Category: Hockey

The Toronto Maple Leafs will look to get back on track tonight when they visit Bell MTS Place to take on the Winnipeg Jets. Toronto will have their hands full because Winnipeg dominates at home with a record of 48-14 in their last 62. The Leafs, who roared out of the gate to start the season, have now lost two in a row and their prolific offense found the back of the net just once during that span. However, the Leafs are 4-0 on the road where they are averaging 5.75 points per game and they have scored a total of 34 goals on the seasons with their young phenom Auston Matthews responsible for 10 of them. Matthews and company get back to what they do best, score goals.
TONIGHT’S PICK: TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

The Winnipeg Jets are always a good play when they take the ice at Bell MTS Place and tonight they will host the St. Louis Blues. The Blues fell to the Jets on October 4th at home, 5-1, and they are just 2-9 in their last 11 meetings with Winnipeg. With Saturday’s victory over the Arizona Coyotes, the Jets are an impressive 47-14 in their last 61 home games and 4-0-0-1 at home this season.
TONIGHT’S PICK: WINNIPEG JETS

The Anaheim Ducks will look to rebound from a 3-1 setback last night to the Vegas Golden Knights when they host a vastly improved Buffalo Sabres team tonight at Honda Center. Buffalo is coming off a convincing 5-1 win yesterday over the Los Angeles Kings. The Sabres are 4-4-0 and 2-2-0 on the road. They are expected to have Carter Hutton between the pipes. Hutton has been shaky in the crease, at 2-4-0, with a 3.27 GAA, a .906 SV%, and he has allowed 13 goals in his last 3 appearances. Despite last night’s loss, the Ducks are still atop of the Pacific Division with a 5-2-1 record. Ex-Sabre Ryan Miller is expected to be in net for Anaheim. Miller is 1-0-0, with a 1.52 GAA, and a .946 SV%. The Ducks are 2-0-1 at home this season, 20-7 in their last 27 at Honda Center, and have won 7 of the last 10 meetings with Buffalo. Anaheim will be retiring Paul Kariya’s jersey tonight so the arena should be electric.
TONIGHT’S PICK: ANAHEIM DUCKS

In 1996 the Winnipeg Jets packed up and moved to Arizona to become the Phoenix Coyotes and, believe me, the passionate Jets fans have not forgotten. Today, in a matinée, they will be able to voice their dislike for the Coyotes when the now-named Arizona Coyotes visit Bell MTS Place. The Coyotes are not the push over they were a year ago and are 2-2-0-0 on the road but they will face a team that always performs on their home ice. The Jets are 3-0-1-0 at home on the season and 46-14 in their last 60 at Bell MTS Place. To say the Jets have dominated the Coyotes would be an understatement. They are 13-3 in their last 16 meetings with Arizona and 9-0 in their last 9 against them at home.
TODAY’S PICK: WINNIPEG JETS

Despite being plagued by injuries, the Anaheim Ducks are finding a way to win and are on top of the Pacific Division with a record of 4-1-0-1. Anaheim will host the New York Islanders tonight and should have their captain, Ryan Getzlaf, back on the ice after he missed the last four games with a groin injury. The Ducks are always tough at home, going 19-7 in their last 26 at Honda Center. Anaheim has won the last two meetings with the Islanders and New York is just 4-9 in their last 13 road games.
TONIGHT’S PICK: ANAHEIM DUCKS

The Ottawa Senators will be without some key players when they host the Los Angeles Kings in an early one today at Canadian Tire Centre. Ottawa will be without top producer Ryan Dzingel with a lower body injury, impressive rookie Alex Formenton (concussion), and defenseman Cody Ceci (upper body). Los Angeles looked sharp in their 3-0 shutout at Montreal on Thursday. The Kings are 6-1 in their last 7 against the Eastern Conference and have owned Ottawa, going 15-6-1 in their last 22 meetings.
TODAY’S PICK: LOS ANGELES KINGS

The Toronto Maple Leafs are off to an impressive start at 3-1-0-0 and have yet to lose on the road. Tonight they will try to keep the road record perfect when they travel to Little Caesers Arena to take on the struggling Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings are 0-1-1-1 and are already banged up. They are expected to be without Mike Green, Jonathan Ericsson, and Trevor Daley, and with the way the Leafs are scoring, that is not good. The Leafs are averaging 5 goals per game and Auston Matthews and John Tavares have been on a tear. Matthews has already notched 7 goals and Tavares is right behind him with 6. Toronto has had Detroit’s number, going 7-1 in their last 8 meetings, and they are 4-1 in their last 5 in Detroit.
TONIGHT’S PICK: TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS