{"id":464897,"date":"2025-03-17T10:02:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=464897"},"modified":"2025-03-17T10:02:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:02:54","slug":"nhl-predictions-march-17-calgary-flames-vs-toronto-maple-leafs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/17\/nhl-predictions-march-17-calgary-flames-vs-toronto-maple-leafs\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Predictions: March 17 Calgary Flames 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 then offers insight and analysis to help predict who will be victorious in head-to-head matchups. Today we are looking at the game between the\u00a0Calgary Flames<\/a> vs Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>.\u00a0Be sure to check out more\u00a0NHL Predictions<\/a>\u00a0as the 2024-25 season continues.<\/p>\n

NHL Predictions<\/h2>\n

New Jersey Devils vs Columbus Blue Jackets<\/h3>\n

Head-to-Head: Devils 1-1 Blue Jackets<\/h4>\n

Time:<\/strong> 7 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)<\/p>\n

TV:<\/strong> MSGSN; Fan Duel Sports Ohio; ESPN+<\/p>\n

We open up this St Patrick’s Day edition of NHL predictions with the New Jersey Devils<\/a> battle the Columbus Blue Jackets.<\/a> New Jersey is expected to go with Jacob Markstrom<\/a> in between the pipes. However, always check social media before locking in a daily fantasy starter. The Devils are 5-5 in the last 10 games. Jesper Bratt<\/a> has put together a great season with 19 goals and 60 assists for New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Elvis Merzlikins<\/a> is the projected starter for the Blue Jackets, who are 5-5 in the last 10 games. This includes three straight losses as Columbus tries to fight for its spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Adam Fantilli<\/a> has been averaging a point a game with six goals and four assists over the last 10 games for the Blue Jackets.<\/p>\n

New Jersey is feeling the loss of Jack Hughes<\/a> and Dougie Hamilton<\/a>, so Columbus should get the win.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Blue Jackets win 4-2.<\/p>\n

Calgary Flames vs Toronto Maple Leafs<\/h3>\n

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

Time:<\/strong> 7:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)<\/p>\n

TV:<\/strong> Amazon Prime Video (Canada); ESPN+<\/p>\n

Our featured game<\/a> of NHL predictions has the Flames taking on the Maple Leafs… or Toronto St Pats.<\/a> The Flames are likely to start Dustin Wolf<\/a> in the blue paint for this game. Calgary is 4-3-3 in the last 10 games, but have dropped the last two games entering this matchup. The Flames have struggled away from home at 12-13-6 this season. MacKenzie Weegar<\/a> has seven goals and 32 assists for Calgary.<\/p>\n

Joseph Woll<\/a> is the expected starter for the Maple Leafs, who are 5-4-1 in the last 10 games. However, Toronto has lost two consecutive games prior to this game. William Nylander<\/a> notched a hat trick for the Maple Leafs in the last meeting. Nylander has collected 37 goals and 31 assists for Toronto.<\/p>\n

This game is a chance to see those awesome St Patrick’s unis and they should get the win in them.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Maple Leafs win 5-2.<\/em><\/p>\n

Los Angeles Kings vs Minnesota Wild<\/h3>\n

Head-to-Head: Kings 2-0 Wild<\/h4>\n

Time:<\/strong> 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)<\/p>\n

TV:<\/strong> Fan Duel Sports North; Fan Duel Sports Wisconsin; Fan Duel Sports West; ESPN+<\/p>\n

Our last game of NHL predictions has the Los Angeles Kings<\/a> going for the season-sweep against the Minnesota Wild<\/a>. Darcy Kuemper<\/a> is the probable starter for the Kings, who are winners of five straight and are 5-3-2 in the last 10 games. Adrian Kempe<\/a> has generated 27 goals and 27 assists for Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Filip Gustavsson<\/a> is the projected starter for the Wild, who are struggling as of late. Minnesota is 3-6-1 in the last 10 games and this includes two straight losses. The injuries have piled up and taken their toll on this Wild roster. Mats Zuccarello<\/a> has 15 goals and 26 assists for Minnesota.<\/p>\n

The Kings are playing great and the Wild are hurting.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Kings win 4-1.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

We close out NHL predictions with some prop bets of the night. Let’s go back to our featured game for these props. For Calgary, take Nazem Kadri<\/a> to score on his former team. On the Toronto side, go with Mitch Marner<\/a> to notch a power-play points.<\/p>\n

Main photo by: Sergei Belski-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 then offers insight and analysis to help predict who will be victorious in head-to-head matchups. Today we are looking at the game between the\u00a0Calgary Flames vs Toronto Maple Leafs.\u00a0Be sure to check out more\u00a0NHL Predictions\u00a0as the 2024-25 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":462113,"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":[22,4547,4548,4524,18],"tags":[6015,6083,6028,6012,6079,6062],"class_list":["post-464897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flames","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-nhl-predictions","category-leafs","tag-calgary-flames-predictions","tag-columbus-blue-jackets-predictions","tag-los-angeles-kings-predictions","tag-minnesota-wild-predictions","tag-new-jersey-devils-predictions","tag-toronto-maple-leafs-predictions"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464897","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=464897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464898,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464897\/revisions\/464898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}