Count On Rested Capitals Taking Down Tired Maple Leafs

Saturday is the best night of the week for hockey and tonight is so exception as fans get a stellar slate of games with some elite matchups. The Leafs bounced back in a big way on Friday and will look to keep their momentum going against the second-best team in the East in the Capitals.

It should be a great night of games and we look to improve on our impressive records like our 32-26 record on game total and team unders this season.

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Bet: Capitals ML (-110), Capitals Maple Leafs Under 6.0 goals (-110)

Toronto will have the tough task of trying to win both games of a back-to-back after beating the Red Wings in a 5-2 rout on Friday. They will return home where they are 14-6-0 but will go against a Capitals team that is 12-5-0 on the road this season.

It'll make for an elite matchup and Washington should hold a significant rest advantage since they haven't played since Monday and are expected to start their regular goaltender Logan Thompson, who has been a difference maker this season.

The Buds started Joseph Woll on Friday which means they'll likely start backup Matt Murray. The two-time Stanley Cup champion has started to put up decent numbers again with the Maple Leafs as he stopped 24 of 27 shots in a 6-3 win over the Sabres last Friday.

Washington has every sign pointing for them to take this one but I wouldn't count out the Maple Leafs defence as they seemingly rebounded Friday, allowing just two goals after allowing three or more in their prior six games. They also have a top five home defence with a 2.40 goals against average this season.

The Capitals should edge out a road win with pure grit and having more gas in the tank but the Buds will make them work for it and should push the game to under, giving us a similar result to the Capitals 3-1 victory in Toronto earlier this month.