Toronto vs. Islanders: NHL Match Prediction

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Toronto Maple Leafs

Canada

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21 December 16:00 UTC

New York Islanders

USA

Less than a day ago, Toronto played an away game against Buffalo, in which they won. The Islanders had much more time to prepare for the upcoming game. Will the visitors be able to take advantage of their opponent difficult schedule and win the match on December 22? We recommend that you read our forecast and choose the exact bets on the match

Toronto Maple Leafs vs New York Islanders Prediction and Betting Tips (22.12.2024)

Command Analysis

Toronto Maple Leafs

Canada

Current form

Toronto is currently on an open winning streak of three games. All the games were high-scoring, with the team beating Buffalo and Dallas by the same score of 5:3. Just a day ago, the team recorded its second away win over Buffalo (6:3). Undoubtedly, the recent successes are largely due to the fact that the list of injured players has become empty. In the last five games, Craig Berube team has lost only to Detroit (2:4). Such results allowed them to rise to third place in the conference. The gap from second-place New Jersey is only one point, and only two points from leading Washington.

In Toronto, we will note forward John Tavares. The experienced hockey player played in 31 matches, scored 15 goals and made 14 accurate passes.

Disqualifications and injuries

Jernkruk, Hakanpää and Stolarz will not play due to injuries. The loss of goalkeeper Stolarz is of particular concern; it is far from certain that the defense will be reliable without him.

Interesting trends for betting

Toronto has had more than one goal scored in the second period in its last five games.
Toronto has won in the first period in two of its previous three games.

New York Islanders

USA

Current form

The Islanders are not having the most successful season, although they have not lost hope of making it to the playoffs. The team has 31 points and is in 12th place in the East. They are five points behind Ottawa, who is closing the top 8. Patrick Roy men are coming into the upcoming match on an unpleasant streak of two defeats in a row - from Chicago (3:5) and Carolina (0:4). It is worth noting the problems in defense - in the four previous matches they have not conceded less than three goals. At the same time, the Islanders have been playing better away from home throughout the season than on home ice. The team has scored 17 points away from home, while at home they have only 14 points. In general, in terms of points scored in home matches, we are the worst team in the East.

The team hopes in attack are largely tied to forward Anders Lee. The forward played 33 games and scored 25 points in the goal+pass system (13+12).

Disqualifications and injuries

Rielly, Duclair and Varlamov will not help their team due to injuries.

Interesting trends for betting

The Islanders have trailed in the first period in their last four games.
In three of the team previous five games, more than five goals were scored.

Trends

Bet 2nd period: draw

In the last three head-to-head matches, the opponents played to a draw in the second period

3.00

Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals

The bet has played in four of Toronto last five matches

1.70

Tip and bets

1.78total over 5.5 goals

In the upcoming match, we recommend paying attention to the possible bet on the total over. Toronto, despite recent victories, is experiencing difficulties in defense; without Stolarz in goal, it is very difficult for the Canadians. The Islanders also cannot improve their defense and consistently miss at least three goals. In addition, in four of the five previous face-to-face confrontations, six goals or more were scored.

Our prediction is total over 5.5 goals with odds of 1.78

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2.55Islanders win the match

Bet on the outcome

Toronto literally had a tough away game against Buffalo just a day ago. We don't think the team will be able to deal with their upcoming opponent without any problems today in such a schedule. Moreover, the Islanders haven't lost to Toronto in regulation time in their previous four head-to-head games.

The second bet is for the Islanders to win the match with odds of 2.55

Third period bet

Let pay attention to the fact that Toronto has not won in the third period in four of the last five matches. We cannot rule out that today the hockey players simply will not have enough strength for this period to show their maximum level of play.

Prediction: Islanders won't lose in the third period with odds of 1.58

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