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Canadiens surprised the Hurricanes in game 1 of this series and won easily to steal home-ice advantage. Hurricanes were off for 12 days after sweeping their first two series, while the Canadiens had only two days' rest after playing back-to-back seven-game series. Canadiens used the Hurricanes' rust to their advantage, jumping ahead early and stealing the win. However, the Canadiens are only 2-6 after a win in these playoffs, and the Hurricanes will come after them with everything they've got, not wanting to go down 0-2 in the series before it shifts up north to Quebec, so got to expect the No. 1 seed to bounce back in front of their loud home crowd and win this one to tie the series.

Both of these teams are scoring a lot of runs lately as the Dodgers are averaging 5.2 runs per game in their last 10 games, while the Brewers scored 9, 5, 5, and 5 runs in their last four games. Brewers will start Gasser, who made just one start this season, allowing 3 runs in 4 innings. Dodgers will go with Sasaki, who is 2-3 with a 5.09 ERA and has allowed 3 runs or more in 4 of his last 5 starts. They went over this total in 2 of the last 3 head-to-head meetings, so got to expect a higher-scoring contest here and take the over.

Charlotte went over this total in 10 of their last 13 games, while New England produced overs in 9 of their last 13 games. Both are scoring well and both are leaking goals at a high rate, which should lead to a higher-scoring game and result in an over.

DC United produced overs in 4 of their last 6 games, while Montreal produced overs in 10 of their 13 games. They went over the total in 5 of the last 7 H2H meetings played in Washington, so got to expect goals here as well and take the over.

Cincinnati produced overs in 9 of their last 11 games, with 8 of those games seeing at least 5 goals. On the other side, Orlando City produced overs in 10 of their 14 games, with 8 of those games seeing 5 goals or more. They went over this total in 3 of the last 4 H2H meetings, including a 5-goal game in a friendly before the season started, so got to expect a high-scoring contest here and take the over.

Fire has 9 overs in 13 games, while Toronto has also 9 overs in their 13 games. Both also have had a lot of high-scoring games recently, with each side producing 5 overs in their last 6 respective matches. They both scored in the last 4 head-to-head meetings, of which 3 went over the total, so got to expect goals here as well and take the over.

Kansas City went over the total in 11 of their last 13 games, while NY Red Bulls produced 9 overs in their 14 games. Both are really poor defensively as Kansas City is conceding an average of 2.6 goals per game, while Red Bulls are conceding an average of 2.2 goals per game. They produced overs in 4 of the last 6 H2H meetings, so got to expect plenty of goals here, which should result in another over.

Rapids have 8 overs in their last 12 games, while Dallas has 8 overs in their last 11 games. Both are scoring well as Rapids are producing 2.8 goals per game at home, while Dallas is producing 2 goals per game. They produced overs in each of the last 4 head-to-head meetings, of which the last 3 all saw 4 goals or more, so got to expect goals here as well, and take the over.

Timbers produced overs in 8 of their 13 games, while San Jose produced overs in 7 of their last 9 games. Both teams are doing well offensively as Timbers average 1.6 goals scored per game, while San Jose is even better, averaging 2.2 goals scored per game. They produced overs in 5 of their last 7 head-to-head meetings, so with how potent both have been of late, got to expect goals in this one as well and take the over.

San Diego produced overs in 9 of their last 11 games, while Whitecaps produced overs in 7 of their last 12 games. Both are superb offensively as San Diego is averaging 2 goals scored per game, while Whitecaps are averaging even better at 2.3 goals per game. They produced overs in 2 of the previous 3 H2H meetings, with those 3 matches averaging a whopping 4.7 total goals per game, so got to expect goals here as well, which should result in a new over.

Athletics are 26-25, of which 16-13 are on the road, after winning 3 of their last 4 games. Padres are 30-20, of which 15-12 are at home, after losing 2 of their last 3 games. Athletics will start Ginn, who is 2-2 with a 2.98 ERA and has allowed only 4 runs in his last 3 starts over 22 innings. On the other side, the Padres will start Giolito, who has made only 1 start this season so far and allowed 3 runs, and he is 1-1 with a 5.01 ERA in 4 career starts versus the Athletics, so got to give a slight edge to the visitors here and back them to win.