Toronto Maple Leafs at New York Rangers Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Maple Leafs +195 / Rangers -210 O/U 5.5 goals
Time: 7 PM EST Wednesday April 7, 2010
Tonight in a vital Eastern Conference game for the home team the New York Rangers host the Toronto Maple Leafs. This game is very important for the Rangers, as there are only 3 games left and they trail the Boston Bruins for the 8th and final playoff spot by 3 points.
The Rangers are not a great home team, but luckily they face the Maple Leafs tonight, who have the fewest points in the East and have the worst road record in the conference.
The Rangers are coming off a loss and are 5-4-1 in their last 10 games and the Maple Leafs have lost 2 in a row and are 5-3-2 in their last 10 games.
This season the Rangers are 16-17-6 at home and the Maple Leafs are 11-20-8 on the road.
In their last games both teams played last night and lost, as the Maple Leafs lost 2-0 to the Philadelphia Flyers and the Rangers lost to the Buffalo Sabres 5-2.
After tonight's game the Rangers play 7th in the East Philadelphia twice to end the season and if they win tonight and beat the Flyers both times they will be in the post-season.
The Rangers are not a high scoring team ranking 17th in the league (2.65 goals per game) and they will need a solid outing from G Henrik Lundqvist (33 wins 2.39 GAA save percentage 92%). Against Toronto this season Lundqvist has won 2 of 3 games while posting a GAA of 1.99.
The Maple Leafs rank 21st in scoring (2.59 goals per game) and their defense has been far from solid giving up an average of 3.20 goals per game.
The Maple Leafs have the worst power play in the league and they have only scored on 2 of their last 48 chances with a man advantage.
Toronto will need some offensive punch from Phil Kessel, who leads the team in goals (30) and points (55), but he has not scored in his last 2 games.
Betting Trends
Toronto is 1-4 in their last 5 games, 7-19 in their last 26 road games, and has an Under record of 7-1 in their last 8 road games.
New York is 5-2 in their last 7 games, 10-21 in their last 31 home games, and has an Under record of 4-1 in their last 5 home games.
In the last 5 games between these 2 teams the total has gone Under 5 times.
Our Selection : Take Under 5.5 goals.
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