The Florida Panthers and the Toronto Maple Leafs meet in NHL action from the Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Toronto is listed as a -145 home favorite while Florida is a +125 road underdog. The total for this game is set at 6.5 goals.
Injuries
For Florida, Sam Bennett is questionable for this game with an undisclosed injury. For Toronto, Erik Gustafsson and Noel Acciari are both out for this game while Ilya Samsonov is listed as probable and John Tavares is tabbed as questionable.
Matchup History
Toronto’s 5-2 win over Florida back on March 23rd, 2023, made it back-to-back wins for Toronto in this head-to-head matchup.
Trends
Florida is 0-4 in their last 4 games overall and 9-4 in their last 13 division games while the over is 5-1-1 in their last 7 road games. Toronto is 56-22 in their last 78 home games and 4-1 in their last 5 division games while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games overall.
Pick
I’m sticking with the over here. Florida just seems to be overworking Sergei Bobrovsky and even if they give him the night off, the Panthers have to rely on Alex Lyon, who has been a sieve in a lot of recent games when he’s gotten the nod. On the other side, Toronto’s goaltending has been questionable lately and I think we could have a high-scoring affair here. Give me the over.