The Toronto Maple Leafs and Carolina Hurricanes meet Sunday in NHL action at the PNC Arena. The Toronto Maple Leafs look for a win after splitting their first 12 games. The Carolina Hurricanes look to build on their 4-game winning streak. 

The Toronto Maple Leafs are averaging 2.83 goals per game and are scoring on 26.7 percent of their power play opportunities. John Tavares leads Toronto with 7 goals, Mitchell Marner has 11 assists and Auston Matthews has 61 shots on goal. Defensively, the Toronto Maple Leafs are allowing 2.75 goals per game and are killing 76.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Erik Kallgren has given up 11 goals on 95 shots faced, and Ilya Samsonov has allowed 17 goals on 214 shots.

The Carolina Hurricanes are averaging 3.27 goals per game and are scoring on 17.8 percent of their power play opportunities. Andrei Svechnikov leads Carolina with 8 goals, Martin Necas has 10 assists and Brent Burns has 47 shots on goal. Defensively, the Carolina Hurricanes are allowing 2.82 goals per game and are killing 77.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Frederik Andersen has allowed 19 goal on 180 shots faced, and Antti Raanta has allowed 10 goals on 105 shots.

The Maple Leafs are 0-4 in their last 4 road games and 5-2 in their last 7 games playing on 0 days rest. The Hurricanes are 39-14 in their last 53 home games and 4-0 in their last 4 overall. The under is 8-3-1 in Maple Leafs last 12 overall. The over is 4-1 in Hurricanes last 5 overall. The Maple Leafs are 5-2 in the last 7 meetings in Carolina. The favorite is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings. The home team is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.

The Carolina Hurricanes should be favored because they’re at home with the rest advantage, and their offense should give the Maple Leafs issues. However, the Toronto Maple Leafs are still a super talented team that’s tough to turn down in the underdog role, and they’ve had success playing on the end of back to backs dating back to last season. Give me the plus money.