Late Breaking Early Blowout NHL
(NHL) Maple Leafs (TOR) vs. Rangers (NYR),
Money Line: -122.00 Rangers (NYR) (Home)
Result: Loss
#4 ASA TOP PLAY ON New York Rangers -125 or -130 over Toronto Maple Leafs, Thursday at 7 PM ET - This is a great spot for a home favorite that is priced very fairly and set up perfectly to dominate. The Rangers are rested and off B2B home ice losses. The Maple Leafs are in a B2B spot and they won last night against the Avalanche even though they were heavily outshot and gave up nearly 40 shots in the game! Toronto used their top goalie last night and that means it will be Anthony Stolarz most likely in the crease tonight for the Leafs. Stolarz is 0-3 in his last 3 starts and has allowed 11 goals in the 3 games. The Rangers are going with Igor Shesterkin here and he is in fantastic form and has allowed only 9 goals in his last 5 starts - an average of just 1.8 per game while Stolarz allowing 3.7 goals per game in recent starts. The Rangers had a sub-par effort versus the Flames Monday as they were heavily outshot and now off B2B losses (including one to a tough Oilers team) which followed B2B wins, New York is primed for a big response on home ice here. The Maple Leafs defeated the Rangers earlier this month here in New York but the Rangers outshot them 35 to 16 in that game. Toronto enters this one off B2B wins but this followed a 1-5 stretch for the Leafs and now in a tough B2B and facing a rested and revenge-minded Rangers team, this is a very tough spot for the Maple Leafs. The Rangers know the importance of this in the playoff picture and Shesterkin leads the way with a dominating effort in between the pipes in this one. Lay it with the Rangers money line for a Top Game