Winnipeg Jets vs Toronto Maple Leafs NHL Picks, Odds, Predictions 3/31/21
2021-03-31 19:30:00 EDT
The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Winnipeg Jets meet in NHL action from the Bell MTS Place on Wednesday night.
The Toronto Maple Leafs will try to rebound from a 3-2 overtime loss to Edmonton in their last matchup. Mitch Marner leads Toronto in scoring with 44 points including 13 goals and a team-high 31 assists while Auston Matthews has 40 points with a team-high 23 goals. John Tavares has 28 points with 10 goals and 18 assists while William Nylander has 26 points split between 13 goals and 13 assists and Morgan Rielly has 22 assists as part of his 25-point tally this season. As a team, Toronto is averaging 3.3 goals on 30.9 shots with a 26% success rate on the power play while allowing 2.6 goals on 28.1 shots with a 77.3% success rate on the PK this season.
The Winnipeg Jets will be out to build on their 5-1 win over the Calgary Flames in their last matchup. Mark Scheifele leads the Jets in scoring with 43 points including 15 goals and a team-high 28 assists while Nikolaj Ehlers has 36 points with 15 goals and 21 apples this season. Kyle Connor currently has 35 points with a team-high 17 goals and 18 assists and Blake Wheeler has 31 points with 21 assists. Andrew Copp site on 27 points with 11 goals and Neal Pionk has 24 points with 21 assists while Paul Stastny has 23 points with 11 goals and 12 assists. As a team, Winnipeg is averaging 3.3 goals on 29.6 shots per game with a 26.7% success rate on the PP while allowing 2.8 goals on 31.5 shots with a 78.6% success rate on the PK this season.
Toronto is 10-4 in their last 14 road games and 14-4 in their last 18 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 5-2 in their last 7 road games. Winnipeg is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall and 7-3 in their last 10 home games while the over is 8-2-2 in their last 12 games as an underdog. The over is 16-5 in the last 21 meetings between these two teams and 7-1 in the last 8 meetings between these two teams in Winnipeg.
The plus money with Winnipeg is tempting considering that the books are still showing absolutely no respect to the Winnipeg Jets this season and their success. On the flipside, Toronto is starting to pick it up in spots despite their loss last time out and it’s not often you’ll get Toronto with this kind of price tag. With all of that said, I’m going to focus on the total here and back the over. It’s hit in each of the last three meetings between the two with each game seeing 7 goals and I think we could expect to see more of the same here.
