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NHL Betting Picks and Predictions: Los Angeles Kings vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

October 31, 2023



The Los Angeles Kings will travel to Toronto, Ontario to face the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday evening with the puck scheduled to drop at 8:00 PM ET and the game airing on ESPN.

Los Angeles enters this game with a record of 4-2-2 following a 3-4 shootout loss at home against the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday. The Kings scored three goals with Alex Laferriere, Trevor Lewis, and Drew Doughty accounting for the three goals against the Golden Knights. Pierre-Luc Dubois, Kevin Fiala, Adrian Kempe, Blake Lizotte, Mikey Anderson, and Matt Roy recorded an assist apiece. Cam Talbot had 27 saves off of 30 shots on goal with a .900 save percentage while allowing three goals in the loss against the Vegas Golden Knights. 

The Los Angeles Kings are averaging 4.38 goals per game with a 16.7% power play success rate while allowing 3.5 goals per game with an 85.7% penalty-kill percentage this season. Kevin Fiala leads the team in points and assists with 11 points and 10 assists this season. Trevor Moore leads the team in goals with 5 goals on the year. Cam Talbot will be the starting goalie for the Los Angeles Kings when they travel to face the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday evening. Talbot is 3-2-1 this season with a .905 save percentage while allowing an average of 2.72 goals per game.

The Toronto Maple Leafs enter this game with a record of 5-2-1 following a 2-3 overtime loss on the road against the Nashville Predators on Saturday. Toronto scored two goals with William Nylander and Mark Giordano accounting for both goals against Nashville. Mitchell Marner, Auston Matthews, and David Kampf recorded an assist apiece in the game. Ilya Samsonov had 21 saves off of 24 shots on goal with a .875 save percentage while allowing three goals in the loss against the Nashville Predators. 

The Maple Leafs are averaging 3.5 goals per game with a 32.1% power-play success rate while allowing an average of 3 goals per game with a 74.1% penalty-kill percentage. William Nylander leads the team in points with 12 points this season. Auston Matthews leads the team in goals with 7 goals. John Tavares leads the team in assists with 7 assists on the year. Joseph Woll will be the starting goalie for the Toronto Maple Leafs when they host the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday evening. Woll is 3-1 on the year with a save percentage of .961 and is allowing an average of 1.33 goals per game.

BookMaker has the Toronto Maple Leafs listed as -158 moneyline favorites at home against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday evening. Toronto is 6-3-1 in the last ten and has won two of the last three games in the series. The Maple Leafs have won by an average margin of 1 goal per game over the last ten and 2.33 goals per game over the last three contests.

Toronto is the more talented team and will have the better starting goalie in this matchup as Joseph Woll has won three of the four games he has started this season with a .961 save percentage and is allowing an average of 1.33 goals per game. The Maple Leafs have also been the better team in the series, going 6-3-1 in the last ten and 2-1 in the last three meetings which is why I am taking the moneyline for the Toronto Maple Leafs at -158 when they host the Los Angeles Kings.

Spooky Express Pick: Toronto Maple Leafs Moneyline (-158)