Game
Florida Panthers at Toronto Maple Leafs
Thursday, November 17, 7:30 p.m. eastern
Pick
Panthers +100 (Pinnacle)
Writeup
After a breakthrough season last year, the Panthers have been treading water through the first month of this season, going 8-7-1. It looks like they might finally be getting things together though, winning 2 straight, 3 of 4 and 4 of 6. Florida’s offence is heating up, scoring 3+ goals in 4 of those last 6 games, and Toronto has allowed 19 goals in its last 5 outings.
Toronto’s an all-or-nothing team right now. They’ve scored 6 goals 3 times in their last 5 games, and 0 and 1 goal in the other two. The last 4 times that they’ve scored 5 goals or more in a game, they’ve gone on to lose the next one. That could be the sign of a young team that gets a little too content with itself after a strong effort, or just plain inconsistency.
Florida’s won 4 of its last 5 trips to Toronto, with the one loss being their last visit less than a month ago. With that loss still relatively fresh in their minds, expect the Panthers to bring a good effort tonight, with the extra motivation of trying to win for goalie James Reimer in his first start back in Toronto.