NHL Odds: Maple Leafs vs. Lightning prediction, odds, and pick

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 on Saturday night. The Lightning lost 5-4 in a shootout at home to the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday. Tampa Bay and Toronto are tied for second place in the Atlantic Division.   The NHL odds series continues with a Maple Leaf-Lightning prediction and pick. It's time to continue our NHL series with the Maple Maple-Lights prediction.

The Maple Leafs have won four straight games and 7-3 over 10 games this season. They have a victory over the Lightning earlier in the season, 2-1. Toronto needs Auston Matthews to shine and for Jack Campbell to perform well. The team will cover the spread if Matthews, Campbell and the power play perform. The game will be low-scoring.

Tampa Bay Lightning are the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions. Steven Stamkos leads the team with 32 goals and 47 assists. Nikita Kucherov has produced 43 points in 33 games. Vasilevskiy is 35-14-4 this season with a 2.37 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage. In his career against Toronto, he is 12-7-2 with 2:40 goals, .90% save%. Tampa Bay outhit Toronto 44-25 in their win over the Maple Leafs.

Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning might meet in the first round of the NHL playoffs. Toronto is 19-12-3 away from home this year, whereas Tampa is 21-6-5 at Amelie Arena. The Lightning are 9-7-4 at home against teams currently in a playoff spot.

The final Maple Leafs-Lightning prediction and pick is Maple Leaf +1.5 (-230).