Mike Lundin

WEDNESDAY NIGHT NHL BOOKIE BLA$TER

The Minnesota Wild are red hot, entering this contest riding an eight-game winning streak. They’ll host a Blues team off back-to-back wins against Colorado, but both games were at home. They’ve dropped five straight and eight of their last 10 on the road while the Wild are a rock solid 14-2 as home favorites on the season. 

8* play on Minnesota Wild. 

SUPER LATE COYOTES @ SHARKS NHL TOP PLAY | 10:30 START

Good spot to back the Arizona Coyotes to snap back and avenge a 6-4 loss to San Jose just a couple of nights ago. The Sharks had dropped eight straight games prior to the win, and I think they’ll have trouble to muster the same intensity here while the Yotes should be hungry for revenge. 

Coyotes are 7-2 in their last 9 after allowing 5 goals or more in their previous game. Sharks are 2-5 in their last 7 after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game. Coyotes are 5-2 in the last 7 meetings.

8* play on Arizona Coyotes. 

NHL MONEYLINE MASSACRE NO BRAINER

The Montreal Canadiens are only 4-8-0 over their last 12 games. They’re coming off a 2-1 win against Calgary, but that sets up a nice fade spot here as they have yet to record back-to-back wins this month. The Toronto Maple Leafs are coming off back-to-back wins at Winnipeg. They are 7-3 in their last 10 games as a road favorite.

Toronto has won four of six meetings on the season. 

8* play on Toronto Maple Leafs. 

PADRES @ D’BACKS LATE NIGHT BOOKIE BLA$TER

The San Diego Padres are 16-9 to the under on the season. Tonight’s starter, Ryan Weathers (1-0, 0.59 ERA) will make just his second major league start, but he has been terrific this season with only one earned run allowed over 15 1/3 innings on the mound. He’ll be backed up by a bullpen that has the sixth lowest ERA in the major leagues. The D’Backs counter with Taylor Widener (1-0, 2.82 ERA) for his fifth start of the year. Two of his previous four outings were of the scoreless variety. 

Under is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings.

8/10* play on UNDER 9.5

*BIG BET ALERT* | NBA GAME OF THE WEEK |

The Los Angeles Lakers are just the fifth-seed in the West heading into Wednesday’s action. They need to pick up the pace in order to keep or improve on their position for the playoffs, and I think they’ll make light work of Washington in this matchup. 

Sure, the Wizards had won eight straight prior to a 146-143 OT loss to San Antonio on Monday, but they had played a rather soft schedule. 

The Lakers are slowly but surely getting healthier, and Anthony Davis was back in the LA Lakers lineup when they snapped a 3-game skid with a win against Orlando last time out. 

The Lakers 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 games as a road favorite and 7-2-1 ATS in their last 10 games vs. a team with a losing straight up record.

10* play on Los Angeles Lakers. 

EARLY REDS @ DODGERS MLB BOOKIE BU$TER | 4:10 PM START

The Los Angeles Dodgers have seen each of their last five games go over the total, but I expect a low-scoring affair when they host the Cincinnati Reds in the finale of this three-game series. 

Dodgers’ veteran southpaw Clayton Kershaw (3-2, 2.56 ERA) was roughed up on Opening Day, but he has been on fire since, posting a 1.38 ERA over his last four starts. Kershaw posted a 0.48 ERA in three afternoon starts last season. Kershaw has the current Reds roster limited to a  combined.157 AVG over 35 at bats. 

Sonny Gray (0-1, 7.88 ERA) will take the ball for the Reds. Gray was tagged with five runs on six hits in 3 2/3 innings at St. Louis last time out. I think he’ll be sharper here, and note that the current Dodgers roster has a combined .094 with 11 Ks over 37 at bats against Gray. 

8/10* play on UNDER. 

8* play on OVER.