Can Blues Stay Close to the Favorites?

Let’s go for the Blues at -140 to triumph with a +1.5 goal start. This should be a big enough advantage over the Maple Leafs and that’s why we’re making this prediction.

Previous H2H Was Blues Shootout Win

St Louis Blues have won five road games on the spin, triumphing 7-2 in their previous appearance. This was against Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre. Torey Krug racked up 5 points, all of them were assists. Goalie Jordan Binnington had 30 saves (.938).

Toronto Maple Leafs suffered a defeat in their last game. A 5-3 scoreline occurred on the road at Canadian Tire Centre against Ottawa Senators. Auston Matthews, Matthew Knies and Max Domi each scored one goal.

These two teams last met at Scotiabank Arena, with the Blues claiming the win. Beating the Leafs by a 6-5 scoreline. The Blues have won four of the past 7 games that these teams have played.

Starting Goalies

Jordan Binnington (Confirmed)

W-L-OTL: 28-21-5 GAA: 2.84 SV%: .913 SO: 3

Ilya Samsonov (Confirmed)

W-L-OTL: 23-7-6 GAA: 3.13 SV%: .890 SO: 3

Expert NHL Analysis

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Key Blues vs Maple Leafs stats:

The +1.5 line has been covered by Blues in 5 of their last 5 games.
The +1.5 line has been covered by Blues in 8 of their last 10 games.
The +1.5 line has been covered by Blues in 8 consecutive games.
The -1.5 line hasn’t been covered by Maple Leafs in 5 of their last 5 games at home.
The -1.5 line hasn’t been covered by Maple Leafs in 8 of their last 10 games.
The -1.5 line hasn’t been covered by Maple Leafs in 5 consecutive games at home this season.
The -1.5 line hasn’t been covered by Maple Leafs in 4 consecutive games against Blues.

This NHL clash might be competitive rather than one-sided. In the search for value, the pick is St Louis Blues enjoying a 1.5 goal start at -140 on the spread.

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Blues +1.5 Probability

The sportsbooks make it a 58.3% chance that our pick is settled as a winner. However, our cappers have this figure between 65-70% based on their in-depth research. This is why we can recommend this hockey wager.

Blues vs Maple Leafs Prediction

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St Louis Blues vs Toronto Maple Leafs Bet Builder Tips

Puck Line Blues +1.5

To Score Anytime Brayden Schenn

Assists Jordan Kyrou Over 0.5

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Correct Score Prediction

Blues

4 - 2 Maple Leafs logo

Maple Leafs

Our prediction for the correct score is the Blues to land a 4-2 victory and this is available at +1800. It’s a fun wager to place which lands a bigger potential return.

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St Louis Blues vs Toronto Maple Leafs Odds

The odds and lines are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the betting predictions and bet builder tips.

Books Have Leafs as Heavy Favorites

Toronto Maple Leafs are -190 favorites and that means a 66% chance of winning this game according to the Moneyline betting odds with the sportsbooks. For those wanting to oppose the market leader, you can get +160 about St Louis Blues.

1.5 is the puck line and 6.5 is the total goals line. There is no denying the popularity of wagering on Totals. There’s an opportunity to bet Over 6.5 at -100.

The Leafs are -120 to make the 3-goal mark first should you want to back the favorites. On the flip side, there’s the chance to get +425 that neither franchise hits this total.

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Auston Matthews Favorite to Score the First Goal

Auston Matthews is the market leader at +550 to be the First Goalscorer. Should you think he will score the last goal, then a similar price can be found.

Player Goals

Auston Matthews (Maple Leafs)

William Nylander (Maple Leafs)

Mitchell Marner (Maple Leafs)

John Tavares (Maple Leafs)

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Last 5 Games

Maple Leafs

NHL: 11/02 Senators 5 Maple Leafs3
NHL: 08/02 Maple Leafs 5 Stars4
NHL: 06/02 Maple Leafs 2 Islanders3
NHL: 28/01 Jets 2 Maple Leafs4
NHL: 25/01 Maple Leafs 1 Jets0

Head to Head

St Louis vs Toronto

NHL: 04/01 2023 Maple Leafs 5 Blues 6
NHL: 28/12 2022 Blues 4 Maple Leafs 5
NHL: 20/02 2022 Maple Leafs 3 Blues 6
NHL: 16/01 2022 Blues 5 Maple Leafs 6
NHL: 08/12 2019 Blues 2 Maple Leafs 5
NHL: 08/10 2019 Maple Leafs 2 Blues 3
NHL: 20/02 2019 Blues 3 Maple Leafs 2

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

St Louis Blues Stats

Toronto Maple Leafs Stats

Moneyline

7 wins and 3 defeats in the last 10 games
7 wins and 3 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 8 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.80 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.20 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 on the Road: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.30 goals and allowed 2.50 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.30 pts and allowed 2.90 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.20 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.20 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.00 goals and allowed 3.20 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.30 goals and allowed 2.90 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 1
Shots: 25.6
Goals Shorthanded: 0.2
Penalties: 3.7
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 10.7
Blocks: 16.4
Faceoff Wins : 24.3
Hits: 16.7
Giveaways: 7.1
Takeaways: 9.3

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.9
Shots: 24.6
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.4
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 9.3
Blocks: 18
Faceoff Wins : 22.8
Hits: 15.5
Giveaways: 5.5
Takeaways: 5.9

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.7
Shots: 32.2
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.9
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 9.5
Blocks: 16.7
Faceoff Wins : 30.3
Hits: 21.5
Giveaways: 10.3
Takeaways: 9

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.9
Shots: 33.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.2
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 7.3
Blocks: 15.5
Faceoff Wins : 29.9
Hits: 23.8
Giveaways: 12.1
Takeaways: 8.5

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St Louis Blues Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
18	Robert Thomas	51	20.93	18	39	57	16
25	Jordan Kyrou	51	18.33	17	23	40	-3
89	Pavel Buchnevich	49	19.85	17	23	40	12

10	Brayden Schenn	51	17.34	13	16	29	-15
47	Torey Krug	51	21.51	1	24	25	-18
63	Jake Neighbours	51	14.91	18	5	23	-7
20	Brandon Saad	51	15.46	13	8	21	-10
12	Kevin Hayes	51	14.78	10	11	21	-4
55	Colton Parayko	51	23.9	9	11	20	10
72	Justin Faulk	40	22.24	2	17	19	-5
70	Oskar Sundqvist	51	13.27	6	13	19	-3
4	Nick Leddy	51	22.3	3	16	19	11
42	Kasperi Kapanen	44	15.25	4	11	15	-4
13	Alexey Toropchenko	51	12.19	8	4	12	-3
48	Scott Perunovich	31	14.56	0	12	12	-4
9	Sammy Blais	41	9.66	1	6	7	-9
15	Jakub Vrana	21	12.12	2	4	6	-7
6	Marco Scandella	46	12.75	2	3	5	2
26	Nathan Walker	15	11.36	4	1	5	2
75	Tyler Tucker	16	12.48	1	1	2	1
43	Calle Rosen	2	14.55	0	1	1	1
19	MacKenzie MacEachern	8	7.88	0	1	1	-1
59	Nikita Alexandrov	17	8.09	0	1	1	-3
51	Matthew Kessel	16	17.23	0	0	0	-1
56	Hugh McGing	5	8.38	0	0	0	-5
88	Adam Gaudette	2	9.8	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
50	Jordan Binnington	36	2.89	0.909
30	Joel Hofer	19	2.72	0.915

Toronto Maple Leafs Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
88	William Nylander	50	20.19	25	40	65	-2
34	Auston Matthews	49	21.32	42	21	63	16
16	Mitchell Marner	50	21.44	22	35	57	13

44	Morgan Rielly	50	24.36	7	36	43	1
91	John Tavares	50	18.32	15	25	40	-5
11	Max Domi	50	12.93	5	20	25	-2
59	Tyler Bertuzzi	49	15.76	6	15	21	2
23	Matthew Knies	48	14.25	9	11	20	5
19	Calle Jaernkrok	46	15.3	10	9	19	13
22	Jake McCabe	44	20.29	4	13	17	2
89	Nick Robertson	32	11.03	7	8	15	0
78	T.J. Brodie	49	21.74	0	11	11	9
18	Noah Gregor	49	11.33	5	5	10	-9
37	Timothy Liljegren	33	18.91	2	7	9	2
29	Pontus Holmberg	24	10.6	2	6	8	3
64	David Kampf	46	13.09	4	4	8	-9
74	Bobby McMann	26	9.17	2	5	7	-5
55	Mark Giordano	34	17.08	1	5	6	5
25	Conor Timmins	16	15.75	1	5	6	5
3	John Klingberg	14	20.55	0	5	5	-7
85	William Lagesson	22	14.95	0	3	3	0
2	Simon Benoit	36	16.02	1	1	2	-1
75	Ryan Reaves	25	7.41	2	0	2	-12
	Maxime Lajoie	4	9.53	0	0	0	0
	Dennis Hildeby	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Fraser Minten	4	11.43	0	0	0	0