Leafs vs Flyers Betting: Toronto Hoping to Make Impression
Eastern Conference Clash on Thursday
Leafs vs Flyers Betting Odds
The Toronto Maple Leafs look to gain momentum in their race towards the Atlantic Division while the Philadelphia Flyers welcome them into town on Thursday trying to keep their current status of being in playoff range with a pair of points out of this contest.
Let’s take a quick look and breakdown some key factors for this big clash in the Eastern Conference between Leafs vs Flyers Betting matchup preview for Thursday night out in Philly.
Leafs vs Flyers 
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Records: Leafs (37-19-8, 82 points)/Flyers (34-24-8, 84 points)
Location: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Streaming: ESPN
Fightin’ Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers have been alternating wins and losses over their last eight hockey games, which has them currently sitting in third place in the National Hockey League Metropolitan Division with 76 points, just four points ahead of the New York Islanders, who are sitting the second and final Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference.
This will be the second game for Philly without their head coach John Tortorella, who was suspended by the league for two games and fined $50,000 after initially refusing to leave the bench after being ejected for arguing calls with the referee’s as the Flyers were down 4-0 to the Tampa Bay Lightning early in the first period of Saturday’s contest, which the Bolts won in blowout fashion 7-0.
On Tuesday, the Flyers, with assistant Brad Shaw leading the club, defeated the lowly San Jose Sharks 3-2, making things much tougher on themselves despite outshooting the Bay Area squad 41-29. Forward Owen Tippett scored the game-winning goal early in the third period for his 23rd tally of the hockey season, and starting goalie Samuel Ersson made 27 saves on 29 shots faced to earn his 19th victory on the year.
Leafs Gonna Leaf
The Toronto Maple Leafs are preparing for the upcoming Stanley Cup Playoffs and despite losing their last two meetings with the Boston Bruins, the club is behind in the Atlantic Division standings, and will most likely face in the First Round of the postseason.
The Maple Leafs are still playing hard, winning eleven of their last thirteen games, and they would like for this good form to continue down the stretch with 18 regular season games left to go, including Thursday’s showdown on the road against the Philadelphia Flyers.
One key piece that will be missing from the lineup for Toronto is forward Mitch Marner. The All-Star winger is out with a lower-body injury and hasn’t skated since last Thursday.
He will not make the trip with the hockey team and updates will be made later in the week. Make sure to check with Point Spreads for your NHL results regarding any situation or lineup changes.
Leafs at Flyers Betting Odds
Sportsbooks have the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs NHL betting odds betting odds to win as short favorites against the hosting Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night priced in the range around -125 to -135. Toronto has won eleven of their last thirteen games overall, including five of their last six games on the road.
Philadelphia has won three of their last five home games, but against the Maple Leafs, they have lost each of their last seven meetings head-to-head.
Concluding the Leafs vs Flyers Betting Preview: The total for this contest is set at 6 goals shaded to the Over between the pick’em price range of -110 and -120.
Toronto has gone Under the total in five of their last six games, while Philly has gone Under in four of their last five games overall and six of their last eight contests at Home. Head-to-head in Philadelphia, the Over has cashed in five of the last six meetings at Wells Fargo Center.
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