{"id":499346,"date":"2026-03-12T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/499346\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T10:00:28","slug":"ducks-vs-maple-leafs-prediction-picks-march-12-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/499346\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks vs. Maple Leafs Prediction &#038; Picks &#8211; March 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Anaheim Ducks (36-25-3), coming off a 4-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets, visit the Toronto Maple Leafs (27-27-11) at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday, March 12 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The Maple Leafs fell to the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 in their last outing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1668&amp;pb=968385&amp;cid=mKgVWPjPag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for ESPN+ today<\/a> to watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s our pick for who will clinch the win in Thursday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>The Maple Leafs have gone 2-6-2 over the past 10 contests, scoring 24 total goals (six power-play goals on 21 power-play opportunities during that span, for a conversion rate of 28.6%). They have allowed 32 goals to their opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Ducks vs. Maple Leafs Predictions for Thursday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer projection model for this game expects a final result of Maple Leafs 4, Ducks 3.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Maple Leafs (-109)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: Over 6.5 (computer predicts 6.7 goals on average)<br \/>\nSpread Pick: Maple Leafs (+1.5)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1648&amp;pb=968383&amp;cid=mKgVWPjPag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more streaming all season on ESPN+.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ducks Splits and Trends<\/p>\n<p>The Ducks have a 36-25-3 record overall, with a 15-3-18 record in matchups that have needed overtime.<br \/>\nAnaheim has 27 points (12-4-3) in the 19 games it has played that were decided by one goal.<br \/>\nLooking at the nine times this season the Ducks finished a game with just one goal, they have a 1-7-1 record, good for three points.<br \/>\nAnaheim has finished 4-5-0 in the nine games this season when it scored exactly two goals (registering eight points).<br \/>\nThe Ducks have scored more than two goals 42 times, and are 31-9-2 in those games (to register 64 points).<br \/>\nIn the 18 games when Anaheim has capitalized on a lone power-play goal, it has a 14-2-2 record (30 points).<br \/>\nIn the 33 games when it outshot its opponent, Anaheim is 20-12-1 (41 points).<br \/>\nThe Ducks&#8217; opponents have had more shots in 26 games. The Ducks went 14-10-2 in those contests (30 points).<br \/>\nMaple Leafs Splits and Trends<\/p>\n<p>The Maple Leafs have a 8-11-19 record in overtime games this season and a 27-27-11 overall record.<br \/>\nToronto has earned 30 points (11-3-8) in its 22 games decided by one goal.<br \/>\nThis season the Maple Leafs registered just one goal in seven games and they&#8217;ve earned two points (0-5-2) in those contests.<br \/>\nWhen Toronto has scored a pair of goals this season, they&#8217;ve earned 14 points (5-10-4 record).<br \/>\nThe Maple Leafs have scored at least three goals 38 times, earning 49 points from those matchups (22-11-5).<br \/>\nThis season, Toronto has capitalized on a single power-play goal in 21 games and picked up 18 points with a record of 6-9-6.<br \/>\nWhen outshooting its opponent this season, Toronto is 6-8-2 (14 points).<br \/>\nThe Maple Leafs have been outshot by opponents 47 times this season, and earned 47 points in those games.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for NHL tickets? <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/67619?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=2994&amp;pb=968393&amp;cid=mKgVWPjPag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n<p>Team Stats Comparison<\/p>\n<p>Ducks vs. Maple Leafs Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n<p>When: Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 7 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV Channel: ESPN+<br \/>\nLive Stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1691&amp;pb=968373&amp;cid=mKgVWPjPag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on ESPN+<\/a><br \/>\nWhere: Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1684&amp;pb=968384&amp;cid=mKgVWPjPag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN+<\/a> to watch the Ducks take on Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Anaheim Ducks (36-25-3), coming off a 4-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets, visit the Toronto Maple Leafs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[2210,233,5292,833,1739,5,835,4,61,834,31],"class_list":{"0":"post-499346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim-ducks","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-anaheim-ducks","10":"tag-anaheimducks","11":"tag-ds-sports","12":"tag-ducks","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-men","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-nhl-predictions","17":"tag-professional","18":"tag-toronto-maple-leafs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116215626051321399","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}