{"id":344743,"date":"2025-05-07T14:37:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=344743"},"modified":"2025-05-07T14:37:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:37:05","slug":"panthers-vs-maple-leafs-best-bets-game-2-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/panthers-vs-maple-leafs-best-bets-game-2-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers vs. Maple Leafs best bets Game 2: Back Toronto to score, props on Bennett and Matthews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers meet for Game 2 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> All eyes will be on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nhl\/players\/sam_bennett\">Sam Bennett<\/a> as the Panthers look to level the series. The forward had a contentious collision with Anthony Stolarz, causing Toronto&#8217;s netminder to leave the game and exit the arena on a stretcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Panthers vs. Maple Leafs best bets for Game 2 of the second round, featuring Bennett and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nhl\/players\/auston_matthews\">Auston Matthews<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Game 2 Boost: Maple Leafs to win &amp; over 2.5 team total, Tavares to score. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/event\/1023617337\/tab\/specials?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=northstar_specials\">Bet now<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Panthers vs. Maple Leafs best bets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Bet: Bennett to record a point (-118)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bennett is the ultimate agitator and has mastered the &#8220;accidentally-on-purpose&#8221; brand of hockey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His incident with Stolarz marked the third consecutive postseason where Bennett took an opposing player out of the series without facing supplemental discipline: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bennett catches Stolarz in the head <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AorFonA398\">pic.twitter.com\/AorFonA398<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Omar (@TicTacTOmar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TicTacTOmar\/status\/1919563503930679547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether or not he intended to injure Stolarz or simply get in his kitchen is up for debate, and I&#8217;ll leave it at that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What I do know is that Bennett isn&#8217;t just on the Panthers to create havoc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The forward can hurt the opposition on the score sheet and has been Florida&#8217;s most productive player this postseason (team ranks in parentheses):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>6 points (1st)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>24 shots (1st)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>37 chances (1st)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2.78 xG (1st)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8 high-danger chances (2nd)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Bennett scored a goal and had seven shots in Game 1. He has every opportunity to stay hot playing on the top power play and riding with Matthew Tkachuk on the second line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Bennett is 14-6 against this line in his last 20 playoff games (5-1 this postseason). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:113519\">Embed: #113519<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/ice_hockey\/nhl?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full NHL betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nhl-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NHL injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nhl\/top-skaters?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NHL stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Game 2 picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maple Leafs over 2.5 goals (-127):<\/strong> Toronto&#8217;s offence exploded in the series opener, netting three goals in the first period en route to a 5-4 win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do I expect that to happen again? No. But this total should still be well within reach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Maple Leafs are 6-1 against this line during the postseason. Two of those games were won 3-2 in overtime against the Ottawa Senators, but a win&#8217;s a win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto&#8217;s &#8220;Core Four&#8221; is finally showing up in the postseason, and Sergei Bobrovsky hasn&#8217;t been great after stonewalling the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first two games of the postseason. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In four games since, he has allowed 14 goals on 86 shots (.837 SV%, 1-3 vs. this line).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m also expecting a tight whistle after Monday&#8217;s extracurriculars, meaning both teams should see plenty of power-play looks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matthews over 3.5 shots (-114):<\/strong> Matthews isn&#8217;t scoring like he used to, and you could chalk that up to lingering injury, bad luck, or just poor play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto&#8217;s captain posted a career-low 33 goals with a 12.6% shooting percentage this season. He has two goals (one on a practically empty net) with a 7.7 SH% in the playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But he&#8217;s still generating a boatload of chances, which is what I&#8217;m keying in on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthews had five shots in the series opener. He&#8217;s had at least three shots in six of seven playoff games so far and is 3-4 vs. this line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s leading the team with 54 chances (i.e., shot attempts) in the playoffs, 15 more than second-place William Nylander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Panthers vs. Maple Leafs best bets made at 10:05 a.m. ET 05\/07\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers meet for Game 2 on Wednesday night. The pregame narrative: All eyes will be on Sam Bennett as the Panthers look to level the series. The forward had a contentious collision with Anthony Stolarz, causing Toronto&#8217;s netminder to leave the game and exit the arena on a stretcher. 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