Mitchell Marner, John Tavares, and the Toronto Maple Leafs will do battle against Elias Pettersson, Bo Horvat, and the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena in a cross-country tilt. RSN will broadcast the action, which gets underway at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 6.
Toronto Maple Leafs at Vancouver Canucks Odds
Toronto enters the game as the obvious favorite with a moneyline of -200. The line for the Canucks now stands at +170 and the Over/Under (O/U) has been set at 7 goals (-105 over, -115 under).
Toronto is 41-25 straight up (SU) and has netted moneyline bettors 1.3 units this season. Through 66 regular season outings, 33 of its games have gone over the total, while 29 have gone under and just four have pushed. The Leafs are 20-12 SU on the road in 2018-19.
Toronto has converted on 22.4 percent of its power play chances this year, a figure that’s good enough for eighth-best in the NHL. Its penalty kill is ranked 16th overall, and it has successfully killed off 80.4 percent of all penalties..
Averaging 30.8 saves per game with a .924 save percentage, Frederik Andersen (32-16-3) has been the primary option in goal for Toronto this season. If it chooses to give him a rest, however, head coach Mike Babcock might turn to Garret Sparks (7-7-1 record, .902 save percentage, 3.09 goals against average).
Vancouver is 27-39 straight up (SU) and has lost 1.8 units for moneyline bettors this year. Through 66 regular season contests, 34 of its games have gone under the total, while 28 have gone over and just four have pushed. It’s 14-16 SU at home this year.
The Canucks have converted on just 15.0 percent of their power play chances this year, a mark that places them in the bottom overall among NHL teams. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked 16th overall, and it’s successfully killed off 80.2 percent of all penalties.
Jacob Markstrom has stopped 29.2 shots per game as the primary selection in goal for the Canucks. Markstrom has 23 wins, 27 losses, and eight overtime losses to his name and has maintained a .914 save percentage and 2.71 goals against average this season.
Toronto Maple Leafs at Vancouver Canucks Betting Predictions
Free Prediction: SU Winner – Canucks, O/U – Under
Betting Trends
- Over Vancouver’s last ten outings, five of them have been decided by two or more goals (the team is 1-4 in those games).
- The Canucks are 7-18 in games where they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent and 17-24 when they serve fewer than 10 total penalty minutes.
- Two of Vancouver’s last ten games have ended in a shootout. The team is 1-1 in those games and 3-4 overall in shootouts this season.
- The total has gone under in four of Vancouver’s last five games.
- Toronto has averaged 9.8 giveaways over its last five home games, an improvement from its season average of 11.7 giveaways per game (ranked 24th in the league).
- Vancouver has averaged 8.0 giveaways over its last five home games, its season average of 7.4 giveaways per game (ranked 4th in the league).
