Today NHL Hockey Betting Lins: Toronto Maple Leafs at Vancouver Canucks
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Frank Martin
The Vancouver Canucks will look to continue their recent dominance over Toronto when they host the Maple Leafs on Saturday. This is the second and final meeting of the season between the two clubs. Vancouver took the first meeting 5-3 on Dec. 17 in Toronto.
Five different players scored for the Canucks and Tyler Bozak recorded three points for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Vancouver has won nine consecutive games over Toronto.
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Toronto Maple Leafs
@ Vancouver Canucks
When:
7:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 18, 2012
Where:
Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia
TV:
7 p.m. ET, NHL Network, CBC
The Canucks have opened as 185-moneyline favorites on SBG Global Sportsbook’s Live NHL Hockey Odds.
Toronto Maple Leafs (29-23-6): This is the finale of a three-game road trip for Toronto through western Canada. The Maple Leafs had lost four in a row before winning 4-3 in overtime against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. TSN’s Darren Dreger reported Thursday that Maple Leafs’ general manager Brian Burke had received a trade offer for forward Mikhail Grabovski. An unnamed team reportedly offered Burke a second-round draft pick and a high-profile prospect in exchange for the center. The 28-year-old speedster has 18 goals and 21 assists this season and is set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.
Vancouver Canucks (36-15-6): The Canucks enter Saturday’s contest on an 8-0-3 run and are 12-2-4 since Jan. 2. Roberto Luongo has posted a record of 6-0-3 in his last nine starts, sparking rumors that backup goalie Cory Schneider may be dealt before the trade deadline. “For me, I just don’t think about it. I’ve got a job to do here and if I don’t do it, that probably eliminates possibilities of anything ever happening anyways. I enjoy it here. I’m not looking to get moved and I’m not asking for a trade by any means. If it’s a hockey decision, then it’s out of my control,” Schneider said. He ranks sixth in the league in save percentage (.928) and has posted a record of 12-5-0 this season.
1.
All-Star Joffrey Lupul has three goals
and six assists in his last seven games for Toronto.
2. Canucks forward David Booth has scored in three consecutive games
and is riding a four-game point streak.
3. Grabovski
has also been linked to a potential trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets that
could land forward Rick Nash in Toronto.
Nash was born in nearby Brampton, Ontario.
NHL PREDICTION: Canucks 4, Maple Leafs 3
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