Maple Leafs at Devils NHL Betting
Toronto Heads to Newark on Tuesday Night
Maple Leafs at Devils NHL Betting
The Toronto Maple Leafs look to improve their chances of capturing home-ice advantage in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs as they skate with the New Jersey Devils just 24 hours after picking up an overtime win against Pittsburgh. Let’s take a quick glance and breakdown some key factors for this showdown in the Eastern Conference between the Maple Leafs at Devils NHL Betting Preview for Tuesday night out in Newark.
Maple Leafs (45-23-9, 99 points) at Devils (37-36-5, 79 points) 
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Location: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
The Devils are Sinking
The New Jersey Devils have four games left in what has been a very disappointing season for a club that had playoff aspirations to start the year. They will open up a home-and-home series with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, closing out at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday night.
The Devils took their fourth loss in the last five games on Saturday night, dropping a 3-2 shootout decision to the Nashville Predators at home. Goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen made four saves before allowing a goal from Preds defenseman Roman Josi, and in the process, injured his groin. Veteran Jake Allen came in relief, making 29 saves on 30 shots face in regulation and overtime.
Allen is expected to start on Tuesday’s NHL Starting Lineups, with Kahkonen, who is an unrestricted free agent at the end of the year, most likely being shutdown for the rest of the season.
Leafs Soaring to Home Ice?
The Toronto Maple Leafs picked up a 3-2 overtime victory on Monday night at home against the Pittsburgh Penguins, giving the club five wins in their last six games overall, and now closing the game with the Florida Panthers to three points for the second place spot in the Atlantic Division, which controls home-ice advantage for the first round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Superstar Auston Matthews continues his incredible season scoring his 65th goal of the year, a Power-Play tally early in the third period. The 26-year old Arizona native became just the 15th player in National Hockey League Stats History to score 65 goals, and just needs four in the Leafs’ last four games to reach the 70-goal plateau. Goaltender Ilya Samsonov made 29 saves on 31 shots faced for his 23rd victory of the season.
It’s expected that backup Joesph Woll will be between the pipes for Tuesday’s contest. Woll is 11-10-1 with a 2.83 goals-against average and a .918% save percentage in 23 appearances this season for Toronto.
Penguins at Maple Leafs Betting Odds
Sportsbooks have the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs NHL Odds to win as short favorites against hosting New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night priced in the pick’em range around -115 to -125. Toronto has won five of their last six games overall, along with nine of their last twelve games on the road.
New Jersey has lost four of their last five games overall, including six of their last nine home contests. Head-to-head, the Maple Leafs have won ten of their last twelve meetings with the Devils, including six straight in Newark.
Concluding the Maple Leafs at Devils NHL Betting Preview: The total for this contest is set at 5.5 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 overall, meanwhile New Jersey has played to the Over in five of their last six games. Head-to-head, the Maple Leafs and Devils have gone Over the total in 13 of their last 19 meetings. Make Sure to check out all the updated New Jersey Devils and Toronto Maple Leafs NHL Picks Today, team stats, recent news and more, right here at Point Spreads.
