Monday Betting Recaps
While underdogs have been barking a lot in all sports lately, favorites dominated Monday with the Vegas Golden Knights easily beating the Florida Panthers in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals and faves going 7-1 on the MLB card.
Let’s get to the specific details with our daily betting recaps, and then update the spread and total records in each current major team sport (including the NBA Finals that don’t resume until Wednesday with Game 3 in Miami).NHL: Golden Knights routed the Panthers 7-2 on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals as they did it as -135 home favorites and also covered puck line of -1.5 +190. The game flew Over the betting total of 5.5 goals just 2:10 into the third period (all three periods also went Over). Faves/home teams/Over went 1-0 on the night. The “zig-zag” (aka “loser of the last”) was 0-1 as Florida lost Game 1 and didn’t bounce back.
More NHL: Favorites/home teams/Overs are all off to 2-0 starts this round. Underdogs dipped to 43-38 overall in Stanley Cup playoffs with 4 games closing pick-’em. Road teams also dipped to 46-39 overall. Over improved slim lead to 43-41-1. The “zig-zag” starts 0-1 this round but still 39-31 overall.