Big Al's Daily Angle: MLB and NHL Previews and Odds - 10/07/2025

by Big Al Staff

Tuesday, Oct 07, 2025
The Tuesday sports card features MLB and NHL action. 

Major League Baseball continues its best-of-five divisional round of the playoffs with two games on FS1. The Seattle Mariners travel to Detroit to play the Tigers at 4:08 p.m. ET. The Mariners evened this series at 1-1 on Sunday with a 3-2 victory on the road against the Tigers. They ended a four-game losing streak with the win. Detroit had won two games in a row before the setback. Seattle sends out Logan Gilbert to take the mound to pitch against the Tigers’ Jack Flaherty. The Mariners are a -136 money-line road favorite with the total set at 7.5 (all odds from DraftKings). 

The New York Yankees host the Toronto Blue Jays at 8:08 p.m. ET. The Blue Jays took a 2-0 lead in this series with a 13-7 victory at home against the Yankees yesterday. They have won six games in a row. The Yankees have lost three of their previous five games. Carlos Rodon gets the ball for New York to duel against Shane Bieber for Toronto. The Yankees are a -149 money-line favorite with an over/under of 7.5. 

The National Hockey League drops the puck to begin its 2025-2026 season with a triple-header on ESPN. The Florida Panthers play at home against the Chicago Blackhawks at 5:10 p.m. ET. The Panthers won their second straight Stanley Cup championship last June, once again beating the Edmonton Oilers. They finished the regular season in third place in the Atlantic Division with 98 points. The Blackhawks missed the playoffs last season after finishing in last place in the Central Division with 61 points. Florida is a -290 money-line favorite with a total of 5.5.

The New York Rangers are home against the Pittsburgh Penguins at 8:10 p.m. ET. The Rangers missed the postseason last year after finishing in fifth place in the Metropolitan Division with 85 points. The Penguins also did not make the playoffs last year after their 80 points left them in seventh place in the Metropolitan Division. 

The Colorado Avalanche play in Los Angeles against the Kings at 10:40 p.m. ET. The Avalanche lost to the Dallas Stars in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. They finished the regular season in third place in the Central Division with 102 points. The Kings got eliminated in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs by Edmonton. They ended the regular season in second place in the Pacific Division with 105 points. Both teams are priced as money-line favorite at -110 with a total of 5.5. 

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