NHL odds<\/a>.<\/p>\nCapitals vs. Maple Leafs NHL Betting Odds<\/p>\n
For better or worse, the Capitals are cruising to overs in their recent games. The over is on a perfect 6-0 run over their last six outings, with the winning team scoring at least five goals in each game. The Caps themselves have hit five or more goals in four of their last six showings.<\/p>\n
With nothing else to play for in their final five games but pride, Toronto can also give their home fans a rare chance to cheer these days. Toronto\u2019s won two of their last 12 home games and Wednesday\u2019s the start of a stretch of three of four games at home for the Leafs. Washington\u2019s dropped four of their last six visits to Toronto but are 2-0 against the Leafs after a pair of wins in Washington earlier this season. Both wins finished under the total, and saw the Capitals cover the -1.5 puckline.<\/p>\n
Washington Capitals<\/p>\n
It\u2019s safe to assume Logan Thompson is getting the crease on Wednesday, and maybe for the rest of the season. Prior to Sunday\u2019s 8-1 defeat, Thompson had played in 10 straight games for the Caps. Backup Charlie Lindgren played all 60 minutes in Sunday\u2019s loss, allowing all eight goals. Thompson\u2019s easily been the better of the two goalies with 28 wins and a .910 save percentage in 55 appearances this season.<\/p>\n
Alex Ovechkin has now gone goal-less in three straight outings, but still has a team-high 31 goals and 30 assists on the season. Tom Wilson is a goal away from 30, while Jakob Chychrun continues to lead all defenceman with 25 goals. Expect this trio to be extremely active on offence with Washington\u2019s season on the line.<\/p>\n
Ilya Protas is expected to make his NHL debut, centring a line between brother Aliaksei Protas and Wilson. Both Protas\u2019 brothers are listed at 6\u20196\u2033, making the 6\u20194\u2033 Wilson the smallest player on this forward line that totals nearly 700 total pounds.<\/p>\n
Toronto Maple Leafs<\/p>\n
With nothing to lose, Toronto\u2019s opening things up and it\u2019s leading to some exciting hockey. Saturday\u2019s 7-6 overtime loss at L.A. is a prime example but didn\u2019t yield the result the Leafs wanted. Matthew Knies was Toronto\u2019s top performer with two goals and two assists in the loss and he\u2019s now up to 64 points on the season. Knies is one of three Leafs on the season with 60 or more points, joining John Tavares and William Nylander. Tavares has scored in three straight games and is now at 30 goals on the season \u2014 the eighth time in his career he\u2019s hit that feat.<\/p>\n
Joseph Woll faced 40 shots on Saturday but let in seven goals. Woll and Anthony Stolarz have split the crease as of late and should do so over these next two days, with Wednesday being the first of a back-to-back for Toronto. Woll\u2019s been the better of the two with a .902 save percentage and 15-14-7 record.<\/p>\n
NHL Prediction: Who Will Win Capitals vs. Maple Leafs?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Washington Capitals late push for the playoffs continues when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5114],"tags":[191,5,4,190,109,5222],"class_list":{"0":"post-547425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-capitals","8":"tag-capitals","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-washington","12":"tag-washington-capitals","13":"tag-washingtoncapitals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116369334257284382","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547425","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=547425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}