Power Players Club NHL 1-3 Units (12/28/24)

NHL (1 Pick)

1) 7:00PM EST: (3 Units) WSH Capitals ML -115.

Two Eastern Conference contenders face off tonight in a great showdown. However, the Maple Leafs will be without star C Auston Mathews and G Matt Murray will be getting his second start of the year, in which he struggled in his first with a 3.00 GA and .889 SV%. As for the Capitals, they don't have any key injuries and will have G Logan Thompson starting tonight, who is an incredible (13-2-2) on the year with a 2.40 GAA and .914 SV%. This season the Capitals have performed much better than the Maple Leafs, having two more points in two fewer games with a goal differential of 36 compared to the Leafs' 13. The Capitals average the 3rd most goals per game and allow the 5th-fewest, compared to the Leafs' 12th most and 7th fewest. The Capitals are the stronger team so expect them to win this one given the injury to Mathews and the Capitals having the better goalie tonight.