Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
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The Toronto Maple Leafs enter into this Saturday night home tilt against the Montreal Canadiens exhibiting some horrible defensive habits, as was evident last night when they allowed the Philadelphia Flyers to pound them by a 8-5 count. That ugly effort dropped the Buds defensive standing to dead last in the NHL (266 goals). Now on tired legs the porous Toronto D, will now face a Habs side, that is starting to heat up , after winning 4 of their L/5, thanks in part to a power play that has converted on 10 of their L/30 chances . It must be noted that Toronto;s PP killing unit, is allowing their opposition to convert on 33.3 % of their chances in their L/5 trips to the ice. With that said, and despite of both teams current statistical discrepancies, the Leafs won’t go easily against their long rivals , which in turn make for I’m betting will be an exciting back and forth affair.

Final notes & Key Trends: Montreal is 11-3-4 on the OVER in their L/18 road games. The Leafs have gone OVER in 7 of their L/10 on no rest. Over is 12-2-2 in their L/16 meetings in Toronto. The last 5 meetings in this series, have seen an average of 7.6 GPG scored.

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