The Toronto Maple Leafs were always due for a letdown after a huge emotional win over Washington on Saturday night, and now they’ll try to bounce back from a loss when they continue on a southern road trip in Tampa Bay on Tuesday night.
Maple Leafs Lightning Odds – Tuesday, 7:30 PM ET
Toronto (11-8-2) got off to a slow start in a 3-2 loss in Carolina on Sunday, but a Bodog reviewper head bookie will tell you that teams need to protect their home ice to be a contender in the NHL regular season: Tampa Bay is 6-2-0 at St. Pete Times Forum so far in 2011-12 and when they get their road form up to par, they’ll challenge for the Eastern Conference title.
Your bookie software should favor the Lightning at home, where they are 4-1 in their last five against Toronto, with three games coming in over the posted total. The Leafs are 5-5 on the road this year and with their issues in goal due to the injury issues of Reimer, the defense has been poor as of late, and the injury to Komiserek doesn’t help matters. The Lightning are strong at home and they won’t want to lose two in a row in front of their fans, so that could mean a long night for whoever starts in goal for Toronto. It will likely be Jonas Gustavsson, who played very well against Washington on Saturday night and he needed it as he was taking a bit of heat in the Toronto media. It could start up again as the Lightning should be your sports betting online pick at home on Tuesday.
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