NHL Game 7 Betting Matchups Highlight Slate

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 5-1 in their last six road games against the New York Rangers. The Lightning will be looking for another road upset in Friday night's Game 7 of the NHL's Eastern Conference final.

Tampa Bay is a +145 underdog to win Game 7 according to online sportsbook Bovada. The Rangers are a -165 favorite at home and have Game 7 hero Henrik Lundqvist in net. Lundqvist will be looking to add to his NHL-record six-game Game 7 win streak and has given up one goal or less in all six of those Game 7 appearances.

The Rangers are 10-0 in their last 10 games at home in which they have faced elimination.

On Saturday night, the Chicago Blackhawks visit the Anaheim Ducks for Game 7 of the Western Conference final. Each team has alternated wins to this point in the series, and Chicago will need to be the first team in the series to win two straight games to advance to the Stanley Cup final as a +115 underdog.

The Ducks are a -135 favorite at home and will look to avoid exiting the playoffs at home in a Game 7 for the third straight season.

Two of baseball's top teams collide in a three-game series this weekend when the Los Angeles Dodgers visit the St. Louis Cardinals. The series kicks off on Friday with Mike Bolsinger set to take the mound for the Dodgers as a +105 underdog at Bovada against John Lackey and the Cardinals at -125.

St. Louis is 7-1 in its last eight home games against the Dodgers.

Coming off of back-to-back sweeps of the New York Mets and the Miami Marlins, the Pittsburgh Pirates extended their winning streak to seven straight games in Thursday night's 11-5 win over the San Diego Padres. The offense is averaging 6.57 runs per game over the winning streak while the pitching staff is allowing only 2.33 runs per game.

Pittsburgh plays three more road games against the Padres this weekend and is going off at -105 on Friday with Francisco Liriano on the mound against James Shields and the Padres at -115.