Bruins vs Maple Leafs Picks and Prediction – 1/5/2025

The Boston Bruins will continue road trip on Saturday with a game in Toronto against Maple Leafs. Boston has twenty wins through 40 games played having dropped two of the last three following a 2 goal loss against Washington in their last outing. Offensively the Bruins have been mediocre this season averaging 2.62 goals on 27.6 shots per game. Defensively Boston has had some troubles giving up 3.03 goals on nearly 27 shots per game this year. Stay in the action with our NHL Picks.

David Pastrnak leads the Boston offense this season with 37 points and 24 assists. Brad Marchand is second on the team with 31 points and leads Boston with 15 goals this year. Elias Lindholm chips in a third best 19 points and Pavel Zacha has contributed 18 points in 39 games this season for Boston.

The Toronto Maple Leafs stay home Saturday with 24 wins on the year having won two of the last three following a two goal victory against New York. Offensively Toronto has carried the load this season averaging 3.11 goals on 28.6 shots per game and have averaged four goals per game over their last two victories. Defensively Toronto has been mediocre allowing 2.79 goals per game and gave up just one in their most recent victory.

Mitch Marner leads Toronto this season with 51 points and 38 assists. William Nylander is second on the team with 43 points and has posted a team high 23 goals. John Tavares has 38 points in Auston Matthews has come up big with 23 points this season despite playing in just 24 games overall. Matthew Knies Is the 5th leading scorer on the roster for Toronto with 19 points this season.

Toronto is the better team playing the better hockey coming into Saturday . Take the Maple Leafs on both sides of the puck to do the work in this game. Toronto is stronger on both sides of the puck and will use that edge Saturday. Final Score Prediction, Toronto Maple Leafs win 4-2.