Leafs at Penguins 11/16/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Toronto Maple Leafs are starting to have some issues on the year. The Maple Leafs are playing in back to back games here as the Maple Leafs do play the Bruins on Friday night. Before the Maple Leafs and Bruins game after losing 3 straight games. The Maple Leafs losses did drop their record to 9-7-4 on the year.

This season has seen a very nice offensive showing for the Maple Leafs with 3.35 goals a game on the year. The Maple Leafs have converted on the power play at 17.6% on the year. The Maple Leafs defense has given up 3.25 goals a game on the year and have killed off 75.3% of the opponents power plays.

Pittsburgh has recently started to have a downward spiral. The Penguins have fallen all the way to 5th in the Metro and have went 2-3 in their last 5 games on the year. The Penguins losses have dropped them to a 10-6-2 record on the year. On the bright side, the Penguins do play against the Devils on Friday night.

The season has seen the Penguins be able to score at a clip of 3.28 goals a game on the year and have converted on the power play at 13.7% this year. The Penguins defense has allowed only 2.61 goals a game on the year and have killed off 88.1% of the opponents power plays.