The Toronto Maple Leafs will be looking to claim their first playoff series victory since 2004 on Thursday night when they host the Montreal Canadiens in Game 5 of their first-round clash as heavy -245 favourites on the NHL odds at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
Toronto recorded a dominating 4-0 win in Game 4 on Tuesday that gave the team a commanding 3-1 series lead heading into Thursday night's matchup at Scotiabank Arena.
The Maple Leafs have demonstrated their ability to play a strong two-way game during this series, as Toronto has outscored the Canadiens by a wide 12-4 margin. That extends a trend that has seen the Maple Leafs limit opponents to two or fewer goals in 10 of their past 13 outings, including in each of their past six home dates.
Now firmly in control of their first playoff clash with Montreal in 42 years, the Maple Leafs have also soared on the NHL playoff series prices. Toronto now sits as a massive -6500 favourite to finish off the Canadiens at online sports betting sites, and remains among the favourites as a +500 wager on the odds to win the Stanley Cup.
With nowhere to go but up, the Canadiens look to Thursday's contest as +205 underdogs. With Tuesday's loss, Montreal has now lost eight of its past nine overall outings, while scoring just 15 total goals during that stretch. The Canadiens have also been dreadful on the road since mid-February, coming up short in 16 of their past 22 dates away from the Bell Centre, and failing to score more than two goals in 15 of those contests.
However, a tendency to give up lots of goals at times has contributed to uneven results in totals betting during that stretch, with the OVER/UNDER currently on an 8-8 run.
Not surprisingly, the Canadiens have also tumbled dramatically on both the NHL playoff series prices and the Stanley Cup futures. Now teetering on the brink of elimination in a playoff series against Toronto for the first time since 1967, the Canadiens sport distant +1325 odds of rebounding and knocking off the Maple Leafs. Montreal has also tumbled to the bottom of the Stanley Cup odds as a +10000 longshot.
Also on the Thursday NHL odds, the Carolina Hurricanes visit Nashville for Game 6 of their series as -140 betting favourites. The Hurricanes hold a 3-2 series lead after notching a 3-2 overtime win on Tuesday night. However, the Hurricanes have been outscored 17-8 in four straight road losses to the Predators, who enter Game 6 as +120 home underdogs and as a +475 wager on the NHL playoff series prices.
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2021-05-27 01:40:00Z
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