Toronto Maple Leafs vs. St. Louis Blues Prediction, Preview, and Odds

The Toronto Maple Leafs are on the road to play the St. Louis Blues Tuesday night. Toronto won their previous game 4-3 at home against Philadelphia. St Louis was beaten 5-4 in a shootout by Vegas on Friday night and has won eight of the last 10 meetings with Toronto.

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Philadelphia 4-1 at home on Thursday night. It was the second straight win for Toronto. They are second in the Atlantic Division and eight points behind the top spot. They average 3.26 goals per game and 2.38 goals against. Matt Murray is expected to start for the Maple Leaf against St. Louis. He is a former player for St Louis Blues. The Maple Leaves are 10th in power play success and 14th on penalty killing. Toronto is also 2nd in goals for and 3rd in terms of goals conceded.

St. Louis lost in a shootout to Vegas in the finale of their five-game road trip. They are fifth in Central Division, 12 points behind the division lead. St.Louis is tied for 22 in goals for and 28 in goal against this season. They allow an average of 3.62 goals a night. The Blues are a dismal 29 in penalty killing. Toronto is a good team in terms of power play success. It's a bad team for penalty kills. Their penalty kill successfully navigates only 70.7% of its shorthanded situations this year.Toronto is 5 points ahead of the Flames for the second wild card spot.

The St. Louis Blues are struggling this season. The Toronto Maple Leafs have been playing well since the middle of November. Their goalkeeping is second in the league in goals against. The Maple Leaf's are favored to win this game.

Toronto Maple Leafs are betting on the under at -145.

Toronto Maple Leafs are 21-12-1 in their 34 games this season. St. Louis is 21.10-3 this year. The Blues have an average of 6.65 goals per game this term, but that number slips to 6:50 on home ice.

Chris King has been involved in professional and collegiate sports for more than three decades. He has written books about college basketball, the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, golf and the World Cup. Chris has also been an expert bettor in his career.