Matthews and Marner look to get rolling on Friday night against the Sharks

Despite averaging 37 shots per game, the Toronto Maple Leafs enter Friday night’s game against San Jose with a 2-1-1 record. Will their date with the Sharks be what the buds need to finally get their offense rolling?

If you’re looking to join in the excitement of Friday night’s Maple Leafs game, now might be the time to start memorizing the words to Hall & Oates’ You Make My Dreams.

In their first regular season game against an American team in 19 months, Toronto peppered the New York Rangers with 41 shots in an overtime loss on Monday night and finally showed signs of the high-powered offense that hockey fans have expected from Sheldon Keefe’s team.

Auston Matthews made his season debut by putting eight shots on net and put on a show for fans who were wondering what #34 would look like as he returned from off-season wrist surgery.

San Jose has lost three consecutive games in Toronto and playing the second half of a back-to-back as part of their east coast road trip, look for the rested Maple Leafs to take advantage of that by jumping to an early lead in front of the Scotiabank Arena faithful.

If you’re looking for some Leafs locks, two of their youngest superstars will have you covered on Friday night now that the Stanley Cup-contending team has their top offensive weapons in the lineup.

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 Here are my picks:

·    After three days off, take Toronto +145 on the 1st period moneyline

·    Auston Matthews is still looking for his first goal of the season, take him as an anytime goalscorer at +150

·    Don’t sleep on the impact Matthews return has on Mitch Marner – look for #16 to hit over 0.5 powerplay points at +210