Tip: A bounce back from Maple Leafs or a new upset from Panthers?

Florida Panthers visits Scotiabank Arena and Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night at 06:30 PM ET.

Toronto Maple Leafs-Florida Panthers

Game one: six goals and a lot of goal scoring chances

The first game, that was played on Tuesday night, contained an amount of six goals as the Panthers came away with a 4-2-victory at Scotiabank Arena. Matt Tkachuk continues to contribute offensively and was noted for three assists in game one where Nick Cousins, Sam Bennett, Carter Verhaeghe and Brandon Montour scored the goals for the Panthers. However, it was the Maple Leafs that created the biggest amount of goal scoring chances in game on with thirty-six shots on goal but could only score twice and it was Matthew Knies and Michael Bunting who were the goal scorers for the home team. In total, the two teams created over sixty shots on goal and besides that, thirty shots wide.

Two teams with strong offenses

I have touched these two teams earlier this season and in the playoffs, and I have lifted the offensive capacity that these two teams possess. The Maple Leafs has players such as Auston Matthews, Mitchell Marner, John Tavares and William Nylander to rely in the offensive game and Toronto scored a total of twenty-three goals in the previous series against Tampa Bay that went to six games. Florida, for its part, scored twenty-seven goals in the seven-game series against the defensively strong Boston Bruins that won the President’s Trophy. Florida has their strengths in the offensive game, and was in the regular season the team that created the biggest amount of goal scoring chances of all teams and just five teams scored a bigger amount of goals than the Panthers. Like I mentioned above, the Panthers has Matt Tkachuk as the leader of the offense and the American has so far scored fourteen point in the playoffs’ eight games.

High scoring contests in the two team’s previous series

We had the luck to see some high scoring contest in these two team’s previous series, when Toronto met Tampa Bay and Florida met Boston. This was the results of the thirteen games that these two teams played ahead of this series:

• Toronto Maple Leafs-Tampa Bay Lightning 3-7
• Toronto Maple Leafs-Tampa Bay Lightning 7-2
• Tampa Bay Lightning-Toronto Maple Leafs 3-4 after overtime
• Tampa Bay Lightning-Toronto Maple Leafs 4-5 after overtime
• Toronto Maple Leafs-Tampa Bay Lightning 2-4
• Tampa Bay Lightning-Toronto Maple Leafs 1-2 after overtime
• Boston Bruins-Florida Panthers 3-1
• Boston Bruins-Florida Panthers 3-6
• Florida Panthers-Boston Bruins 2-4
• Florida Panthers-Boston Bruins 2-6
• Boston Bruins-Florida Panthers 3-4 after overtime
• Florida Panthers-Boston Bruins 7-5
• Boston Bruins-Florida Panthers 3-4 after overtime

Conclusion and prediction

Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers is about to battle for the second time in the series, as the Panthers has a 1-0-lead after 4-2 in the opening game. These two teams are characterized by offensive capacity and, so far in the playoffs, high scoring games. Can we get another one this evening? Based on the conditions, my short answer is yes. The two teams have, like I mentioned, offensive capacity and it is two teams that have been able to create a big amount of goal scoring chances and able to score several goals so far in the playoffs. That these two teams once again can show us some entertaining hockey is likely, and I think that tonight’s game has the possibilities to be a high scoring one.

My betting tip for this game is therefore:

Over 6.0 Goals (Regular time) @ -159 at Unibet

Stake refunded if exactly six goals scored during regular game time