The Toronto Maple Leafs wrap up a three-game road trip Tuesday night against the Utah Mammoth at Delta Center, with puck drop set for 9 p.m. ET. Our Maple Leafs vs. Mammoth prediction is Over 6.5 goals.
Toronto enters the game fresh off a 6-3 win over Colorado on Saturday, in which William Nylander tied a career high with five points. Utah, meanwhile, sits at 4-2 to start the season and has been among the league’s more productive offensive clubs early on.
Prediction: Over 6.5 goals
Toronto’s last outing cleared this total with room to spare, and the Maple Leafs’ offence has shown signs of waking up after a stretch of tight, low-scoring games to open the season. Auston Matthews extended his points streak to four games with a power-play goal and an empty-netter in the win over the Avalanche, while Nylander and Easton Cowan each scored in a span of 46 seconds in the second period.
Utah’s offence has also been competitive through its first four games, though the small sample makes any scoring trend tentative. Toronto’s five consecutive one-goal games to begin the season — a franchise record — are a reminder that this total is far from a sure thing, particularly against an unfamiliar divisional opponent.
Maple Leafs vs. Mammoth odds
| Maple Leafs moneyline odds | +132 |
| Mammoth moneyline odds | -157 |
| Puck line odds | Mammoth -1.5 (+149), Maple Leafs +1.5 (-178) |
| Game total | Over 6.5 goals (-114), Under 6.5 (-106) |
| Date/time | Oct. 13, 9 p.m. ET |
Probable starting goaltenders
Toronto: Anthony Stolarz (2-0, 2.44 GAA, .904 SV%)
Utah: Karel Vejmelka (3-1, 2.13 GAA, .907 SV%)
Betting the Maple Leafs
Toronto heads into Tuesday’s game at 3-2-1, having won its last outing in decisive fashion after a run of narrow, low-scoring results to begin the season. Nylander’s five-point performance against Colorado was his best game of the young campaign, while Matthews has points in four straight games, averaging close to two points per game over that stretch.
Defenceman Nick Blankenburg made his season debut against his former team Saturday, scoring a goal and adding three hits in 16:11 of ice time. His increased role could carry over after Chris Tanev left Saturday’s game with an upper-body injury.
Goaltender Anthony Stolarz turned aside 40 shots in a one-goal road loss at Vegas earlier in the trip before backstopping Saturday’s win over Colorado, giving Toronto some stability in net heading into the second half of its road swing.
Betting the Mammoth
Utah enters at 4-2 with a plus-7 goal differential. The club’s top forwards — Clayton Keller, Dylan Guenther, Logan Cooley and recently acquired winger JJ Peterka — give Utah a scoring attack capable of pushing a game past this total on any given night.
Goaltender Karel Vejmelka has handled a significant share of Utah’s workload early in the season. Toronto has had mixed results against Utah historically, though both clubs enter this one with limited data from the current campaign to lean on.
Player prop trends
- Jack Roslovic has exceeded his line of 1.5 shots on goal in six straight games to open the season, averaging exactly three per contest.
- Matthews and teammate Kirill Marchenko are both riding four-game point streaks into this game.
- Kailer Yamamoto has scored in back-to-back contests for the Mammoth.
- Easton Cowan has scored in back-to-back games for the Maple Leafs.
