Rating: 2 Units

The New York Rangers have charged up the standings in their bid to advance to the postseason and their stellar play away from Madison Square Garden has been pivotal to their success. Winners of four in a row and eight of the last nine, the surging Rangers continue a three-game road trip with a visit to the Montreal Canadiens tonight. New York drew within four points of the second wild card in the Eastern Conference with a 4-3 overtime victory at the Islanders to run its road winning streak to a franchise-record eight games.  The Rangers have split a pair of meetings this season with the sputtering Canadiens, who fell nine points of the final playoff slot in the East after blowing a two-goal lead in a 4-3 overtime loss to visiting Vancouver on Tuesday.

Rating: 2 Unitas

Tyler Toffoli has made quite the impression on his new teammates by recording three goals and five points in his first three games since being acquired from Los Angeles last week. Toffoli looks to continue his strong surge on Thursday when the Vancouver Canucks visit the Ottawa Senators, who have lost four in a row (0-3-1). Toffoli scored 1:35 into overtime on Tuesday as Vancouver improved to 4-1-1 in its past six contests by opening a four-game trek with a 4-3 victory over Montreal. While the Canucks are bidding to snap a four-year playoff drought, the Senators are sprinting toward a third straight early tee time in the spring after dropping 21 of their last 26 games (5-13-8). Ottawa, which was an active seller at Monday's trade deadline, struggled with its chemistry the following day in a 3-2 setback at Nashville.

Rating: 2 Units

This game is the 10th annual Pete Newel Classic at Cal, which this year will honor former Bears star Shareef Abdur-Rahim with the Pete Newell Career Achievement Award at halftime. Cal is looking for its first win over a ranked team since beating No. 25 Washington 76-73 on Feb. 28, 2019. Cal is 12-2 all-time at home vs. Colorado, and we could see an upset with the Buffs 1-5 ATS in their past six games and an average road team at 4-4 SU (& ATS). California, meanwhile, is 10-5 SU and ATS at home and has covered six of its past nine overall this year.