{"id":302068,"date":"2024-10-16T11:06:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T15:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=302068"},"modified":"2024-10-16T11:06:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T15:06:40","slug":"maple-leafs-picks-vs-kings-october-16-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/maple-leafs-picks-vs-kings-october-16-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Leafs picks vs. Kings Oct. 16: Bet on Toronto to win, Matthews to score"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Toronto Maple Leafs welcome the Los Angeles Kings to Scotiabank Arena tonight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Toronto hasn&#8217;t played since Saturday while Los Angeles is in the middle of a seven-game road trip to open the season. This has the recipe for a blowout and I expect Auston Matthews to net his first of the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out our Kings vs. Maple Leafs picks for the game on Oct. 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maple Leafs picks vs. Kings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Go to full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/event\/1021141463\">NHL betting markets<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best bet: Maple Leafs to win in regulation (-106)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"cacheembed:97500\">Embed: #97500<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can I ask what Los Angeles did to upset the schedule makers this year? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kings started their season in Buffalo last Thursday and won&#8217;t be back at Crypto.com Arena until Oct. 24. They take on the Leafs tonight and fly to Montreal for a match with the Canadiens tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting with that many games on the road is a mental grind and L.A.&#8217;s last game was sloppy. The Kings lost an 8-7 overtime barn-burner to the Ottawa Senators on Monday where they allowed 41 shots on goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Darcy Kuemper started that game \u2014 and both games prior \u2014 and he&#8217;s expected again this evening. His 3.59 GAA and .889 SV% rank 35th and 31st, respectively, among all NHL goaltenders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it&#8217;s not like last year&#8217;s numbers were much better in 33 starts with the Washington Capitals (3.31 GAA, .890 SV%). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toronto turns to Anthony Stolarz, who owns a 1.54 GAA and .940 SV% through two starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Leafs have won back-to-back games by two-plus goals without Matthews scoring and are 0-for-9 on the power play. This feels like a game where Toronto runs roughshod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> The Los Angeles Kings have allowed the fourth-most chances per 60 minutes (68.8), per Natural Stat Trick. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Matthews to score (-130):<\/strong> Sooner or later, the floodgates will open for Toronto&#8217;s newly-named captain &#8230; why not tonight?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"cacheembed:97492\">Embed: #97492<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matthews has been snakebitten through three games but it&#8217;s not for lack of trying. He recorded eight shots in Saturday&#8217;s win over the Pittsburgh Penguins and six shots in Toronto&#8217;s season-opening loss to the Montreal Canadiens, hitting the post in both games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For what it&#8217;s worth, Matthews leads all Maple Leafs in expected goals (1.84) and scoring chances (19) this season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He scored a league-best 69 goals last year and has won the Rocket Richard in three of the last four seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Backing a player to score with that resume at -130 is palatable, especially with the way Los Angeles is defending. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Picks made at 10:34 a.m. on 10\/16\/24<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Maple Leafs welcome the Los Angeles Kings to Scotiabank Arena tonight. The pregame narrative: Toronto hasn&#8217;t played since Saturday while Los Angeles is in the middle of a seven-game road trip to open the season. This has the recipe for a blowout and I expect Auston Matthews to net his first of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":300472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-302068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl","tag-nhl"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Maple Leafs picks vs. Kings Oct. 16: Best bets &amp; predictions | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Maple Leafs picks vs. Kings for Oct. 16. 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