Can the Maple Leafs beat the Panthers for the second time in as many weeks? Here are the best bets for tonight's game.
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The Leafs opened as short as -155 but have seen a 5-point movement across the board toward the Panthers. Florida certainly has more to play for sitting three points out of a playoff spot with only eight games to go, but just because a team has more at stake, doesn’t always correlate to better results.
Toronto will continue to roll with seven defensemen and tough forward Noel Acciari will also get a game off. Florida will be without Sam Bennett again who has missed four straight games — all losses. The gritty forward is a big piece of this offense and the forecheck. has been nearly perfect at home with an 18-2-2 record and 1.95 GAA. His .929 SV% is 37 points higher on home ice.Article contenthas been playing a ton and has been wearing down of late with a 3.11 GAA and a sub-.
The Toronto power play is coming off a 2-goal outing Sunday in Nashville and ranks as the No. 3 unit in hockey since January 1. They’ll face a struggling Florida penalty kill that allowed three goals to the Senators’ power play on Monday. The Panthers’ PK has been busy since the start of the calendar year as the club takes the third-most penalties per game and the results have been the league’s 30th-ranked PK over that stretch. Only Vegas has a worse save percentage shorthanded this month than Florida at 76.19, per
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