This year the Boston Bruins have again put together an excellent regular season. Correlate that they were in the hunt for the President’s Trophy as the best regular season team to the end. But as we learned last year, in the NHL, it’s all about the Stanley Cup betting odds. Last year, the Boston Bruins experienced a profound disappointment. In 2022-23, the Bruins compiled the best regular season in NHL history. Thus, they were the prohibitive Stanley Cup favorite. However, Boston suffered an epic first-round loss to the Florida Panthers in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round Matchup Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston Bruins
| Date and Time: | Monday, April 22, 2024, 7 PM ET. |
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| Location: | TD Garden, Boston, MA. |
| TV Coverage: | ESPN/NESN |
| Team | Spread | Total | ML | |
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| Maple Leafs | +1½ -220 | 5½ -125 | +115 |  |
| Bruins | -1½ +180 | 5½ +105 | -135 | |
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Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston Bruins Series Schedule, All Times Eastern
- Game 1: Bruins 5, Maple Leafs 1
- Game 2: April 22, Maple Leafs at Bruins, 7, ESPN
- Game 3: April 24, Bruins at Maple Leafs, 7, ESPN
- Game 4: April 27: Bruins at Maple Leafs, 8, TBS, truTV
- x-Game 5: April 30, Maple Leafs at Bruins, TBD
- x-Game 6: May 2, Bruins at Maple Leafs, TBD
- x-Game 7: May 4, Maple Leafs at Bruins, TBD
Toronto Maple Leafs Team Overview
This year, the Toronto Maple Leafs are 46-26-10 straight up and 44-34-4 over/under the offshore betting total. Also, Toronto is 5th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. Toronto is eight points behind the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Late on, Toronto has covered three out of their last eight games. While the Maple Leafs have gone over the total in six of its previous nine matchups.
Overall, Toronto has NHL rankings of 2nd for goals scored and 7th for power play efficiency. In comparison on defense, the Maple Leafs have NHL rankings of 21st for goals against and 23rd for penalty killing.
C Auston Matthews leads Toronto with 69 goals, 38 assists, 107 points, and a +31. Also, G Ilya Samsonov has a 3.13 goals against average, a .890 save percentage, a 23-7-8 record, and three shutouts.
Boston Bruins Team Overview
This year, the Boston Bruins are 47-20-15 straight up and 35-44-3 over/under the NHL Playoff betting odds total. Also, Boston is 4th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. Boston is five points behind the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Late on, Boston has covered five out of their last eight games. While the Bruins have gone under the total in eight of its previous nine matchups.
In sum, Boston has NHL rankings of 14th for goals scored and 13th for power play efficiency. In comparison, on defense, the Bruins have NHL rankings of 6th for goals against and 7th for penalty killing.
RW David Pastrnak leads Boston with 47 goals, 63 assists, 110 points, and a +21. G Jeremy Swayman has a 2.53 goals against average, a .916 save percentage, and a record of 25-10-8, with three shutouts. And then G Linus Ullmark has a 2.58 goals against average, a .915 save percentage, and a record of 47-20-15, with five shutouts.
Founded in 1924, the Bruins are one of the NHL’s so-called Original Six franchises. To summarize, Boston has a total of six Stanley Cup championships in its history. Their most recent Cup championship was in 2011.
Toronto vs. Boston Bruins SBG Free Picks
On this occasion, Boston has greater depth, defense, and toughness.
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston Bruins SBG Best Bet: Boston Bruins.