The Toronto Maple Leafs take on the New York Islanders on Thursday night in a late-season matchup with very different stakes, as the Islanders fight to stay alive in the playoff race while Toronto plays out the final stretch

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The Toronto Maple Leafs hit the ice against the reeling New York Islanders at UBS Arena on Thursday, April 9. With Toronto playing the second leg of a back-to-back and New York entering the Pete DeBoer era, my top Maple Leafs vs. Islanders predictions and NHL picks are calling for this game to go Under the number.

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Two teams at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings meet when the 11th-place New York Islanders (42-31-5) host the 15th-place Toronto Maple Leafs (32-32-14) at UBS Arena on Thursday at 6:45 p.m. ET. New York lost 4-3 on the road its last time out on April 4 against the Carolina Hurricanes.

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Here at NHL Predictions, we have a pivotal matchup featuring one team surging down the stretch and the other flailing. The Detroit Red Wings are about to solidify themselves as a team that plays well for the first two-thirds of the season before the wheels come off.