Toronto Maple Leafs vs Florida Panthers Prediction, 5/7/2023 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Maple Leafs vs Florida Panthers

Date: Sunday, May 7, 2023

Location: FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, FL

TV: TBS

Odds/Point Spread: Maple Leafs (-110) Panthers (-110)

The Toronto Maple Leafs are headed to FLA Live Arena on Sunday where they will meet the Florida Panthers in Game 3 of their series. Florida leads 2-0. The moneyline on this matchup has Toronto at -110 and Florida opens at -110. The total comes in at 7.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will look for better times on the ice after their 3-2 defeat to the Panthers in Game 2 . Toronto amassed 2 minutes in the box in this game. Furthermore, they had 3 power play chances and were able to notch 1 goal. The Maple Leafs had a below average offensive outing in this defeat. In the game, they scored on 2 of the 37 shots they launched.

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Toronto Maple Leafs opponents have tallied 248 power play opportunities (16th in the NHL) and have a total of 45 goals in those chances. The Maple Leafs thus far have had 2,420 shots taken against them and have a save percentage of .909. Toronto has attempted 2,628 shots and is the owner of a shooting percentage of 10.6%. At even strength, the Maple Leafs have allowed the opponent to score 175 goals while having 214 of their own. Toronto has 246 power play opportunities and they have tallied 64 goals out of those advantages, garnering them a percentage of 26.02%. For the season, they have recorded 111 points and their points percentage is .677. In terms of scoring goals, the Toronto Maple Leafs have notched 278 goals (9th in the NHL) on the campaign and have given up 220.

Protecting the goal for this matchup will be Ilya Samsonov. Opponents have racked up 324 goals versus Samsonov in his NHL career and his average for goals against per game is 2.65. Samsonov has been in net for 131 contests over the course of his NHL career. He has a save percentage of .908 for his 7,341 mins in the crease. He has amassed a record of 79-32-13 and he has gotten the start in 119 games. Over the course of his pro career, Samsonov has 60 quality starts and his quality starts rate sits at .504. Samsonov has seen 3,517 shot attempts taken against him and has garnered 3,193 saves.

In Game 2, Florida had 1 power play opportunity in this one but weren't able to score a goal. The Panthers recorded 3 goals out of the 29 shots on goal they tried.

Over the course of the season, the Florida Panthers have tallied 288 goals, 92 points, in addition to a points percentage of .561. They have permitted 272 goals to be scored by of a combination of 202 goals at even strength and 70 goals while they were shorthanded. The Panthers have tallied 225 goals at even strength and 63 goals (8th in the NHL) while having a power play advantage. They have recorded 276 power play opportunities and they have a power play percentage of 22.83%. Florida has put up 3,019 shots (1st in the league) and has accumulated a shot percentage of 9.54%, while allowing their opponents 2,603 shots. They have a penalty kill rate of 75.95% on the other teams 291 tries on the power play, and their save percentage currently sits at 89.6%.

Across the rink you are going to see Sergei Bobrovsky in net. Bobrovsky has accrued a career record of 360-207-51 and has been in net for 642 games. Bobrovsky's percentage of quality starts is 57.3% and he has accumulated 359 quality starting assignments in his NHL career. He has racked up 17,232 stops out of the 18,835 shots attempted against him, which gives him a save percentage of .915. His opponents are averaging 2.61 goals per game and he has conceded 1,603 goals in total. He has started in 626 contests and his ice time sits at 36,909 minutes.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy's Pick: Take Florida (-110)

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