The Rays are 6-0 as favorites in their past 6 games The Blue Jays are 4-8 as an underdog this season See our best bets and analysis for Blue Jays at Rays on Monday night The Tampa Bay Rays are 21-12, owners of the second-best record in the American League. The Toronto Blue Jays, who reached the World Series last season, are 16-18 and still trying to find their way without Bo Bichette. Tonight, the AL East rivals begin a 3-game series at Tropicana Field. Tampa Bay righthander Nick Martinez (2-1, 1.70 ERA) goes against Blue Jays lefty Eric Lauer (1-3, 6.00). First pitch is set for 6:40 pm, ET. MLB.TV, which is part of each Fubo TV package, will broadcast the game nationally. The Rays are 9-1 in their past 10 games and are favorites to win tonight. We’ll break down the game, analyze the pitching matchup and offer the best bets for game 1 of Blue Jays at Rays. Blue Jays vs Rays Odds The graphic above displays the best av...
The Canadiens and Sabres will meet in the second round for the first time since 1998 Montreal survived a seven-game war with Tampa Bay while Buffalo dispatched Boston in six See my Sabres vs Canadiens prediction, Round 2 odds and full series schedule below The Canadiens are still standing. Montreal advanced to Round 2 with one of the more improbable Game 7 wins you’ll ever see, beating Tampa Bay 2-1 on Sunday despite managing just nine shots on goal. Alex Newhook scored the go-ahead goal in the third and Jakub Dobes stopped 28 of 29 shots to close out the series. Now comes the reward: a date with the well-rested Buffalo Sabres, who closed out Boston in six games and have been waiting. FanDuel has Montreal as a slight -122 series favorite, though DraftKings opened this as a dead-even pick ’em at -110 on both sides. These two haven’t met in the playoffs since 1998. For the full second-round picture, check out our NHL playoff brac...