Maple Leafs Host Surprising Golden Knights

Golden Knights are Very Good for Expansion Team as the Play Maple Leafs

The Las Vegas Golden Knights and the Toronto Maple Leafs will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Air Canada Centre. The drop of the puck is scheduled for 7:00 pm EST.

Oddsmakers opened the Maple Leafs as -230-moneyline favorites versus the Golden Knights, while the game's total opened at 6. Now they Leafs are -200 and the total has held steady.

Toronto and Vegas have struggled recently after having strong starts to the season. The Golden Knights made a stride in the right direction Saturday with a 5-4 win over the Ottawa Senators to end a three-game losing streak.

Monday's game will be the fifth game of the Golden Knight's six-game road trip. The three losses did not shake the new team's belief in itself.

The Golden Knights won eight of their first nine games.

Golden Knights goaltender Maxime Lagace is expected to start against the Maple Leafs on Monday. He got his first career win last time out.

Maple Leafs Looking to Get Back on Winning Ways

The Maple Leafs are glad to be home after completing a 1-3 road trip. It ended with a 6-4 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. They won won seven of their first nine games and then started playing inconsistent.

Toronto was expected to do well this season after making the playoffs with a young group last season. They looked good starting the season. They have been springing leaks defensively.

Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen has been criticized at times. Left winger Matt Martin had a career-best three assists on Saturday.

 

Recent Form

Team	Record	Money	Offense	Defense	Fave	Dog	O/U
Las Vegas	9-4-0	$809.00	3.62	2.85	3-1	6-3	8-5
Toronto	8-7-0	-$28.00	3.80	3.67	5-4	3-3	10-4-1

Team Records

Las Vegas Golden Knights

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	9-4-0	6-1-0	3-3-0	3-1-0	6-3-0	8-5
Last 10	6-4-0	5-1-0	1-3-0	2-1-0	4-3-0	7-3
vs Div	2-0-0	1-0-0	1-0-0	1-0-0	1-0-0	1-1
vs EAST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
vs WEST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	8-7-0	4-3-0	4-4-0	5-4-0	3-3-0	10-4-1
Last 10	4-6-0	2-2-0	2-4-0	3-3-0	1-3-0	5-4-1
vs Div	2-1-0	1-0-0	1-1-0	1-1-0	1-0-0	3-0
vs EAST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
vs WEST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	3.62	6	3.67	27
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	2.83	17	4.14	30
Away Team Road Powerplay vs Home Team Home Penalty Kill	18.52	15	76.19	22
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	3.80	2	2.85	10
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.14	5	3.33	18
Home Team Home Power Play vs Away Team Road Penalty Kill	25.00	7	75.00	24

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	O/U	AVG	shots	power play goals	power play percentage	penalty kill percentage	power play chances
Las Vegas	---	--
Toronto	---	--

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	Total	O/U	away shots	home shots	Away Power Play Goals	Home Power Play Goals	Away Power Plays	Home Power Plays	Away PP%	Home PP%	Away PK%	Home PK%

NHL Betting Trends

Las Vegas Golden Knights
Las Vegas is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games
Las Vegas is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Las Vegas's last 6 games
Las Vegas is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road

Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games
Toronto is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Toronto's last 15 games
Toronto is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 7 games at home

Team Last 5 Games

Las Vegas Golden Knights

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	shots	shots against	power play	penalty kill	opposing goalie	Location
Nov 4, 2017	OTT	5-4	W	171	34	28	3/5	2/2	Craig Anderson	A
Nov 2, 2017	BOS	1-2	L	176	29	28	0/3	1/1	Tuukka Rask	A
Oct 31, 2017	NYR	4-6	L	198	34	38	0/3	3/5	Henrik Lundqvist	A
Oct 30, 2017	NYI	3-6	L	153	34	30	2/5	3/5	Jaroslav Halak	A
Oct 27, 2017	COL	7-0	W	-116	21	32	1/5	3/3	Semyon Varlamov	H

Toronto Maple Leafs

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	shots	shots against	power play	penalty kill	opposing goalie	Location
Nov 4, 2017	STL	4-6	L	104	31	32	0/2	3/4	Jake Allen	A
Nov 2, 2017	LA	3-5	L	124	36	28	1/4	2/4	Jonathan Quick	A
Nov 1, 2017	ANA	3-1	W	-119	29	29	0/2	4/4	John Gibson	A
Oct 30, 2017	SJ	2-3	L	103	18	39	0/0	3/4	Martin Jones	A
Oct 28, 2017	PHI	2-4	L	-141	30	30	0/3	0/1	Brian Elliott	H

 

Next up:
Las Vegas at Montreal Tuesday, November 7
Toronto home to Minnesota Wednesday, November 8

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