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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Toronto Maple Leafs: Both teams are coming off losses
The Toronto Maple Leafs are hosting the Tampa Bay Lightning today at Scotiabank Arena.
Is this the season for the Lightning?
The Tampa Bay Lightning are fifth in the Eastern Conference with a 3-1-0 record, including 1-1-0 on the road. They won the first three games of the season before losing 5-4 on the road in Ottawa. Nikita Kucherov is the best player on the team with 7 goals and 2 assists so far in the season.
How good are the Maple Leafs?
The Toronto Maple Leafs are seventh in the Eastern Conference with a 3-2-0 record, including 2-1-0 at home. After winning three consecutive games, they lost 4-1 at home to the New York Rangers. Max Domi and Mitch Marner lead the team with five points each.
Betting Trends
The Maple Leafs are 3-8 SU in their last 11 games against teams from the Atlantic Division and 4-1 SU in their last 5 games played on Monday. Toronto has played under the total goal line in 8 of their last 9 games overall, 4 of their last 5 home games, and their last 5 games against teams from the Eastern Conference. The Lightning are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games overall, 4-8 SU in their last 12 games against Toronto, 1-6 SU in their 7 games on the road and 1-5 SU in their last 6 games against teams from the Atlantic Division. Tampa Bay has played over the total goal line in 5of their last 7 games overall and 4 of their last 5 games against teams from the Eastern Conference.
Prediction and Conclusion
The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Toronto Maple Leafs are continuing to be two of the best teams in the Eastern Conference, but the real question is how deep they can go in the playoffs. Of course, it is too early to talk about that at this point of the season, but winning three games in a row recently proves that they are ready for the season. Both teams are in the top ten in defensive rankings, and we expect this to be another tough game that will end under 5.5 goals in total.
