Bruins vs Maple Leafs

The Bruins have decided to rest eight regulars for their final game of the regular season, which is against a potential first-round opponent -- the Toronto ...

The Boston Bruins have responded in kind, with eight regulars set to watch from the press box. Otherwise, the Leafs will play Tampa and the Bruins will face the top seed from the Metropolitan Division — the Carolina Hurricanes. The Toronto Maple Leafs aren't the only ones resting their star players for Friday's season finale.

The Toronto Maple Leafs continue to wait to learn who they'll face in the first round after the Boston Bruins closed to within one point of the Tampa Bay ...

"We're looking at a high probability that it's going to be Tampa, but Boston's right there." The Toronto Maple Leafs continue to wait to learn who they'll face in the first round after the Boston Bruins closed to within one point of the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. The Toronto Maple Leafs continue to wait to learn who they'll face in the first round after the Boston Bruins closed to within one point of the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.

As the NHL regular season concludes, the Boston Bruins still have a chance at avoiding the wild card if they win and the Lightning lose, while the Toronto…

Maple Leafs picks, you could win $27.58 on a $10 bet? This is the Bruins’ game to lose and I think they have some incredible value. The Bruins offence has been solid all season — not great, but solid — as they are currently ranked 15th, averaging 3.1 gpg. They’ll be facing a Toronto Maple Leafs team sitting several key players to give those guys some extra rest for their first-round playoff matchup. Find more NHL betting trends for Bruins vs. The Bruins have won their last four games.

The Time: 7pm EST. The Place: Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Place to Watch: NESN+, TVAS. Place to Listen: 98.5 The Sports Hub.

Anyway, the Leafs are coming out of comfortably cruising through a 3-0 victory over the Red Wings and ekeing out a win over the Capitals in the shootout. The Leafs fan is currently wracked with anxiety, they’re already thinking of the demon in the back of their brain stem that says “It could happen again” louder and louder and louder. Right here at the very end of the regular season. I was probably going to use today to start drafting previews for a possible Boston-Carolina series, and now here we are; The Bruins are potentially playing Game Zero of their first round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs if all the cards fall in the right place. The Lightning, the team ahead of Boston, let the Blue Jackets walk all over them in a 4-1 loss, meaning that they’re now only a single point up on them. The actual events of this game don’t matter, not really.

Welcome back to another day of NHL Predictions. Today's featured game is the Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs.

Coming from a 5-0 loss to the Bruins on Thursday, the Sabres will try their best to guarantee the win to enter the offseason on a high. The chances are they’ll make a big push to get the win! Columbus is only trying to get a win to enter the offseason on a roll and keep the morale high. Entering the last game of the season, both teams should try to get a win to finish the season on a high. With Pittsburgh already clinched and trying to hold on to their third spot in the Metropolitan Division, this should be a fun game to watch. They’ll likely not make a big push against Columbus but if they want to avoid falling to the wild card, the Penguins will have to try and win this one.

It's the final game of the regular season, and there's still something to be decided.

Will the Leafs play the Bruins or the Lightning in the first round of the playoffs. There’s really nothing left to say on the season right now. The Leafs areshort on forwards with all those scratches, even with the emergency recall of Joey Anderson from the Marlies, so they will use a variant 11 forward/7 defence setup tonight meaning the lines will be scrambled from the start.

TORONTO -- — William Nylander scored twice and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Friday night in a regular-season finale with both teams ...

The Bruins were minus Patrice Bergeron, David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand, Taylor Hall and Charlie McAvoy. Bruins Bruins

The Boston Bruins left behind some of their best players in Boston and it showed in a 5-2 loss to the Maple Leafs to close the year.

Certainly Mark Giordano is worth recognition as well for his plus-3 rating and assist in a strong performance on Toronto’s back end, but Nylander was the guy that filled the starring role for Toronto. Nylander finished with a very strong 34 goals for the Maple Leafs and goes into the postseason with some momentum on his side. TURNING POINT: The Boston Bruins looked like they were in good shape after Trent Frederic scored just 70 seconds into the game, but Toronto exploded for offense early and often while building up a 3-1 lead at the end of the first intermission. BLACK EYE: Tough night for the kids as Jack Studnicka and Marc McLaughlin combined for a minus-6 rating and did not look good against Toronto’s offensive skill and speed.