New Jersey Devils vs Toronto Maple Leafs Prediction: Toronto Looks More Stable

Prediction for the NHL New Jersey Devils vs Toronto Maple Leafs match which will take place on March 8th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

This season is great for the Devils. Lindy Ruff's team, quite unexpectedly, achieve the top of the standings during the championship. At the moment, New Jersey is second only to Carolina in the Metropolitan Division. In the summary table of the Eastern Conference, they are third, ahead of Toronto.

In all previous meetings, Jersey scored points, defeating Colorado 7-4, losing only in a shootout to Vegas 3:4 (3:3), and beating Arizona 5-4 at the end of OT.

Like the Devils, the Maple Leafs can feel quite comfortable at the end of the regular season because there is no doubt about Sheldon Keogh's team joining the playoffs. Toronto is second in the Atlantic Division, second only to Boston, and ahead of the closest pursuer of the top 3 by 16 points.

The match in New Jersey will be Toronto's fifth away game in a row. In the first four, the Leafs beat Seattle (5-1) and Calgary (2-1) but lost to Edmonton (2-5) and Vancouver (1-4).

Although Toronto will play for the fifth match in a row on the road, they have excellent chances of winning in the upcoming game. Firstly, the Maple Leafs have been playing great with New Jersey recently, scoring points in two opening face-to-face meetings this season. Secondly, Toronto generally looks more stable than Jersey.

The main goalkeeper of the Leafs, Ilya Samsonov, is having the best season of his career in the NHL – only 2.39 goals missed per match and a bright 22-8 in wins and losses. At the same time, Vitek Vanecek begins to make mistakes. Even in the last game against Arizona, the Czech goalkeeper experienced problems, missing from one of the weakest teams of the season four times. So in the confrontation between the two goalkeepers, we are betting on the Russian Samsonov.