Toronto Maple Leafs vs Vancouver Canucks 11/12/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Vancouver Canucks and the Toronto Maple Leafs meet in NHL action from Scotiabank Arena on Saturday night.

The Vancouver Canucks will try to find some consistency after alternating wins and losses in each of their last six games after a 5-2 loss to Montreal last time out. Elias Pettersson leads the Canucks with 18 points including a team-high 12 assists with 6 goals while Bo Horvat has 16 points with a team-high 12 goals and 4 assists. J.T. Miller has 13 points with 7 goals while Quinn Hughes has 12 assists of his own. Thatcher Demko’s gone 1-7-2 with a 4.01 GAA and an .874 save percentage while Spencer Martin’s 3-0-1 with a 3.45 GAA and a .900 save percentage so far this season in goal for Vancouver.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will try to bounce back after a 4-2 loss to Pittsburgh in their last game. Mitch Marner leads the Leafs with 17 points including a team-high 14 assists while John Tavares is right behind with 15 points including a team-high 8 goals. Austin Matthews has 14 points with 6 goals and 8 assists and William Nylander has 14 points with 6 goals and 8 assists this season. Ilya Samsonov’s 6-2 with a 2.23 GAA and a .921 save percentage in goal for Toronto so far this season.

Vancouver is 0-4 in their last 4 Saturday games and 1-6 in their last 7 games against the Atlantic division while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 road games. Toronto is 0-5 in their last 5 games against the Pacific division and 4-1 in their last 5 games played on no rest while the under is 6-0 in their last 6 Saturday games.

I get the case to be made either way here, but I’m backing the over. I don’t trust either set of goaltenders as far as I can throw them and this is just a tough spot to back if you’re looking for a low-scoring battle. I think this has 5-4 written all over it so give me the over here.