Stanley Cup Playoffs – Easy methods to guess Oilers-Avs and Lightning-Rangers

The ultimate 4 groups for the Stanley Cup Playoffs are set after the New York Rangers eradicated the Carolina Hurricanes in Sport 7 on Monday night time. They’re going to face the Tampa Bay Lightning within the Jap Convention Remaining beginning on Wednesday night time at Madison Sq. Backyard. The Colorado Avalanche host the Edmonton Oilers in Sport 1 of the Western Convention Remaining on Tuesday night time. Listed below are some betting choices for the penultimate spherical of the playoffs.

Odds courtesy of Caesars Sportsbook.

Sport 1 line: Avs -180

Complete: 7 objectives

Wyshynski’s choose: Avalanche -1.5 video games over Oilers (-115)

What a enjoyable collection. Nathan MacKinnon swears that it is extra than simply him vs. Connor McDavid, and he is proper. It is him and Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar and Devon Toews vs. McDavid. Coach Jared Bednar hasn’t shied away from going power-vs.-power and placing the MacKinnon line and his prime defensive pairing out towards the McDavid line within the common season. If it comes right down to depth vs. depth to find out the collection, the Avalanche have a transparent benefit there, particularly with the best way Nazem Kadri is enjoying. The Avs are on a mission and simply took out a St. Louis group in six video games that was higher, prime to backside, than Edmonton. The shortest odds are on this collection ending in 5 video games (+300). Whether or not it is in 5 or 6, I am comfy laying the 1.5 video games.

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Sport 1 line: Lightning -125

Complete: 5.5 objectives

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Wyshynski’s choose: Rangers +1.5 video games over Lightning (-120)

The goaltending duel between Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy and New York’s MVP candidate Igor Shesterkin might be one for the ages. They’re on the coronary heart of what may both be a protracted collection or a possible Rangers upset. There’s quite a bit to love with the Rangers right here, from having home-ice benefit to rolling into the collection with Sport 7 victory momentum to a basic “no stop” perspective. They nonetheless have points at 5-on-5, which the Pittsburgh Penguins exploited within the first spherical, and the Lightning may do the identical — and Vasilevskiy isn’t any Louis Dominque. However I just like the +1.5 right here as upset insurance coverage and in case it goes seven, regardless that my formal prediction is Lightning in six.

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Stanley Cup: Lightning over Avalanche (+300)

The three-peat is the second-highest selection amongst Stanley Cup exacta wagering, behind the Avalanche thwarting the Lightning for the Cup. Whereas the Avalanche are a wagon, the Lightning have given little indication that they are settling for something lower than a three-peat. Not a nasty choice to take a flyer on.

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Conn Smythe Trophy: Connor McDavid (+650)

We’re beginning to get into “win or lose” territory with McDavid, who has been credited with the Edmonton Oilers’ run regardless that he is tied with teammate Leon Draisaitl with 26 factors and equivalent stats (7 objectives, 19 assists). If the Oilers someway advance previous the Avalanche, it is going to be McDavid that leads the cost. And if Edmonton performs for the Stanley Cup, the possibilities that McDavid may win the Conn Smythe, even when the Oilers fall quick, will not be outlandish.