Toronto Maple Leafs vs Los Angeles Kings Prediction: Betting on the home team

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on November 1. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Toronto is a team that last season broke the curse of the first round of the Stanley Cup, reaching the second round for the first time in two decades, but failed to step further. There is no doubt that in the current championship, the Maple Leafs will try to conquer a new peak. They have all the resources to do so. They traditionally perform well in the regular season, and this year's regular season is no exception. In eight starting meetings, they have already beaten Montreal 6:5, Minnesota 7:4, Tampa Bay 4:3, and Washington and Dallas 4:1 each. Such a brisk debut allows the team to sit fourth in the Eastern Conference standings.

Los Angeles is another team that is making a very decent impression in the current regular season. There is no need to be surprised by that. Not long ago, along with other California clubs, the Kings showed disastrously poor results. Still, competent management decisions and the productive work of the coaching staff allow them to make the playoffs consistently. Now, the Black and Whites have already beaten Winnipeg 5:1, Minnesota 7:3, Arizona twice - 6:3 and 5:4, and lost a couple more times on shootouts to Carolina and Vegas - 5:6 and 3:4, respectively. That's good enough for fourth place in the Western Conference standings.

Toronto and Los Angeles have had a good start to the regular season, sitting in fourth place in the standings of their conferences. The Maple Leafs should have a slightly better chance of success, as they have one more win over the same distance this season, and they are comfortable in home battles against the Kings, winning four of the last five head-to-head meetings at Skoushabank Arena.

Toronto is one of the most skillful and attacking teams in the league. This is confirmed by the statistics, according to which the Maple Leafs have scored and conceded 53 pucks in eight games (6.63 per game on average). Surprisingly, Los Angeles can give the Canadiens a jump on this statistic, as they have 65 shots on goal (8.13 per game on average) over the same distance - a great statistic. In four of their last five games, the Californians have scored and conceded at least three times each.