Road teams went a combined 3-0 straight up and against the spread in Week 1 of the CFL regular season.<\/p>\n
First up, Davis Alexander led the Montreal Alouettes to another comeback victory in overtime with a 30-27 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as a 2.5-point favourite in a rematch of last year\u2019s Eastern Final.<\/p>\n
Then Brady Oliveira ran for 113 yards and Jake Ceresna registered three sacks in his debut for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a 30-28 win over the Calgary Stampeders as a 1.5-point favourite on Friday Night Football.<\/p>\n
On Saturday night, Justin Rankin carried the underdog Edmonton Elks to a 29-21 win over the Ottawa Redblacks with nearly 200 scrimmage yards, including a 63-yard TD.<\/p>\n
The over went 2-0-1 with a push in Ottawa where the 50 total points was enough to land right on the number.<\/p>\n
Turning the page to Week 2, Winnipeg and Montreal are favoured by more than a field goal at home against the visiting Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts, respectively.<\/p>\n
The Bombers are a 3.5-point favourite versus Hamilton in their home opener on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
The Alouettes are -6.5 for their home opener against Toronto on Friday Night Football.<\/p>\n
Then it\u2019s a highly anticipated showdown between the top choices to win the West Division as the defending Grey Cup champion Saskatchewan Roughriders face off with the BC Lions in their season openers.<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan is -1.5 with the total at 52.5 at FanDuel.<\/p>\n
What are the odds that the road teams sweep again?<\/p>\n
A three-team parlay with Hamilton, Toronto, and BC to all win outright on the road would pay +1644 at FanDuel.<\/p>\n
That number represents a 5.4 per cent implied chance.<\/p>\n
All three games to go over the total would pay +582.<\/p>\n
Prior to the start of CFL Week 2, the biggest tournament of the summer will kick off when Mexico faces South Africa on Thursday afternoon in Mexico City.<\/p>\n
In case you missed it, Steven Caldwell, Kevin Kilbane, and Luke Wileman delivered a special episode of Park The Bus live from St. John\u2019s Tavern in Toronto, Ontario as the hype continues to build ahead of the tournament opener.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs proved they aren\u2019t done yet with a 115-111 win over the New York Knicks in Game 3 of the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n
Wembanyama became the second-youngest player with a 30-point, five-rebound, five-assist NBA Finals game as San Antonio\u2019s title odds were cut from +340 to +154.<\/p>\n
The Spurs are +112 to tie the series on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Tonight, the Stanley Cup Final continues with Game 4.<\/p>\n
After a thrilling 5-4 double overtime win on Saturday night, the Vegas Golden Knights are -102 to win Game 4 and -192 to win the Stanley Cup at FanDuel this morning.<\/p>\n
Carolina is -113 to win tonight and +158 to win the Cup.<\/p>\n
Will the Hurricanes respond in Game 4 and send the series back to Raleigh tied 2-2?<\/p>\n
Or will Vegas take a commanding 3-1 lead on home ice?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s time to lock in a FanDuel Best Bet for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final in this Morning Coffee column for Tuesday June 9th, 2026.<\/p>\n
FanDuel Best Bets For Game 4 Of The Stanley Cup Final<\/p>\n
The closest thing to a lock for Game 4 tonight is that it will be nearly impossible for the Hurricanes and Golden Knights to top the theatrics that played out in Game 3 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Conn Smythe Trophy favourite Mitch Marner scored a natural hat-trick and became just the second player in Stanley Cup Final history to register a four-point period.<\/p>\n
Carolina could be found at +5500 to win live at FanDuel after falling behind 4-0 on the road.<\/p>\n
The Hurricanes responded with three goals in a span of 39 seconds in the third period \u2013 the fastest three goals by one team in a game in Stanley Cup Final history.<\/p>\n
Andrei Svechnikov scored a powerplay goal with less than two minutes left in regulation to tie it at 4-4.<\/p>\n
However, the Golden Knights weathered the storm in the first overtime period, setting the stage for Shea Theodore to play the hero with the winner in double overtime with a little Las Vegas luck.<\/p>\n
What can we expect for the rematch tonight in Vegas?<\/p>\n
The 25 combined goals are the most through the first three games of a Stanley Cup Final since 1981.<\/p>\n
The Golden Knights and Hurricanes have averaged 8.3 goals per game in the series, with all three games decided by one goal, including the last two in overtime.<\/p>\n
Will we see another high-scoring affair tonight?<\/p>\n
The total is 5.5 and it\u2019s juiced to the over at -128.<\/p>\n
Marner, who is coming off his eighth multi-point performance and leads all skaters with 28 points this postseason, is -290 to register 1+ points tonight.<\/p>\n
Marner 2+ points is +180 at FanDuel.<\/p>\n
Marner 1+ assists is -148 after cashing in each of the first three games of the Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n
In case you missed it, Marner to win the Conn Smythe Trophy is now -230 at FanDuel.<\/p>\n
Vegas to win the Stanley Cup is -192.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, no other player on either team is shorter than +500 to win the Conn Smythe Trophy at FanDuel.<\/p>\n
Marner, Theodore, Brett Howden, and Brayden McNabb have all registered five or more points for the Golden Knights in this Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n
McNabb has hit that mark despite playing only 5:39 in Game 2 before getting hit with a slap shot to the face.<\/p>\n
He registered three points in Game 1 and two in Game 3.<\/p>\n
McNab to register 1+ points tonight is currently off the board at FanDuel this morning.<\/p>\n
Theodore to register 1+ points is +104.<\/p>\n
Howden to register 1+ points is +102.<\/p>\n
Howden anytime goal scorer is +250.<\/p>\n
As for a FanDuel Best Bet, I\u2019m going to lock in the over 5.5 at -128.<\/p>\n
I made the point before Game 1 that I didn\u2019t think that the Hurricanes would struggle to protect a lead against the Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n
It turns out that neither team has had much success defending a lead in the series.<\/p>\n
Carolina led 2-0 in Game 1 and lost 5-4 in regulation.<\/p>\n
Vegas leads 2-0 in Game 2 and lost 4-3 in overtime.<\/p>\n
Then the Golden Knights led 4-0 in Game 3, allowed four straight goals, and needed Theodore\u2019s double overtime winner to avoid a historic loss.<\/p>\n
While a crucial Game 4 might be played a little tighter, it could be a situation in which neither team needs many opportunities to capitalize once again.<\/p>\n
In a series that has featured 25 combined goals for an average of 8.5 per game, I\u2019ll bank on getting six or more tonight to cash the over 5.5.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll also add Marner 1+ assists -148 and Howden 2+ shots on goal to my card as FanDuel Best Bets for Game 4.<\/p>\n
Have a great day, everyone! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Road teams went a combined 3-0 straight up and against the spread in Week 1 of the CFL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-725575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}