The reeling Toronto Maple Leafs host the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday in what feels like a must-win game.
The pregame narrative: Toronto has lost five straight, sits 15th in the Eastern Conference, is missing Auston Matthews indefinitely, and plans to have general manager Brad Treliving address the media at some point today. Woof. The Maple Leafs are still favoured, though, over the 6-9-4 Blues.
Check out my Blues vs. Maple Leafs prop picks for the game on Nov. 18, featuring William Nylander and Jordan Kyrou.
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Best Bet: Nylander to score 2+ points (+140)
It's time for Nylander to step up.
The Swedish winger is under fire for recording zero shots in consecutive games for the first time since the 2019 season.
I'll chalk that up as a freak occurrence which happened at a bad time.
Nylander still recorded an assist in each of those games, and is now on a 13-game point streak dating back to Oct. 14. In that span, he is 7-6 against this line.
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Nylander's 26 points rank fourth in the NHL, and St. Louis is one of the only teams worse off than Toronto.
The Blues have lost 11 of their last 14 games and are getting horrific goaltending out of Jordan Binnington (3.34 GAA, .869 SV%) and Joel Hofer (4.04 GAA, .867 SV%).
Allow me a bold prediction: Nylander won't go shotless tonight. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if he fired half a dozen pucks on net.
His line with John Tavares and Nick Robertson should do damage.
Key stat: Nylander has 22 points in 12 home games this year.
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Kyrou to score 1+ points (+102): Toronto's defence is hanging on by a thread right now. Brandon Carlo and Chris Tanev are out, which leaves two sizeable holes in the top four.
But it's not like the Leafs played well with them in the mix, either.
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Toronto has allowed the third-most chances (63.87) and fourth-most shots (31.04) on a 60-minute basis, per Natural Stat Trick.
Kyrou has been one of St. Louis' best players, ranking second in points (12) and first in shots (44) and chances (94).
Blues vs. Maple Leafs prop picks made at 9:30 a.m. ET 11/18/2025.
