Montreal Canadiens (20-40-11) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (46-19-6)
April 9, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Toronto Maple Leafs -400 / Montreal Canadiens +320; Over/Under: -6.5
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The Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs meet in NHL action from the Scotiabank Arena on Saturday night.
The Montreal Canadiens will look to build on their 7-4 win over New Jersey last time out. Nick Suzuki leads the Habs in scoring with 53 points including 19 goals and 34 assists and Josh Anderson’s posted 17 goals this season. Cole Caufield also has 37 points with 17 goals and 20 assists this season. Jake Allen has seen the majority of the action in goal for Montreal, going 9-20-4 with a 3.29 GAA and a .904 save percentage this season white Sam Montembault has gone 7-13-6 with a 3.64 GAA and an .895 save percentage and Cayden Primeau is 1-7-1 with a 4.88 GAA and an .866 save percentage this season.
The Toronto Maple Leafs will look to build on their 4-3 OT win over Dallas last time out. Auston Matthews leads the Buds in scoring with 97 points including a league-high 56 goals while Mitch Marner has 89 points with 31 goals and 58 assists and John Tavares has 68 points with 25 goals and 43 apples. William Nylander’s also got 68 points with 28 goals and 40 assists. Morgan Rielly also has 51 assists on the year. Jack Campbell’s made the bulk of the starts in goal for Toronto, going 27-9-5 with a 2.72 GAA and a .912 save percentage this season.
Montreal is 22-47 in their last 69 road games and 21-55 in their last 76 games overall while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games as an underdog. Toronto is 41-16 in their last 57 games as a favorite and 44-20 in their last 64 games overall while the over is 3-0-1 in their last 4 division games.
I get why Toronto is a heavy favorite here. However, and this is a Leafs fan saying this, how many times this seasonhave we seen these heavy, heavy favorites, not cover the -1.5 line (which is the only way to get any sort of value out of the bet) or even lose outright. That’s happened in each of the last two meetings for Toronto as Montreal’s won both meetings convincingly. I’m not sur it happens again, but we’re getting plus money with the +1.5 and Montreal, so I can’t pass on that here. Give me Montreal +1.5 here.
