The Kings have dropped four straight games and despite the fact that they were in every game I like where the Rangers are after winning three straight road games including a through beating of the Vegas Golden Knights. Rangers have more offensive depth.

I'm not sure how any team can concentrate on winning with the Canucks recent uniforms choices but we do know for sure that the Leafs back end is horrible. 5 on 5 the Canucks are better than Toronto and will cash our ticket as long as they stay out of the box.

Jim Montgomery is out as head coach of the Dallas Stars for what the team calls "unprofessional behavior". Rick Bowness will take over on an interim basis. From our insider the locker room is pissed over the firing. They'll take it out on the Devils tonight in a huge way.

After the game against the Rangers, the Canadiens finished a stretch where they played 5 games in 7 days, fresh off an 8-game losing streak. I question whether or not Montreal is ready to play a high tempo game.

The Lightning are going to come right back after a loss to the Islanders and crush the Panthers. Love teams coming off a loss to play the very next night. As bad as Valsilevskiy has been this season, Bobrovsky has been worse.

It looks as if Draymond Green is going to play the wing tonight which I think is a great spot for him to be active enough with his match-up with Jae Crowder. I think both teams will play a slow, methodical pace. Neither team puts fear into their opponent offensively.

Ja Morant returns to the Grizzlies line-up after missing the last four games. They'll face a depleted Warriors team who went from being an automatic wager every night to an automatic go against. Memphis puts 19 points back in the line-up as they win outright.

Phoenix played well enough against the Rockets defensively to make me think they can at least do as well against Minnesota. If that's the case then this will be an easy winner. Stop Devin Booker and we'll cash another ticket.

Minnesota has actually been a decent road team this season and when you give me points against a team that they may have a slight talent edge, I'll take that everyday. If they could find a way to play better defensively they just might be well over .500. Towns and Wiggins too talented to allow the Suns to get a win.

The Jazz have dropped 5 of their last 7 games and in that time they've managed to hold their opponent under 100 points just once. Bogdanovic is horrible on the defensive end but makes up for it offensively. The Jazz have a dynamic duo that allows them to stay in games despite their inefficient defensive play.