The Edmonton Oilers are favored at home on Tuesday night as they host the Toronto Maple Leafs. This game that features young stars Auston Matthews and Connor McDavid will be joined in progress on NBCSN following the game between the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers. The Maple Leafs are hovering around the .500 and trying to stay in contention in the Atlantic Division while the Oilers are battling for first place in the Pacific Division.
This war on the ice will go down Tuesday, November 29, 2016, at 9 p.m. ET at Rogers Place. The game will be joined in progress on NBCSN.
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Odds Analysis
The Maple Leafs will be starting a three-game road trip but they have had two days off to get ready and they are coming in with momentum as they got a good 4-2 home win over Washington on Saturday. The Maple Leafs have been awful on the road this season with just one win in ten games. Toronto has gone over five times and under five times on the road.
The Oilers had to play on Sunday against Arizona so they are coming in with one less day of rest. Edmonton was just 5-4 in their first nine home games this season but they will be home favorites in this contest. The Oilers have surprisingly gone under in 7 of their 9 home games.
Special Teams
The Maple Leafs are a high scoring team as they average 3.1 goals per game which is 2nd in the league and they have been decent on the power play at 12th in the league at 19.4%. The penalty kill for Toronto is average as they are 15th in the league at 83.1%. Toronto is giving up a lot of goals overall as they rank 27th in the league at 3.2 goals per contest.
Toronto has been looking to improve the power play and Nikita Soshnikov could be a big piece of the puzzle. He played on a line with Nazem Kadri and Leo Komarov against the Capitals and he played over four minutes on the power play.
Soshnikov picked up a power play assist on a James van Riemsdyk goal. “He’s still a young kid trying to figure it out, but he wants it consistently every night. He wants to be out there and play hard, and that’s what you want to see from a young player.” Head coach Mike Babcock said.
Edmonton is scoring 3 goals per game with a power play that is 14th in the league at 18.2%. The Oilers have been really good on the penalty kill as they are 3rd in the league at 87.3%. Edmonton is just average in terms of goals allowed this season at 2.5 per game.
Goalie Report
The Maple Leafs have a clear starter in Frederik Andersen but he hasn’t been that good this season with a 9-9 record and a 2.97 goals against average. The backup is Jhonas Enroth who is 0-3 this season with a 4.20 goals against average.
The starter for Edmonton in most games is Cam Talbot who is 11-9 this season with a 2.47 goals against average. The backup is Jonas Gustavsson who is 1-1 with a 2.34 goals against average.
Free NHL Picks
Toronto has dominated this series of late taking 8 of the last 10 but it has been more competitive in the last couple of years as the teams have split their last four meetings. Four of the last six have gone under. Edmonton has won the past two home games in this series.
This is a tough one to pick in terms of the side but there is no doubt it should be a high scoring game so I will go over the total.
NHL Odds: Oilers 5, Maple Leafs 4
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