Let's find out.

Some playoff games are duels, while others are just plain dull. The Ottawa Senators prefer the latter. In fact, it's what they strive for, and three games into the Eastern Conference final, it is what they have perfected.

The post positions have been drawn and on Saturday 10 top US thoroughbreds will be racing 1 3/16 miles on the Pimlico Race Course dirt, chasing the Preakness Stakes title and the second leg of the US Triple Crown.

The Anaheim Ducks had the Nashville Predators down in Game 3 of the Western Conference final but couldn't take them out, as Nashville rallied for a 2-1 win and the club's 10th straight playoff victory on home ice at Bridgestone Arena.