Leafs vs Hurricanes Odds, Prediction and NHL Pick – How to Bet Carolina and Andersen in Revenge Game vs Toronto
- The Carolina Hurricanes are slight -105 home underdogs against the favored -115 Toronto Maple Leafs in an NHL game slated for Monday, October 25
- Toronto has lost three in a row since opening 2-0-1
- Carolina is a perfect 4-0-0 on the season
The form charts are being thrown out the window as the Toronto Maple Leafs arrive in Raleigh on Monday to face the hometown Carolina Hurricanes.
Toronto has lost three games in a row. The Maple Leafs have allowed 12 goals against over the past two games – a 5-3 home-ice loss to the San Jose Sharks and a 7-1 road thrashing by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Carolina is a picture of perfection thus far. The Canes own a perfect 4-0 slate.
Despite being polar opposites in terms of recent success, it’s Canada online betting’s Maple Leafs who are being established as the -115 road favorites in the NHL picks for this game. The Buds are 5-1 straight up in their last six visits to Carolina.
Maple Leafs vs Hurricanes Odds
| Game Time (EST) | Team | Moneyline | Puck Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday Oct. 25 | Toronto Maple Leafs | -115 | -1.5 (+205) | O 6.5 (+100) |
| 7:00pm | Carolina Hurricanes | -105 | +1.5 (-255) | U 6.5 (-120) |
Odds as of October 24th at DraftKings
The puck is scheduled to drop at 7pm ET at PNC Arena.
Perfect Storm
The Hurricanes are controlling the game with or without possession of the puck. They have allowed two goals or fewer in three of their four wins. At the same time, Carolina has scored at least four goals in three of four games.
The team’s third line of Jordan Staal, Nino Niederreiter and Jesper Fast is proving to be the epitome of what makes the Hurricanes tick. Designated as Carolina’s shutdown line, they draw the assignment of checking the opponent’s top forward unit.
*Insert Jesper Fast pun here* pic.twitter.com/oliFzQpn43
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) October 23, 2021
All three players in that group – Fast (55.2), Staal (54.2) and Niederreiter (53.5) show positive Corsi ratings, an indication that they’re driving possession. That trio is producing at least one goal in every game thus far as well.
It truly is proving to be a team effort for the Canes. Forward Andrei Svechnikov is Carolina’s leading scorer (4-3-7). He’s 17th overall in the NHL. However, the Hurricanes suit up five players with multiple goals and nine with multiple assists.
Leafs Are Falling
Skating against a Penguins club that was missing Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Jeff Carter and Bryan Rust, Toronto came up six goals shy of victory on Saturday.
The Leafs have given up the first goal in five of six games this season. At 2-3-1, it’s the first time they’ve ever been a below-.500 club under current coach Sheldon Keefe.
Hurricanes vs Maple Leafs Recent Results
| Date | Home-Away | Moneyline | Puck Line | Over/Under |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/21/2018 | Carolina 5 – Toronto 2 | CAR | CAR | Over |
| 12/11/2018 | Carolina 1 – Toronto 4 | TOR | TOR | Under |
| 4/2/2019 | Toronto 1 – Carolina 4 | CAR | CAR | Under |
| 12/23/2019 | Toronto 8 – Carolina 6 | TOR | TOR | Over |
| 2/22/2020 | Toronto 3 Carolina 6 | CAR | CAR | Over |
Forwards Alexander Kerfoot and David Kämpf were minus-4 in the Saturday debacle. Forwards Ondrej Kase and defensemen Justin Holl and Jake Muzzin were all minus-3.
Forward Mitch Marner, fourth in NHL scoring last season, has the lowest goals scored above expected (-2.6) in the NHL.
Revenge Of Freddie?
Some viewers of a documentary about last season’s Leafs felt that goalie Frederik Andersen was being made out as the scapegoat for the team’s failures in recent years when they were among the favorites in the NHL playoff odds. Enduring an injury-riddled campaign, he posted career worsts in GAA (2.96) and save percentage (.895).
Hurricanes vs Maple Leafs Projected Starting Goalies
| Team | Goalie | Record | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina | Frederik Andersen | 4-0-0 | .944 | 1.75 |
| Toronto | Jack Campbell | 2-1-1 | .916 | 2.22 |
Andersen signed as a free agent with Carolina. So far this season, he’s rating in the top 10 in the NHL in GAA (1.75) and save percentage (.944). Of course, the last time these two teams met, it was emergency backup David Ayres – the Leafs’ backup Zamboni driver – who was forced into action for the Canes. Ayres beat Toronto 6-3.
Hurricanes vs Maple Leafs Pick
On the surface, Carolina looks to offer value as an upset pick in the NHL betting lines. However, when an NHL team gets embarrassed as the Leafs were on Saturday, they generally bounce back with a much better effort.
Every time the Leafs lose two games in a row the city of Toronto puts more pressure on the players than JFK during the Cuban Missile Crisis and then everyone acts like the reason the players are struggling mentally is that Auston Matthews wore Crocs to the rink.
— Adam Herman (@AdamZHerman) October 24, 2021
This game is a litmus test of whether the Maple Leafs have any character at all.
Pick: Toronto Maple Leafs (-105).
An industry veteran, Bob literally taught the course on the history of sports at Elder College. He has worked as a Sports Columnist for Postmedia, appeared as a guest on several radio stations, was the Vice President of the Society For International Hockey Research in Ontario, and written 25 books.
