Bruins vs Maple Leafs Picks and Prediction – 4/24/2024

The Boston Bruins take their first road trip of the postseason Wednesday night with game three of their first round series in Toronto against the Maple Leafs. Boston has been an offensive minded team this season averaging 3.21 goals on 29.2 shots and have averaged 3.5 goals per game during this series. Defensively Boston did the work all year as well allowing 2.7 goals per game and have given up just two goals per game against Toronto. For other NHL news see our NHL Picks.

Lars Ullmark faltered in game two boasting a .912 save percentage after giving up three goals on 34 shots in just under 58.5 minutes on the ice. Morgan Geekie and David Pastrnak led the way for the Boston scoring in game two with one goal each. The Bruins also got one assist apiece from four different players.

The Toronto Maple Leafs come into game three following a game two win that ended a lengthy losing streak. Defensively Toronto has been mediocre this season allowing just under 3.2 goals on nearly 30 shots per game. Offensively Toronto has been one of the better teams in hockey averaging 3.63 goals on nearly 30 three shots per game this season.

Ilya Samsonov was on his game for Boston in Game 2 allowing only two goals on 29 shots to post a .931 save percentage in the win. Auston Matthews came up big for the Toronto offense with one goal and two assists in just over 23 minutes on the ice. Max Domi chipped in heavily as well for Toronto with one goal and one assist. John Tavares scored the third goal of the game for Toronto Commonwealth two other Maple Leafs players chipped in with one assist each.