Sport: NHLPick Selection: San Jose Sharks, and the Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Florida Panthers UNDER
This multi-game report includes plays on the San Jose Sharks, and the Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Florida Panthers UNDER.
I'm laying the price with SAN JOSE. The Sharks are heating up, having swept the Flyers and Penguins in their tour through Pennsylvania. They got better at the trade deadline, acquiring All Star defenseman, Brian Campbell. They were already playing very well defensively though, as they'd given up more than three goals just once in its last 11 games, and have allowed just one goal in each of their last two wins. Playing in the competitive West, the Sharks know how important every point is. As veteran Jeremy Roenick noted: "You look at the standings and you see how important it is to get every single point possible, especially on this road trip. You can go from fifth to 11th in one bad week." Unlike the Sharks, the Blue Jackets dealt away veteran talent at the deadline, as they traded both Sergei Federov and Adam Foote. Playing their first game back home from a road trip, I look for them to stumble tonight, falling to 2-7 when coming off a shutout victory.
I'm playing on the Panthers and Leafs to finish UNDER the total. The Panthers come off a 5-0 loss in their last game. That game snuck below the number and brought the UNDER to 3-1 their last four games. Note that they've also seen the UNDER go a profitable 14-8-1 on the season after allowing four or more goals in their previous game. The Leafs have also been playing low-scoring games recently. They won their last game 5-0 and have now seen the UNDER go 3-0-1 their last four games. The Leafs were embarrassed 8-0 by the Panthers in the last meeting. However, that was at Toronto. This season's lone meeting in Florida had a final score of 2-1. That brought the UNDER to 4-0-2 the last six series meetings here. Toronto goalie Toskala had 31 saves against the Senators last time out, for his third shutout of the season. He has now stopped 55 of 56 shots in the last two games, both Toronto wins. He has started 15 straight for the Leafs, going 8-6-1 with a 2.35 goals-against average over that span. Prior to the blowout loss earlier this month, Toskala had been 3-0-0 with a 1.33 GAA against Florida. He'll likely be facing Vokoun, who has a 3-1-1 record and a 1.60 GAA in five career appearances against the Maple Leafs. I'm expecting solid goaltending and a low-scoring affair.
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