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Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Thursday when the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Toronto Maple Leafs meet at Scotiabank Arena.

Oddsmakers opened the Maple Leafs as -165-moneyline favorites versus the Lightning, while the game's total opened at 6.

The Lightning were a 7-3 winner in their most recent outing on the road against the Maple Leafs. That made winners of bettors who got Tampa Bay at +144 on the moneyline, while the total score (10) was good news for OVER bettors.

Tampa Bay:
Team record: 47-30-6 SU
Tampa Bay is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Tampa Bay is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 6 games

Toronto:
Team record: 50-22-11 SU
Toronto is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 6 games at home

Next up:
Tampa Bay home to Toronto Saturday, April 22