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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Picks & Predictions

Game time: December 20, 2022 at 7:00 PM ET

Venue: Scotiabank Arena — Toronto, ON

Article updated Dec 20, 6:15 AM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

Tampa Bay is on the road playing Toronto at the Scotiabank Arena stadium on Tuesday, 12/20/2022 @ 7:00pm EST. Toronto -137 was the opening favorite and current line is

Game outlook

Tampa Bay is on the road playing Toronto at the Scotiabank Arena stadium on Tuesday, 12/20/2022 @ 7:00pm EST. Toronto -137 was the opening favorite and current line is Toronto -136.

Tampa Bay Highlights

With a power ranking of 2, Tampa Bay is ranked #3 in offense (scoring an average of 3.62 per game), #13 in defense (allowing an average of 2.93 points to be scored against them per game) and are 20-9-1 this season.

Toronto Highlights

Toronto Maple Leafs has a power ranking of 10 and are #14 for offense (scoring an average of 3.26 per game), #2 for defense (giving up an average of 2.93 points per game) and 7-5 overall. Tampa Bay went 0-1-2 in their last 3 matchups against Toronto.

Curated Picks & Predictions

Based on the current lines, Oddsmakers predict Toronto Maple Leafs to win and the total score to be 6. 50% of SportsJaw predicts Toronto Maple Leafs to win. OddsShark predicts Tampa Bay will win and the total will go over.

U: 1.5% picked Tampa Bay Lightning on Covers.com

Our ScoreCaster predicts Lightning 3 to Maple Leafs 3.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Lightning 3 to Maple Leafs 3.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NHL Predictions

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SportsJaw published this archived preview from its original game-day article. Its prediction and quoted lines are preserved as written.

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SportsJaw Lightning vs Maple Leafs archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. View history of past Lightning vs Maple Leafs matchups or learn how our predictions work.

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Tampa Bay Lightning+120 → +120Unchanged
  • Moneyline · Toronto Maple Leafs-137 → -136Moved
  • Spread · Tampa Bay Lightning+1.5 (-220) → +1.5 (-216)Moved
  • Spread · Toronto Maple Leafs-1.5 (+180) → -1.5 (+185)Moved
  • Total · Over6 (-110) → 6 (-110)Unchanged
  • Total · Under6 (-110) → 6 (-110)Unchanged

ATS and O/U trends

Tampa Bay Lightning
7-3 matchup record · 6-4-0 ATS · 4-5-1 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Toronto Maple Leafs
7-5 matchup record · 7-3-0 ATS · 4-5-1 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-20T11:15:55.745Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

  • 2022-12-03Toronto Maple Leafs 3 · Tampa Bay Lightning 4
Final result

Matchup pick recap

Toronto Maple Leafs defeated Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1

Toronto Maple Leafs defeated Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on December 20, 2022, a 3-goal decision in the series. Toronto Maple Leafs' strongest period was the 1st period, when it outscored its opponent 1-0. Against SportsJaw's recorded Tampa Bay Lightning +1.5 (-216) spread, Toronto Maple Leafs covered, while the 5 combined goals finished under the recorded total of 6.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • FlyigglesflyTotal · Under 6 (-110)Win
  • RetweetTotal · Under 6 (-110)Win
  • legenRandy23Moneyline · Toronto Maple Leafs -137Win
  • legenRandy23Total · Over 6 (-110)Loss
  • MrshinyMoneyline · Tampa Bay Lightning +120Loss
  • MrshinySpread · Tampa Bay Lightning +1.5 (-215)Loss
  • CoversMoneyline · Toronto Maple Leafs -137Win
  • CoolioMoneyline · Toronto Maple Leafs -137Win
  • OddssharkMoneyline · Tampa Bay Lightning +120Loss
  • OddssharkTotal · Over 6 (-110)Loss
  • HitmanhartMoneyline · Toronto Maple Leafs -137Win
  • MalakhovTotal · Under 6 (-110)Win