Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs 5/8/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

By: Mike |

Last Updated: 05/07/2021 at 10:45 PM ET

Montreal is coming to the game here after playing the Maple Leafs on Thursday night. The Canadiens in the last game against the Maple Leafs ended up getting a total of 2 goals scorers in the game. However, the Maple Leafs for their part ended up getting a total of 5 goals in the game.

With the win the Maple Leafs moved to a 34-13-6 record on the year. The loss dropped the Canadiens down to a 24-20-9 record on the season so far. Now, what is really interesting is both of these teams are playoff bound and could end up short shifting some of the starters in the game here.

The Montreal team is coming in with a total of 2.78 goals per game. The defense for Montreal is allowing only 2.85 goals per game. The Canadiens power play is coming in converting at a clip of 20%, but the penalty kill for the Canadiens are killing off 78.9% of the power plays.

For their part Toronto is coming in with a total of 3.36 goals per game. The defense for the Maple Leafs has allowed a total of 2.60 goals per game. Toronto has converted on the power play at a clip of 20.5%. The penalty kill for the Maple Leafs is sitting at 77.2% on the year so far.

This game here the Maple Leafs and the Canadiens will come in fairly evenly matched, but Montreal will be coming in with a chance to improve on the game here against good teams. The Maple Leafs for their part are coming here with a very good situation and almost guaranteed top seed in the North, which will see Toronto play some good teams, but not the best in the NHL right away. Look for the Maple Leafs to bring home the win in this game, even while resting some of their star players here. Final Score Prediction, Toronto Maple Leafs win 4-2.

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