NHL Free Betting Tip - Toronto Maple Leafs vs Ottawa Senators

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The Toronto Maple Leafs will play their first game since December 14. Sheldon Keefe’s team is currently third in the Atlantic Division and sixth in the Eastern Conference with a 20-8-2 record.

They have won three of their last four games, the last one 5-1 on the road against the Edmonton Oilers.

Auston Matthews scored twice for Toronto. He has 13 goals in his last 10 games for 20 on the season and is three back of Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl for tops in the league. Wayne Simmonds, TJ Brodie and Morgan Rielly also scored for the Maple Leafs, who improved to 8-4-1 on the road. Jack Campbell stopped 35 shots.

The Maple Leafs are 10-5-1 against conference opponents. Toronto is second in the Eastern Conference averaging 5.9 assists per game, led by Morgan Rielly with 0.7. William Nylander has six goals over the last 10 games for Toronto.

The Ottawa Senators will play their first game since December 18. They are having a terrible season as they stand seventh in the Atlantic Division and 14th in the Eastern Conference with a 9-17-2 record.

The Senators have lost three of their last five games, most recently 4-3 in overtime against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Artem Zub, Tim Stützle and Alex Formenton scored for the Senators. Anton Forsberg had 34 saves.

The Senators are 6-7-1 in Eastern Conference play. Ottawa averages 10.5 penalty minutes per game, the third-most in the Eastern Conference. Brady Tkachuk leads the team serving 56 total minutes.

Drake Batherson leads the Senators with 28 points, scoring nine goals and adding 19 assists. Tkachuk has 11 points over the last 10 games for Ottawa.

Key facts

• The last five games between these two have finished under 5.5 goals
• TJ Brodie, Jack Campbell, Travis Dermott, Alexander Kerfoot, Timothy Liljegren, Jake Muzzin and Wayne Simmonds are all out for Toronto.
• Josh Norris, Erik Brannstrom, Josh Brown, Tyler Ennis, Anton Forsberg and Filip Gustavsson are all out for Ottawa.

Both teams are coming back on the ice after more than two weeks so their form is very much questionable. Still, the Maple Leafs are the better team who has recently dropped on the Eastern Conference standings. Toronto will use this game to regain focus and attack the top of the conference. The Maple Leafs will win this one by at least 2 goals difference and a total over 5.5 goals.

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Toronto Maple Leafs to win -3.5

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