The Toronto Maple Leafs will be looking to wipe a five-game losing streak as they taken on the St. Louis Blues at the Scotiabank Arena on Tuesady night. The Blues have lost three of their last five games, after their latest 4-1 defeat to the Golden Knights.
Maple Leafs are suffering a injury crisis with forwards Auston Matthews, Nicolas Roy, Scott Laughton, defensemne Brandon Carlo and Chris Tanev and goalie Anthony Stolarz all out for Tuesday’s game vs. Blues.
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. St. Louis Blues head-to-head and key stats:
Toronto have a 61-39-11-2 all-time home regular season record vs. St. Louis, 98-104-25-2 overallToronto’s 3.5 goals for per game average puts them at 4th in the league, compated to St. Louis’ 2.8 at 27th placeToronto’s PK% is 78.9 (19th in NHL), whereas St. Louis’ 70.8% PK puts them in 30th placeToronto is 26th in NHL power play % with 16, compared to St. Louis in 12th with 22.9%
Maple Leafs vs. Blues game preview:
Toronto’s star forward William Nylander has had zero shots on goal for the last two games. That is uncharacteristic for the 29-year-old forward who leads the team in points (26) and assists (18).
When asked about the star forward’s offensive strggles, head coach Craig Berube gave his opinion about Nylander’s shooting slump.
“…. he is maybe looking to pass a little bit too much at time. He has been passing quite a bit all year, and obviously, he has a lot of assists, but we do need him to shoot,” said Berube after Monday’s practice.
Toronto’s projected lines vs. St. Louis (Subject to change):
Forwards:
Knies – Tavares – Nylander
Robertson – Domi – Cowan
Maccelli – Quillan – McMann
Joshua – Lorentz – Jarnkrok
Defense:
Rielly – Ekman-Larrson
Benoit – McCabe
Mermis – Stecher
Goaltender:
Hildeby
Woll
Maple Leafs vs. Blues Odds and Projection:
Maple Leafs are the favorites, with -126 moneyline odds, St. Louis are the underdogs with +105 ML odds. The puck line for St. Louis Blues is set at +1.5 with -230 odds, they havo win outright or lose by just one goal to cover the spread. Toronto have +190 odds to win by two goals, and cover a -1.5 spread. The over/under is set at 5.5 goals.
Score prediction: Maple Leafs 5, Blues 2
Maple Leafs vs. Blues Betting TipsOver/under: Take the over on 5.5 goals (-130)Moneyline: Take Toronto to win (-126)Spread: Take Toronto to cover a +1.5 spread (-230)
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Edited by Srihari Anand