Vancouver at Toronto

Rebuilding Toronto has decided to slow the pace to a crawl under new Coach Mike Babcock and play all-out defense to try and stay competitive. And can you blame them? They've won two in a row by scores of 3-2 and 2-1, upsetting Dallas and Nashville on the road. Toronto is on a 9-3 run UNDER the total, 7-2 UNDER against the Western Conference. The Maple Leafs rank #27 in the league in goals scored and #24 on the power play. Toronto has killed 16 of 18 penalties this month. Into town comes Vancouver, a fine defensive team and all-around ranked #12 in goals allowed. Vancouver is playing its fifth road game of a brutal eight-game trip, looking a little tired on offense the last game, a 3-2 loss at Ottawa that slipped UNDER the total. The UNDER is 7-3-2 when the opponent of the Canucks allow two or fewer goals in their previous game and this shapes up as a defensive battle with few shots and fewer goals. This one stays UNDER.