Ottawa Senators vs. Toronto Maple Leafs Prediction, NHL Odds
The Senators earned their first road victory of the season with a 5-2 win in Pittsburgh back on October 28, but have followed up with consecutive home defeats, capped by last Saturday’s 6-4 loss to Tampa Bay. The Leafs snapped a four-game slide with Monday’s 6-5 win over the Lightning, and will be gunning for their seventh win in eight dates with the Senators since October 2021.
The Maple Leafs are set to hit the ice on Wednesday as -175 favourites on the NHL odds, and are a short +125 puckline bet to claim victory by a multi-goal margin. The Senators trail as +145 road underdogs, and -130 odds favour the total finishing UNDER 7.0.
Senators vs. Maple Leafs NHL Betting Odds
The Senators have struggled at times to contain opposing shooters while losing five of their past six contests. Now stalled in seventh place in the Atlantic Division standings, the Sens have surrendered 4.17 goals per game during their current 1-5-0 run. And while they filled the net in last week’s 5-2 road win over the Penguins, the Sens have otherwise struggled to find the mark during their current road swoon, potting just 2.38 goals per game during a preceding eight-game road losing streak that featured three losses by multiple goals.
Things have not gone much better in recent dates with the Leafs, with Ottawa scoring two or fewer goals four times and suffering a pair of shutout defeats during a 1-6-0 run, capped by last April’s 3-0 home loss. The Leafs hope to overcome their recent scoring woes with Tuesday’s 6-5 win over Tampa Bay. Toronto has scored 10 total goals in its past two games after mustering just five total goals during the first tjhree dates on their recent four-game slide, and has now scored two or fewer goals in five of their first 12 games.
Ottawa Senators
Brady Tkachuk has provided the Senators with a much-needed spark while scoring four times and adding an assist over the past three games. Tkachuk leads the club with eight goals and 11 points. He has also scored twice in two of his past three appearances against Toronto, and sports +160 odds on the NHL player props to score anytime on Wednesday. Veteran Claude Giroux also scored in last Saturday’s loss to the Lightning, and has now potted two goals and six points during a four-game points streak.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Three Maple Leafs shooters are currently featured among the top 14 scorers in the NHL, led by Auston Matthews, who is currently tops in the NHL with 13 goals in 12 games. Matthews has been red-hot in November, scoring six goals and eight points in three games, with 11 of those goals coming on home ice. Not surprisingly, Matthews leads all shooters on Wednesday’s NHL player props as -120 bet to score anytime, and should not be overlooked as an attractive +150 bet to record multiple points against the Sens for the sixth time in 11 home meetings. William Nylander has been a model of consistency while racking up six goals and 16 points during a 12-game points streak to start the season, and Mitch Marner is coming off back-to-back four-point performances. However, with the trio accounting for 24 of the team’s 41 total goals to date, and seven of the 10 goals in their past two games, this club is in desperate need of contributions from further down the lineup.
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