San Jose Sharks vs Toronto Maple Leafs Prediction: Who will turn out to be stronger?

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on January 7. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

San Jose's hopelessness is painful to watch. The Californians had a mediocre end to the last regular season, lost their opening 11 games of the current season, and then seemed to rebound, but not for long. In the first half of December, they surprised us with a decent stretch of four wins in six meetings, but they spent the last of their energy and emotion on those heroics. Since then, the Sharks have been unable to win and score at least one point, losing their last ten games in a row by a combined score of 15:43. The team occupies the last place in the Western Conference standings.

For Toronto, the current regular season is going with mixed success. Despite a very high-quality roster, it is not a failure, but their results aren't exactly great either. The main problem for the Canadian team is the last line of defense: Matt Murray hasn't played a single game this season, Joseph Wall is also in the infirmary, and Ilya Samsonov has been sent to the farm club to get in shape. But in recent games, 33-year-old Martin Jones has suddenly played well. The Maple Leafs beat Los Angeles and Anaheim 3:0 and 2:1, respectively, to remain in sixth place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Toronto had a disappointing last stretch in 2023, but the Maple Leafs won both meetings with Martin Jones in goal in 2024. The goaltending issue has been resolved for them, so it's time to improve their standings further. The upcoming game with San Jose is a great opportunity to pick up another two points. The thing is that the Californians are not just bad this season. They are terrible. They can't score a single point in ten consecutive meetings, so now it will be problematic for the Sharks to expect success.

Do not expect from the upcoming confrontation goal activity. San Jose is the most unproductive team in the entire league, and with a solid gap: in 39 meetings, the Sharks scored only 79 goals (2.03 average per game), and in the last ten games, they even regressed, scoring only 15 goals in ten battles (1.50 average per game).