NHL Betting Free Picks: Toronto @ Atlanta
Added on Mar 26, 2010 by Jack Thurman in
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Sportsbooks are offering a short menu of basketball tonight, so we’ll look to a NHL betting opportunity as the Atlanta Thrashers host the Toronto Maple Leafs. Toronto has the 2nd worst record in the NHL and is in last place in the East, while Atlanta is trying to catch Boston for the 8th and final playoff spot in the conference.
Toronto Maple Leafs at Atlanta Thrashers
March 25, 4:05 PM Pacific
Maple Leafs have picked a strange time to start playing well–they’ve won 7 of their last 10 games. Atlanta is still in the playoff hunt, just three points behind 8th place Boston and 4 points behind 7th place Philadelphia. The Thrashers haven’t been making up a lot of ground due to their 4-6 record in their last 10 games. Atlanta does appear to be over their short term scoring slump, which sets up our play on this game. Atlanta is tied for 6th in scoring offense at 2.93 goals per game and while Toronto is only 22nd in that category the Maple Leafs have averaged well over 3 goals per game during their last 10 games. More significantly, this is a matchup between the #28 and #29 scoring defenses in the league, with both teams giving up 3+ goals per game. Both teams have trended Under recently, but there’s no other way to look but Over in this matchup for online sports betting. Toronto and Atlanta have played twice this year, with both games going Over with an average of 7 goals per contest. 7 of the last 9 head to head and 3 of 4 in Atlanta have gone Over, as have the last six meetings between the Leafs and Thrashers. The last six meetings have averaged 7.5 goals per game.
Bet Toronto/Atlanta Over 6 +110
