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Game 5 heads back to Dallas with this first-round series tied 2-2, which is about what these four games have deserved. Minnesota stole Game 1 in Dallas, the Stars answered with wins in Games 2 and 3, and the Wild clawed back again with a 3-2 overtime win in Game 4 behind Matt Boldy’s late winner and 43 saves from Jesper Wallstedt. Tuesday’s puck drop is set for 8:00 PM ET at American Airlines Center, with ESPN2 carrying a game that feels a lot like the swing point of the whole series. What makes this matchup interesting for bettors is that the surface-level story and the deeper one are not exactly the same. Dallas has generated more shot volume and

Game 5 shifts back to Rogers Place on Tuesday night, and the pressure is squarely on Edmonton. The Oilers are home for a 10:00 PM ET puck drop on TNT, but they are also down 3-1 in the series after dropping three straight to a Ducks team that has looked faster, calmer, and a little more opportunistic in the biggest moments. Anaheim finished the regular season at 43-33-6 for 92 points, while Edmonton closed at 41-30-11 for 93 points, so this was never a soft opening-round draw even if the market still tends to lean Oilers on talent and star power. That said, this is still a dangerous elimination game for bettors to read too simply. Edmonton has led in

Tolima and Coquimbo Unido meet at Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro in Ibagué for a CONMEBOL Libertadores Group B match on Tuesday, April 28, with kickoff listed for 10:00 PM ET. This is a pretty important spot for Tolima already, because Group B has started to separate a little earlier than they would have liked. Coquimbo Unido enter this match sitting on 4 points through two group matches, level with Nacional at the top. Tolima have only 1 point through two games, so the home side cannot really treat this as a patient, low-urgency group-stage match. A draw would not kill them, but it would leave them chasing. Coquimbo, meanwhile, can be more selective with risk after opening with a home

Sporting Cristal host Junior in Copa Libertadores Group F on Tuesday night at Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in Lima, with kickoff set for 9:00 PM local time. This is a Round 3 group-stage spot with real pressure on both sides, but especially Junior, who come in at the bottom of Group F after taking only one point from their first two matches. Sporting Cristal are sitting second in the group with three points, but their form has started to wobble. They beat Cerro Porteño 1-0 in their Libertadores opener, then lost 2-1 at Palmeiras, and they also enter this match off back-to-back domestic defeats. Junior have not won yet in the group, but they did draw Palmeiras and have been steadier