{"id":460780,"date":"2025-01-14T10:39:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T15:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=460780"},"modified":"2025-01-14T10:39:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T15:39:44","slug":"nhl-predictions-jan-14-dallas-stars-vs-toronto-maple-leafs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/01\/14\/nhl-predictions-jan-14-dallas-stars-vs-toronto-maple-leafs\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Predictions: Jan. 14 Dallas Stars vs Toronto Maple Leafs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to NHL Predictions. Each day,\u00a0Last Word on Hockey<\/em>\u00a0takes a look at the games that are scheduled and offers insight and analysis to help predict who will be victorious in head-to-head matchups. In today\u2019s round of NHL Predictions, we are looking at the game between the\u00a0Dallas Stars<\/a>\u00a0vs\u00a0Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>.\u00a0Be sure to check out more NHL Predictions as the 2024-25 season continues.<\/p>\n

NHL Predictions<\/h2>\n

Tampa Bay Lightning vs Boston Bruins<\/h3>\n

Head-to-Head: Lightning 1-0 Bruins<\/h4>\n

Time:<\/strong> 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)<\/p>\n

TV:<\/strong> SN1; Fan Duel Sports Sun; NESN; ESPN+<\/p>\n

We open NHL predictions with an Atlantic Division matchup between the Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> and Boston Bruins<\/a>. Tampa Bay is slated to go with Andrei Vasilevskiy<\/a> in goal, but always check social media before locking in a fantasy starter. The Lightning are 5-4-1 in the last 10 games and beat the Bruins, 4-1, in the first meeting. Nikita Kucherov<\/a> has totaled 20 goals and 41 assists for the Lightning.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Swayman<\/a> is the expected starter for the Bruins, who are 3-6-1 in the last 10 games. However, Boston is coming off a huge overtime-victory over the Florida Panthers.<\/a> David Pastrnak continues to pace the Bruins with 19 goals and 26 assists for 45 points.<\/p>\n

Boston did pick up a win over the champs, but Tampa Bay should win this one.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Lightning win 3-2.<\/p>\n

Dallas Stars vs Toronto Maple Leafs<\/h3>\n

Head-to-Head: Stars 0-1 Maple Leafs<\/h4>\n

Time:<\/strong> 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)<\/p>\n

TV:<\/strong> TSN4; Victory; ESPN+<\/p>\n

Our featured game of NHL predictions has the Stars visiting the Maple Leafs. Dallas saw its seven-game winning streak snapped against the Ottawa Senators.<\/a> However, the Stars are 8-1-1 in the last 10 games. Jake Oettinger<\/a> is the projected starter for Dallas in this game. Matt Duchene<\/a> has supplied 16 goals and 22 assists for the Stars.<\/p>\n

Joseph Woll<\/a> is the projected starter for the Maple Leafs, who have lost two consecutive games. However, Toronto is 6-4 in the last 10 games entering this contest. Mitch Marner<\/a> is having a great year in a contract season with 14 goals with 45 assists for the Maple Leafs. Toronto did win the first meeting between the two teams with a 5-3 victory.<\/p>\n

Both teams are coming off defeats, but Dallas seems like the more complete team.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Stars win 4-3.<\/em><\/p>\n

Montreal Canadiens vs Utah Hockey Club<\/h3>\n

Head-to-Head: Canadiens 0-1 Utah HC<\/h4>\n

Time:<\/strong> 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)<\/p>\n

Time:<\/strong> TSN2; Utah16; ESPN+<\/p>\n

The last game of NHL predictions has the Montreal Canadiens<\/a> visiting the Utah Hockey Club.<\/a> Montreal is likely to go with Sam Montembeault<\/a> in between the pipes for this game. The Canadiens are 7-2-1 in the last 10 games, but are coming off a loss to the Stars the last time out. Cole Caufield<\/a> has excellent this season with 23 goals and 17 assists for the Canadiens.<\/p>\n

Karel Vejmelka<\/a> is the expected starter for the Utah Hockey Club, which is 2-6-2 in the last 10 games. Injuries have seemingly derailed a promising season for Utah. Logan Cooley<\/a> has been one of the good things despite the bad team play with four goals and three assists over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Utah has actually struggled at home and Montreal should get the win.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Canadiens win 4-2.<\/em><\/p>\n

Prop Bets of the Night<\/h3>\n

We close out NHL predictions with some of our prop bets. Let’s go to our featured game for our best props. Go with Jamie Benn<\/a> to get an assist at +160 for Dallas. On the Toronto side, take William Nylander<\/a> to score a goal at any time at +175. These odds are courtesy of Bet365<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Main photo by: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n

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Welcome back to NHL Predictions. Each day,\u00a0Last Word on Hockey\u00a0takes a look at the games that are scheduled and offers insight and analysis to help predict who will be victorious in head-to-head matchups. In today\u2019s round of NHL Predictions, we are looking at the game between the\u00a0Dallas Stars\u00a0vs\u00a0Toronto Maple Leafs.\u00a0Be sure to check out more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":459011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,4547,4548,4524,18],"tags":[6081,6124,6016,6391,6062,8028],"class_list":["post-460780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stars","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-nhl-predictions","category-leafs","tag-boston-bruins-predictions","tag-dallas-stars-predictions","tag-montreal-canadiens-predictions","tag-tampa-bay-lightning-predictions","tag-toronto-maple-leafs-predictions","tag-utah-hockey-club-predictions"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460789,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460780\/revisions\/460789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}