Playoff Betting Action This Weekend

The Los Angeles Kings have won three straight and 11 of their last 13 games against the St. Louis Blues, and will look to close out the best-of-seven series when they host the Blues this Friday night at Staples Center.

Los Angeles is a -150 home favorite over the Blues, who are going off at +140 at 5Dimes and are 0-7 in their last seven trips to Staples Center. Two other teams will also be trying to close out their first-round series Friday (with all lines available at ) as the Boston Bruins (-205) host the Toronto Maple Leafs (+188) and the Anaheim Ducks (+115) visit the Detroit Red Wings (-125).

Saturday’s New York Islanders at Pittsburgh Penguins Game 6 and Sunday’s Washington Capitals at New York Rangers Game 6 are the only other guaranteed matchups on the schedule this weekend; the rest will only be played if necessary. Potential Game 7’s between Detroit and Anaheim and Pittsburgh and New York would be played on Sunday if needed.

The Golden State Warriors have won three of their last five games against the San Antonio Spurs (4-1 ATS) and stole Game 2 in San Antonio, setting up two interesting games at Golden State on Friday and Sunday. The Warriors are a 3-point home favorite in Friday’s Game 3 at Bovada.

The other three series are also all tied up at 1-1 through the first two games. Friday’s slate also includes Miami Heat (-7.0) at Chicago Bulls (+7.0) and Saturday’s features Oklahoma City Thunder (+5.0) at Memphis Grizzlies (-5.0) and New York Knicks (+4.0) at Indiana Pacers (-4.0) with all lines currently available at . Indiana is 3-0 SU and 2-1 ATS in its last three home games against the New York Knicks.

Two of the National League’s best teams will continue the four-game series they started on Thursday this weekend as the Atlanta Braves visit the San Francisco Giants. Matt Cain is scheduled to take the mound for the Giants on Friday and is a -120 favorite over Tim Hudson (+110) and the Atlanta Braves at .