Monday June 10 Best Betting Picks & Predictions For Oilers vs. Panthers & More

The first Monday after many kids are out of school should give a few folks of gambling age a little time for quality research on players, teams and trends.

If that's not the case for you, I'm here to take a look at Game 2 in the Stanley Cup Final, along with a little World Cup qualifying on the African continent and then see if the red-hot Orioles can stay scorching in the Florida humidity.

Edmonton Oilers at Florida Panthers

The Oilers probably played well enough to win Game 1 on Saturday, but veteran goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky was just an impenetrable wall between the pipes for the home team, stopping 32 shots in a 3-0 victory.

We know how a team can ride a hot goalie to a Stanley Cup title, but this Panthers team is talented enough to win even when Bob isn't at his best, and has been constructed for a series like this where each game should be a defensive grind.

With that said, I think the Oilers keep this one close. And with the puck line not being particularly generous toward the visitors at -225, I think you have to combine it with the under here to see some value.

Oilers +1.5 goals and game total under 5.5 goals (+146 SGP at DraftKings)

World Cup Qualifying - Guinea Bissau vs. Egypt

Egypt have picked up maximum points in their first three World Cup Qualifying games so far, scoring 10 goals and allowing just one.

They were given a stern test by Burkina Faso last week in a 2-1 victory that gave them a four-point gap at the top of Group A, and while the long trip to Guinea Bissau isn't an easy one, I think Egypt and their star forward Mo Salah should have enough to win by a couple of goals with the pressure off a little and Guinea-Bissau struggling to score (2 goals in 3 WCQ games)

Egypt -1.5 goals (+230 at DraftKings)

Baltimore Orioles to win (-155 at DraftKings)

Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays

The Orioles have owned the Rays so far this season, taking 6 of 7 meetings between the AL East Rivals, and will go for the four-game sweep in Florida on Monday evening.

On the mound for the O's will be Corbin Burnes, who is having a superb 2023 campaign so far with a 2.26 ERA and 1.02 WHIP. He has allowed just one earned run over his last two starts and also has the benefit of not having faced the Rays yet this season. In fact, only four Rays have ever faced Burnes, and are just 2-for-10.

The Rays will roll with Ryan Pepiot (4-1, 3.96) and are on a downward trend at the moment, having lost eight of their last 11 to close out May. Two of their three wins in June to date were against the lowly Marlins. 

Pepiot has allowed 3 earned runs in three of his last four starts, but has struck out 15 over his last two outings and has been limiting his hits allowed very effectively of late. I think because of him the Rays may keep it close for a while, but the value here is on the road team.