New Jersey Devils vs. Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday

Maple Leafs Look to Keep Solid Start Rolling

The Toronto Maple Leafs (12-7 SU, 9-10 ATS) are waiting to hear if their star centre Auston Matthews will suit up Thursday. They host the surging New Jersey Devils. Matthews has been dealing with an upper body injury since November 6. Despite his absence, the Leafs have won all four games they’ve played without their leading scorer.

Toronto will need all the offensive support they can get on Thursday. The  Devils ranks fifth in goals scored per game (3.47). Oddsmakers have the Maple Leafs as -160-moneyline favorites. The total is at 6.

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The Devils have surprised the hockey world through the first 17 games of the season. They’re tied for third in the league with 24 points and rank fourth in goals scored (61). They’ve missed the playoffs in each of their previous five seasons. The team seemed to be on the verge of a total rebuild at the end of 2016.

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Instead, LW Taylor Hall (6 goals, 13 assists) has grabbed the role of elite point producer by the horns. First overall draft pick in the 2017 NHL Draft, Nico Hischier (3 goals, 11 assists), has lived up to expectations thus far.

The result has been a youthful Devils’ squad. They feature team speed that few can match in the league. With C Travis Zajac likely to return for Thursday’s game against the Leafs. An already lethal offense is about to become even more dangerous.

Recent Form

Team	Record	Money	Offense	Defense	Fave	Dog	O/U
New Jersey	11-4-2	$656.00	3.59	3.18	5-0	6-6	10-6-1
Toronto	12-7-0	$298.00	3.79	3.32	8-4	4-3	11-6-2

Team Records

New Jersey Devils

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	11-4-2	5-3-1	6-1-1	5-0-0	6-4-2	10-6-1
Last 10	5-3-2	3-2-1	2-1-1	3-0-0	2-3-2	5-5
vs Div	1-1-0	0-1-0	1-0-0	0-0-0	1-1-0	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	12-7-0	7-3-0	5-4-0	8-4-0	4-3-0	11-6-2
Last 10	5-5-0	3-2-0	2-3-0	4-2-0	1-3-0	4-4-2
vs Div	4-1-0	2-0-0	2-1-0	2-1-0	2-0-0	3-2
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	3.59	4	3.32	25
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.50	2	3.60	27
Away Team Road Powerplay vs Home Team Home Penalty Kill	16.67	18	75.00	24
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	3.79	2	3.18	20
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.00	5	3.38	21
Home Team Home Power Play vs Away Team Road Penalty Kill	22.73	10	75.00	25

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	O/U	AVG	shots	power play goals	power play percentage	penalty kill percentage	power play chances
New Jersey	6-2-2	6-1-3	3.50	28.80	8	20.00	72.97	40
Toronto	4-4-2	6-1-3	2.70	31.80	10	27.03	80.00	37

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%
Oct 11, 2017	NJ	6	TOR	3	-181	6	O	31	50	1	2	5	8	20	25	75	80
Mar 23, 2017	NJ	2	TOR	4	-167	5.5	O	32	30	1	1	4	2	25	50	50	75
Jan 6, 2017	TOR	4	NJ	2	118	5.5	O	14	32	3	0	3	4	100	0	100	0
Nov 23, 2016	TOR	4	NJ	5	-140	5	O	31	30	1	1	3	3	33.3	33.3	66.7	66.7
Apr 9, 2016	TOR	1	NJ	5	-147	5	O	20	36	0	0	3	6	0	0	100	100
Feb 4, 2016	NJ	2	TOR	3	-147	5	P	34	39	1	0	6	4	16.7	0	100	83.3
Dec 8, 2015	NJ	2	TOR	3	-111	5	P	27	38	2	1	5	5	40	20	80	60
Feb 6, 2015	TOR	1	NJ	4	-129	5	P	34	17	1	0	2	1	50	0	100	50
Jan 28, 2015	TOR	1	NJ	2	-132	5.5	U	30	23	0	0	5	3	0	0	100	100
Dec 4, 2014	NJ	5	TOR	3	-188	5.5	O	26	32	2	1	3	2	66.7	50	50	33.3

NHL Betting Trends

New Jersey Devils
New Jersey is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
New Jersey is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
New Jersey is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road
New Jersey is 6-13 SU in its last 19 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Jersey's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Jersey's last 5 games when playing Toronto
New Jersey is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Toronto

Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Toronto is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Toronto is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing New Jersey
Toronto is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against New Jersey

Team Last 5 Games

New Jersey Devils

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	shots	shots against	power play	penalty kill	opposing goalie	Location
Nov 12, 2017	CHI	7-5	W	180	38	44	2/3	1/3	Corey Crawford	A
Nov 11, 2017	FLA	2-1	W	-125	21	33	1/2	4/4	James Reimer	H
Nov 9, 2017	EDM	2-3	L	110	34	32	0/4	2/2	Cam Talbot	H
Nov 7, 2017	STL	1-3	L	120	22	40	0/4	4/5	Jake Allen	H
Nov 5, 2017	CAL	4-5	L	152	30	34	0/2	3/3	Mike Smith	A

Toronto Maple Leafs

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	shots	shots against	power play	penalty kill	opposing goalie	Location
Nov 11, 2017	BOS	4-1	W	126	25	39	1/3	4/4	Tuukka Rask	A
Nov 10, 2017	BOS	3-2	W	-128	33	35	1/6	3/4	Anton Khudobin	H
Nov 8, 2017	MIN	4-2	W	-130	19	37	0/2	3/4	Devan Dubnyk	H
Nov 6, 2017	LV	4-3	W	-223	25	28	1/4	2/3	Max Lagace	H
Nov 4, 2017	STL	4-6	L	104	31	32	0/2	3/4	Jake Allen	A

 

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