Vancouver Canucks vs Toronto Maple Leafs Prediction, Pick and Preview, March 5 (3/5): NHL

Vancouver Canucks vs Toronto Maple Leafs Prediction, Pick and Preview, March 5 (3/5): NHL

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Odds
Time 7:00 p.m. EST
Canucks money line +200
Canucks spread +1.5 (-125)
Maple Leafs money line -240
Maple Leafs spread -1.5 (+105)
Over / under 6.5

 

2021-2022 season stats
  Vancouver Canucks Toronto Maple Leafs
Record 27-23-6 35-15-4
Road / home record 15-13-3 19-6-1
Streak W1 L1
Goals per game 2.77 3.63
Goals allowed per game 2.82 2.89
Shots per game 32.4 34.5
Shots allowed per game 31.5 30.7
PP % 20.56% 28.97%
PK % 29.56% 15.79%
Over / under record 26-28-2 29-23-2

 

Preview

The Vancouver Canucks will visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. This is the second time these teams face off this season, the Canucks won the last game at home 3-2 in December.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS

The Canucks have won 4 of their ñast 5 games and are 15-18 on the road this season. With a 27-23-6 record overall they rank 6th in the Pacific.

J.T. Miller has 61 total points while scoring 21 goals and totaling 40 assists for the Canucks. Elias Pettersson has six goals and eight assists over the last 10 games for Vancouver.

In their last 10 games the Canucks are 7-3, averaging 4.3 goals, 6.3 assists, 3.6 penalties and 7.8 penalty minutes while allowing 3.5 goals per game with a .903 save percentage.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

After winning 3 games in a row the Maple Leafs fell against the  Sabres 5-1. Toronto is 19-7 at home so far this season and have a 35-15-4 record overall and ranks third in the Atlantic.

Matthews leads the Maple Leafs with 68 points, scoring 37 goals and adding 38 assists. Michael Bunting has six goals and six assists over the last 10 games for Toronto.

In their last 10 games Toronto is 5-5, averaging 3.9 goals, 7.2 assists, four penalties and eight penalty minutes while giving up 3.7 goals per game with an .881 save percentage.

BETTING TRENDS

Vancouver are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.

The total has gone OVER in 7 of Vancouver's last 7 games.

The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vancouver's last 5 games on the road.

Toronto are 8-2 SU in their last 10 games at home.

The total has gone OVER in 11 of Toronto's last 16 games.

Prediction

Toronto are 10-0 in their last 10 games when playing at home against Vancouver but there's no value on the Money Line and it's hard to take them to cover the puck line with the Canucks playing great offensively. The play here is the Over. The Over has cashed in 7 of the last 7 games for the Canucks and in 11 of the last 16 for the Maple Leafs. Both offenses has been really good lately and both teams are allowing more than 3.5 gpg. Give me the Over. 

PICK: Over 6.5 (+100)

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