Devils vs Leafs Odds, Predictions and Best NHL Pick for Monday (Jan 31)

• The Toronto Maple Leafs are solid -340 home favorites over the New Jersey Devils in an NHL game slated for Monday, January 31
• Toronto has won five in a row over New Jersey
• Get the Devils vs Leafs odds and picks, below

On the one hand, it’s been over two years since the New Jersey Devils lost a game to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Then again, it’s been over two years since the Devils played the Leafs.

When they have played though, Toronto hasn’t merely been beating the Devils, the Leafs have been putting a beatdown on New Jersey. They’ve won five straight games by an average margin of 3.2 goals per game.

Devils vs Leafs Odds

Odds as of January 30th at DraftKings.

Toronto is a solid -340 home favorite on Monday as they meet the Devils for the first time since Jan. 14, 2020. The Leafs are  6-1 straight-up in their last seven home games.

The puck is slated to drop at 7:30pm ET at Scotiabank Arena. The Devils are listed at +280 on the moneyline, while you can also get New Jersey in the puckline at +1.5 and odds of +115. Four of the last five Devils-Leafs games have gone over. A play on over six goals for this game offers a betting line of -120.

Devils vs Leafs NHL Betting Trends

The Leafs  continue to display that they have the firepower to outscore their mistakes. Trailing 4-2 at Detroit after two periods on Saturday, they scored five unanswered goals for a 7-4 victory. Michael Bunting scored a hat-trick in the win.

SCARBOROUGH!! 🗣 pic.twitter.com/3edBJ6KoEF

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) January 30, 2022

Toronto is 6-2-1 in the last nine games in which the team has surrendered three or more goals.

Oddsmakers give the Leafs the fourth-best Stanley Cup odds at the moment(+867), trailing only Colorado (+667), Florida (800), and Tampa Bay (+833).

Devils vs Leafs Recent Results

This is the front end of a home-and-home set of back-to-back games. The Leafs and Devils meet again on Tuesday at the Prudential Center.

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— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) January 30, 2022

New Jersey (15-23-5) is eighth and last overall in the Metropolitan Division. The Devils have also lost five straight on the road.

Devils vs Leafs Injury Report

New Jersey is afflicted with the injury bug. Both the Devils’ #1 (Mackenzie Blackwood) and (#2 Jonathan Bernier) goalies are on IR with lower-body injuries.

Defenseman Dougie Hamilton (upper-body injury) and forwards Miles Wood (lower-body injury) and Tyce Thompson (upper-body injury) are also on IR. Center Michael McLeod (upper-body injury) has missed the last two games.

https://twitter.com/SammyT_51/status/1487705641959538695?s=20&t=EOlRQY06ksTgkgLoqkiPKQ

Toronto defenseman Jake Muzzin has missed the past four games due to a concussion.

Leafs Likely to Go With Campbell

Jack Campbell, Toronto’s #1 goalie, posted his 20th win of the season in his last start. He stopped the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 in a shootout.

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Campbell has allowed 21 goals in his last five starts.

Devils vs Leafs Projected Starting Goalies

Journeyman veteran Jon Gillies has started the last five games for the Devils.  Although he shows just one victory this season, Gillies is posting the lowest goals-against average (2.94) and save percentage (.904) among any of the six goalies employed by New Jersey this season.

Jon Gillies becoming a regular starting goalie is one of the oddest stories of the first half of this season. https://t.co/NDw4tg7A9x

— Ryan Pike (@RyanNPike) January 29, 2022

Backup Akira Schmid is 0-3 as an NHLer with a 4.99 GAA and .824 save percentage.

Devils vs Leafs Pick & Prediction

The Devils don’t score much (121 goals, 21st in NHL) and they stop even less (150 goals against, 27th in the NHL). Though they’ve lost four in a row, three of those defeats were one-goal setbacks.

Didn’t let up 😤#LeafsForever | @LGCanada pic.twitter.com/BcSNsolBJe

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) January 30, 2022

The Leafs, meanwhile, rate in the top 10 in the league in goal scoring (10th, 140) and goals against (107, fourth). They are 4-0-1 in their last five overall and 9-2 in their past 11 home games.

Pick: Toronto Maple Leafs PL -1.5 (-135)