The Toronto Maple Leafs and Carolina Hurricanes Fight To Stay Alive in The Playoffs

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The Toronto Maple Leafs and Carolina Hurricanes Fight To Stay Alive in The Playoffs

The Carolina Hurricanes and the Toronto Maple Leafs looked like they were a lock to make the playoffs in early March. Since then, both teams have struggled mightily to win hockey games and now there is a very good chance that they will not make the NHL postseason.

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Basic numerical sequencing shows the Maple Leafs must count down from 10 to nine before they can get to eight.

Which brings them to Wednesday's game against Carolina, the team sitting between Toronto and eighth place in the Eastern Conference. It's been at this late stage of other non-playoff seasons (12 games remaining) that the Leafs have been turned back.

By losing 6-2 to Tampa Bay on Monday, all the good work Toronto did post-All-Star break could be undone with another loss. When the Leafs began a stretch of seven straight against the Eastern Conference a week earlier, the betting was they couldn't afford to lose more than two, but already they've reaped just three of a possible eight points.

The Hurricanes don't want to panic, but they know the circumstances with a few weeks left in the season.

There's no time to savor the end of the losing streak or any degree of success because the Hurricanes are back on the ice Wednesday night at home against Toronto.

But at least there's the peace of mind that the longest losing streak of the season has been put aside. The Hurricanes didn't break out of their offensive funk against the Sabres, but they continued to rack up a considerable amount of scoring chances.

The Maple Leafs are 5-17 in their last 22 games playing on 1 days rest and 6-20 in their last 26 games as an underdog of +110 to +150. The Hurricanes are 14-3 in their last 17 games as a favorite of -110 to -150 and will get the win against struggling Toronto as they race towards a playoff spot.

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