The Panthers routed the Oilers 6-1 in a penalty-riddled Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday night. There were 140 minutes of penalties, fourth most in a Final game. A late Florida goal finally put the game Over the Total of 6.5. Game 4 is Thursday with the Panthers up 2-1 and -143 favorites at Circa.

Racing to Omaha

VSiN is already on the way to Omaha.

Murray State is heading there, too, thanks to a 5-4 upset of Duke on Monday night.

Murray State was +80000 to win the College World Series at the start of the tournament. The Racers still are the biggest underdogs at +4000. Circa Sports odds to win CWS for the rest of the field: LSU (+199), Arkansas (+225), Oregon State (+545), Coastal Carolina (+625), UCLA (+1000), Arizona (+1800) and Louisville (+2900).

Here are the first set of games for the College World Series (odds from DraftKings):

Friday (Bracket 1)

  • Arizona (+175) vs. Coastal Carolina (-230), 1 CT, ESPN
  • Louisville (+124) vs. Oregon State (-160), 6 CT, ESPN

Saturday (Bracket 2)

  • Murray State (+210) vs. UCLA (-280), 1 CT, ESPN
  • LSU (-110) vs. Arkansas (-120), 6 CT, ESPN

FYI: The brackets play double-elimination and the winners meet in a best-of-three final.

I checked in with Matt Grissom of College Baseball Insiders to get his early CWS thoughts for this newsletter. But he wrote back with so much good stuff — stats, strategy, predictions — that I turned it into a full story you can find here.

Meantime, VSiN’s engineering crew has set off on the 1,284-mile, 18-hour trip to Omaha. (I would have offered to help, but I haven’t driven a car since 1988.)

Our broadcast schedule at Rocco’s, home of the CWS Jello Shot, just a soft toss from Charles Schwab Field:

Thursday-Friday

  • Money Moves (Stormy Buonantony/Jonathan Von Tobel), 1-3 CT
  • Follow The Money (Mitch Moss/Pauly Howard), 3-6 CT

Saturday

  • Follow The Money, 9 am-noon CT

VSiN By The Books co-host Jensen Lewis will join us, too.

If you are around, please stop by.

Tracking Bullpen Systems

Steve Makinen updates his Bullpen Betting Systems. Last week, his Better Bullpen Underdog system went 23-17 in 40 games, bringing back over 10 units of profit.

Greg Peterson has posted his plays for today. Josh Appelbaum and Steve Makinen will post later this morning.

Quick Hits

U.S. Open: Wes Reynolds will post his Best Bets later today. Meantime, Adam Burke has some placement markets for your consideration.

NBA Finals: Zach Cohen has already filed his picks for Wednesday’s Game 3.

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