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The New Jersey Devils will host the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Prudential Center on Tuesday night. Both teams will be looking to bounce back from disappointing defeats in their last outings when they take to the ice. We tell you the best bets to place when we name our NHL betting picks.
- What: NHL
- Who: New Jersey Devils vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
- Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
- When: Tuesday, December 10th, 2024
- Time: 7 p.m ET
The big picture
The New Jersey Devils and the Toronto Maple Leafs will meet in an Eastern Conference showdown on Tuesday night.
New Jersey are 18-10-2 overall this season. At home, they are 7-6-2. The Devils have 38 points from 30 matches and sit second in the Metropolitan Division.
Their goal differential is +20. The Devils have scored 102 and conceded 82. They are one of three teams to have already broken the 100-goal barrier in their division this season.
Toronto is 16-9-2 overall this season. They sit second in the Atlantic Division with 34 points from 27 matches. On the road, Toronto is 4-5-2.
The Maple Leafs have a goal differential of +9. They have scored 80 and conceded just 71. Toronto has the best defensive record in the Eastern Conference.
The match on Tuesday will be the second time the two teams have faced off the season. Toronto won the first match 4-2 at the same venue in mid-October.
New Jersey Devils vs. Toronto Maple Leafs Betting
The betting is incredibly tight. The Devils are -120 to win on the money line with the Maple Leafs at +100.
Toronto is getting the 1.5-point handicap start. To win with the spread, the Maple Leafs are -245. To cover the 1.5-point spread, the Devils are +200.
The total spread is 6.5 goals. Over and under is both -110.
More betting options are on our New Jersey Devils vs. Toronto Maple Leafs betting odds table. All our odds are taken from the best NHL betting sites. You can read more about these sites and about betting on the NHL on our How to Bet on Hockey Online page.
| Devils vs. Maple Leafs |  |  |  |
| Devils | -120 | -120 | -120 |
| Maple Leafs | +100 | +100 | +100 |
| Devils (-1.5) | +200 | +200 | +200 |
| Maple Leafs (+1.5) | -245 | -245 | -245 |
| Over 6.5 | -110 | -110 | -110 |
| Under 6.5 | -110 | -110 | -110 |
New Jersey Devils
Over their last ten outings, the Devils are 6-4-0, averaging three goals, five assists, and 3.9 penalties per game. They have also conceded 2.8 goals per match.
Their form has been a bit inconsistent over the last few matches. A 6-5 home defeat to the Capitals on November 30th was followed by a comprehensive 5-1 win away at the Rangers. New Jersey backed that victory up with a 3-2 home-ice win over the Kraken.
But just as they were starting to get a run going, New Jersey was brought back down to earth with a bump on Sunday, losing 4-0 at home to the Colorado Avalanche.
The defeat was New Jersey’s third home defeat in four, and they failed to score in two of the three losses.
New Jersey is the third favorite at +260 in the betting to win the Metropolitan Division. Carolina leads the way at +115, with the Washington Capitals second at +225.
The Devils are the +600 joint favorites to win the Eastern Conference and the +1200 fifth-joint favorites to win the Stanley Cup.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto is 7-3-0 over their last ten matches, averaging three goals, 4.7 assists, and 3.3 penalties per game.
Head coach Craig Berube has tightened up the defense this season, and over the last 10 matches, Toronto has conceded an average of just 2.3 goals per game, less than their season average.
Toronto has lost their last two. On Friday they lost 3-1 at the Scotiabank Arena to the high-flying Washington Capitals. The loss ended a three-match winning streak. It was followed by another loss on Saturday, this time, away to the Penguins (5-2).
In the betting to win the Atlantic Division, the Maple Leafs are now the second favorites at +220. They had been +125 a few days before. The Florida Panthers (+120) lead the way again.
The Maple Leafs are +600 to win the Eastern Conference and +1200 to win the Stanley Cup – the exact same odds as the Devils in both markets.
New Jersey Devils vs. Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Picks and Predictions
Both teams have been strong in recent weeks. The Maple Leafs have the slightly better record over the last ten, but they have also dropped their last two, compared to the Devils, who have only dropped their most recent outing.
It’s hard to say if it’s anything more than just the grind of an NHL regular-season, or something more serious for Toronto. But from what we’ve seen from the Maple Leafs so far this season, Craig Berube won’t let them dwell for too long on a setback.
And that, along with the the struggles of New Jersey on home ice, is why we are backing the Maple Leafs to win. Our betting pick is for Toronto to win on the money line.
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