Arizona Coyotes vs. Toronto Maple Leafs Prediction, NHL Odds
What do the Arizona Coyotes and Toronto Maple Leafs have in common as they meet at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday? Both are coming off games in Montreal.
Coyotes vs. Maple Leafs Betting Analysis
It’s the second of a back-to-back for Arizona, which hasn’t been good in that situation this season. The Coyotes lost Jan. 30 at home to Los Angeles, Jan. 10 in Carolina, Dec. 29 home to Dallas, Dec. 23 in Nashville, Dec. 6 in Pittsburgh, etc. Arizona’s last win in the second of a B2B was Nov. 12 in St. Louis and that was in a shootout.
Toronto goes for its first sweep of the Coyotes since the 2013-14 season. The Leafs snapped a six-game losing streak at the time with a 3-1 victory in the desert on Nov. 21 in Sheldon Keefe’s NHL coaching debut. The team had fired Mike Babcock the day before.
The Maple Leafs scored once in each period, coming from Tyson Barrie, rookie Pierre Engvall (short-handed, and first-ever NHL goal) and Auston Matthews. Frederik Andersen was the No. 1 star with 30 saves. Vinnie Hinostraza scored with 17 seconds left to ruin Andersen’s shutout, while Darcy Kuemper had 29 saves for Arizona.
Arizona has won 14 of the past 19 in the series. The under is 6-1-1 in the previous eight.
Arizona Coyotes
On Monday in Montreal, Arizona was hoping to get back its No. 1 netminder in Kuemper from a lower-body injury that had sidelined him since mid-December. However, he hurt himself again during the morning skate. Antti Raanta got the call in the 3-2 and it should be Adin Hill here in the second of a B2B. The 23-year-old from Comox, British Columbia, is 2-3-2 with a 2.54 GAA and .918 SV this season. The Coyotes rallied from a 2-0 first-period deficit vs. the Habs, with Jakob Chychrun scoring the winner on the power play with a minute to go. Top blueliner Oliver Ekman-Larsson played for the first time since Jan. 30 (lower-body injury). Arizona has won its past five Tuesday games.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto lost for the third time in four games Saturday, 2-1 in overtime at the Canadiens. John Tavares’ 23rd goal of the season gave the Leafs a lead early in the third, but Marco Scandella tied it at 17:27 and Ilya Kovalchuk won it at 1:43 of OT. Jack Campbell took the loss, having to play both ends of a back-to-back with Andersen sidelined by a neck injury. Keefe said Monday it was a possibility that Andersen would return Tuesday. William Nylander was at practice Monday after missing the past two games with an illness and should play. Tavares skipped practice with an illness, but Keefe is optimistic that the captain can play. Tavares has scored at least one goal in four straight games. Justin Holl (illness), Zach Hyman (maintenance) and Kyle Clifford (family funeral) also missed practice. The Leafs have won their past four on Tuesday.
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