Auston Matthews has been firing pucks on net at an insane rate this season, and our NHL betting picks expect him to continue doing so vs. the Lightning on Monday night.
The Toronto Maple Leafs welcome in the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight to close out their early-season homestand.
The loss to New York was not as drastic as the score indicates; the Leafs still had plenty of chances and shots on net. In fact, that’s been a big reason for their early season success. The team is still shooting at an elite rate under Craig Berube, averaging 32.8 shots on goal per game, which ranks fourth in the NHL. , who has a league-leading 28 shots through five games for an average of 5.6 shots per game — an NHL best.
The Lightning have been a good defensive team this season and have limited teams to just 25.5 shots per game, but the Leafs have been among the leaders in shots per game due to a ‘don't be cute, just shoot’ type of approach under the new coach, with AM34 being the catalyst. He’s got a career shooting percentage in the 16% range, so if we’re betting on him to get 5+ shots, there’s a good chance one of them drops for a goal. Plus, he’s got seven goals in his last seven games against the Bolts.. He’s got a goal in every game so far as he’s off to the best start of his career, picking up seven goals in the first four games of the year. He also torched Toronto last year with five goals and 12 total points in four games against the Buds.
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