The Maple Leafs opened their five-game homestand with a 6-2 loss to Vegas, which ended their seven-game winning streak. They'll be looking to take out their frustrations on someone, and who better than a Coyotes team that has lost 13 straight (0-11-2)? Nine of the defeats were by at least two goals, and Arizona now faces Auston Matthews, who leads the NHL with 52. Matthews has gone back-to-back games without a goal for just the third time since the start of December. He scored twice in Toronto's 6-3 at Arizona last week.

Maybe the Leafs are due a mulligan after the 6-2 loss vs. VGK on Tuesday. After all, Toronto had won seven in a row prior, and first nights back home after long road trips have often been a tricky proposition.Toronto had also scored 38 goals across those seven wins, and Auston Matthews hasn't gone three straight games without a goal since late November. Moreover, rest assured HC Sheldon Keefe has fire in his eyes after getting served a game misconduct in the Vegas loss and fined $25K thereafter. Then there is the plight of the go-against Yotes, working on 13 straight losses, and the defense now collapsing, conceding a hefty 20 goals across the past four games. Play Maple Leafs on Puck Line

I really don't want to play Leafs -1.5 because it was such a sweat last night on the same play for the Rangers -- usually, I pout like a 4-year-old girl denied a lollipop when a team scores an empty-net goal because it wrecks my Under bet, but in this case I was giddy as NYR covered. But this ML is too high to play solo, so guess we have to go back to the PL. Arizona's Connor Ingram Ingram is 0-5-2 with a 4.42 GAA and an .871 save percentage in his last seven starts. The Yotes, on a 13-game losing streak, also are without leading scorer Clayton Keller (22G, 30A). Last week, the Leafs won 6-3 in the desert.