NHL
Ottawa Senators @ Tampa Bay Lightning:
Tampa Bay Lightning (to win without OT) /// 1.83
Last bet lost. 211 points! How can it be? That's a historic high! Yeah, it's hard for me to explain Tyrese Haliburton's play in Indiana and in the All-Star Game. He has a 71.4% three-point shooting percentage in the All-Star Game, compared to Steph Curry's 30.7%, Booker's 14.2%, Doncic's 16.6%. You gotta be kidding me! And Lillard was shooting from midcourt. Well, that didn't surprise me. All right. The idea of not betting on the All-Star game was a good one, but I still thought the West had more players with good long-range shooting. Minus the money, let's move on. My total betting score: NBA 50-57 in favor of the unsuccessful, MLB 30-27 in favor of the successful, NHL 1-1 tie, NFL+NCAAF 3-8 in favor of the unsuccessful.
New bet: Tampa Bay Lightning at home will beat Ottawa Senators without overtime. I watched Tampa Bay's last game against Florida. Let's be honest, a lot of goals were random for Florida, especially in the first period (key, since the score was already 4-1), and there was an foul against Vasilevski when Florida scored the 4th goal. I think that really affected Tampa Bay. And Florida is the leader in the East! Tampa Bay lost 2-9, but tonight will be a home game against the East's worst road team (Ottawa Senators have only 7 wins in 21 games and that's against not the strongest teams). Yes, Ottawa has beaten Detroit twice this season on the road, but the Red Wings are a very comfortable opponent for them based on their head-to-head statistics. But Tampa Bay is the East leader by points at home! And in the last 10 head-to-head games, Tampa Bay has beaten Ottawa 6 times without overtime, and in those 10 games, Ottawa has never even been able to draw at the Tampa Bay home in regulation time. Bet? Sure!