Senators vs Maple Leafs Picks and Prediction – 4/22/2025

The Ottawa Senators will be in Toronto Sunday for game one of the NHL playoffs. Ottawa finished the regular season with 45 wins overall after winning three of the last four following a two goal victory against Carolina to close the season. The Ottawa offense averaged 2.95 goals on 29.3 shots per game this season and scored 16 goals over their last three victories. Defensively audible was mediocre allowing 2.83 goals on 28.6 shots per game this year. Stay up to date with our NHL Picks.

Tim Stutzle leads the Ottawa offense this season with 79 points and 55 assists total. Drake Batherson finished second on the team with 68 points and Jake Sanderson was third on the team with 57 points this season. Brady Tkachuk scored 55 points this season for Ottawa and led the team with 29 goals.

The Toronto Maple Leafs come into the postseason with 52 wins on the year after finishing atop the Atlantic division. Toronto closed the regular season riding a lengthy winning streak following a one goal overtime victory against Detroit in the final game of the year. Offensively Toronto has averaged 3.26 goals on 28 shots per game this season. Defensively Toronto has been top tier allowing 2.79 goals on 29.3 shots and gave up only seven goals over their last five victories.

Mitch Marner leads the Toronto offense this season with 102 points and 75 assists overall. William Nylander finished the regular season second on the team with 84 points and led the way with 45 goals. Auston Matthews scored 78 points across 67 games, well John Tavares scored 74 points in 75 games played this season. Matthew Knies was vital as well this season for Toronto with 58 points across 78 games.

Toronto is the better team in this game and will do the work on Sunday. Take the Leafs to control this game start to finish as they are the better overall team in this game. Toronto will start the playoffs on the right foot with a win at home in game 1. Final Score Prediction, Toronto Maple Leafs win 3-1.