Tampa Bay Lightning vs Toronto Maple Leafs Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 12/08/25

The Toronto Maple Leafs will host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night to kick off the week. Both of these teams are riddled with injuries right now. The Lightning were without starting netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy, superstar forwards Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point and shutdown defenseman Ryan McDonagh on Saturday, when they lost 2-0 to the Islanders. The Leafs remain without both of their top 2 goalies and 2 of their top shutdown defensemen in Brandon Carlo and Chris Tanev. It is unclear who will be returning to their respective lineups on Monday, but the Maple Leafs’ forward group remains intact. They have been playing better hockey lately, as they are winners in 4 of their last 6 games. They remain one of the better offensive teams in hockey, averaging 3.39 goals per game. If they can tighten things up defensively, they should continue to put wins in the column.

If the Lightning are without Kucherov on Monday, they may struggle to keep up with the Leafs offensively. Even if he is in the lineup, I like the Leafs to get it done on home ice. Give me Toronto on the money line.

Lightning vs Maple Leafs prediction: Toronto ML (-120) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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