Maple Leafs Plays Against Predators, Seeks Fourth Straight Win | The Canadian News

Nashville Predators (9-5-1, fourth in the Central) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (10-5-1, fourth in the Atlantic)

Toronto; Tuesday, 7 pm EST

FANDUEL SPORTS BOOK LINE: Maple Leafs -190, Predators +157; plus / minus is 6

OVERVIEW: Toronto enters a showdown with Nashville as winners of three straight games.

The Maple Leafs are 7-2-1 at home. Toronto leads the Eastern Conference in shooting 34.1 shots per game with an average of 2.7 goals.

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The Predators are 5-2-1 on the road. Nashville is ninth in the Western Conference with an average of 2.9 goals per game, led by Matt Duchene with nine.

Tuesday’s meeting is the first meeting of this season between the two teams.

BEST PERFORMANCES: John Tavares leads the Maple Leafs with 15 points, scoring eight goals and adding seven assists. Auston Matthews has six goals and six assists in the last 10 games for Toronto.

Duchene leads the Predators with nine goals and has 16 points. Roman Josi has four goals in the last 10 games for Nashville.

LAST 10 GAMES: Maple Leafs: 8-2-0, averaging 3.1 goals, 5.5 assists, 2.8 penalties and 5.6 penalty minutes while conceding 2.1 goals per game with a save percentage of .933.

Predators: 8-1-1, with an average of 3.1 goals, 5.4 assists, 4.6 penalties and 11.8 penalty minutes, while conceding 2.1 goals per game with a save percentage of .933.

INJURIES: Maple leaves: None listed.

Predators: David Rittich: out (covid-19), Mark Borowiecki: day to day (upper body), Alexandre Carrier: day to day (upper body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.