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(NHL) Los Angeles vs. Toronto,
11/08/2016 2:30 PM, Score: 7 - 0
Total: 5.50 | -123.00 Under
Result: Win
Total: 5.50 | -123.00 Under
Result: Win
The set-up: The LA Kings are 6-6-0 to open the season and will play the first four games of a five-game trip against Canadian teams starting Tuesday against the 5-4-3 Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre. The Kings enter having won two games in a row, including a 5-0 shutout over the Calgary Flames on Saturday in Los Angeles. The youthful Maple Leafs are growing up quickly, as Toronto has rebounded from losing six of seven by winning its last three, including a season-high goal output in Saturday's 6-3 win over Vancouver.
LA Kings: Goaltender Jonathan Quick suffered a groin injury in the first period of the Kings' opening game of the season Oct. 12 and is not expected to return until January. Peter Budaj has made nine consecutive starts and has a 6-3-0 record, a 2.06 goals-against average and a .912 save percentage. "He's given us a chance to win, and that's what we're looking for," Sutter said. "We're not asking for Jonathan Quick. It's like talking about a player coming into the lineup for an injury. That's exactly what he did. Give him the opportunity, give it back, that's all. Our first three games, for the lack of a better word, our first three games was awful goaltending. Since then, our goaltending's been good enough to give us a chance to win. The first three games it wasn't that."
Toronto: Nazem Kadri scored his fourth goal in five games Saturday to earn a share of the team lead with six. Rookies Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner are also becoming contributors, as well. Toronto goaltender is 5-2-3 with a 3.20 GAA and .902 save percentage on the season and is 5-0-1 with a 2.24 goals-against average lifetime versus the Kings.
The pick: "It's nice to play four of the Canadian teams," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said Monday before the team traveled to Toronto. "Counting Ottawa, Ottawa was one of the original teams, too. That gets overlooked. So to play the historic teams is something I look forward to, always playing in those Canadian cities." The Maple Leafs 4-1 at home, averaging 3.80 GPG while allowing 3.00. Expect this contest to easily surpass the over/under number. Make the Over a 10* play.
LA Kings: Goaltender Jonathan Quick suffered a groin injury in the first period of the Kings' opening game of the season Oct. 12 and is not expected to return until January. Peter Budaj has made nine consecutive starts and has a 6-3-0 record, a 2.06 goals-against average and a .912 save percentage. "He's given us a chance to win, and that's what we're looking for," Sutter said. "We're not asking for Jonathan Quick. It's like talking about a player coming into the lineup for an injury. That's exactly what he did. Give him the opportunity, give it back, that's all. Our first three games, for the lack of a better word, our first three games was awful goaltending. Since then, our goaltending's been good enough to give us a chance to win. The first three games it wasn't that."
Toronto: Nazem Kadri scored his fourth goal in five games Saturday to earn a share of the team lead with six. Rookies Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner are also becoming contributors, as well. Toronto goaltender is 5-2-3 with a 3.20 GAA and .902 save percentage on the season and is 5-0-1 with a 2.24 goals-against average lifetime versus the Kings.
The pick: "It's nice to play four of the Canadian teams," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said Monday before the team traveled to Toronto. "Counting Ottawa, Ottawa was one of the original teams, too. That gets overlooked. So to play the historic teams is something I look forward to, always playing in those Canadian cities." The Maple Leafs 4-1 at home, averaging 3.80 GPG while allowing 3.00. Expect this contest to easily surpass the over/under number. Make the Over a 10* play.
