Boston: 20-6-3 Toronto: 16-12-3
The Boston Bruins will be in Toronto Saturday night to take
on the Maple Leafs. It will be the third meeting between the teams this season.
The Bruins have beaten the Leafs in both games, winning 1-0 on February 2 and
4-2 on March 7.
The B’s are 6-3-1 in their last ten, while the Leafs are 4-3-2.
Toronto is fresh off a 5 game losing streak that was induced by Boston. Toronto
has scuffled of late and now find themselves jostling for a bottom eight spot
in the Eastern Conference.
Heading into the heart of their schedule, the Bruins will
look to make it two consecutive wins. The Leafs are a team Boston has beaten
regularly in recent history and they’re hoping this game will be more of the
same. For Claude Julien and his team, turning up the scoring is something that
will be a main focus.
The Leafs have startlingly allowed four goals in eight of
their last eleven contests. This unsettling trend is something Boston will look
to take advantage of. A faltering defense may be exactly what the doctor
ordered. The Bruins will look to rectify an anemic offensive attack at a
pivotal point in the season. Tyler Seguin and David Krejci both have had great
success against the Leafs and the pair could prove integral in victory.
Toronto ranks sixth in the NHL in goals scored per game.
They spread out the scoring across the lineup and can beat you in several ways.
Tuukka Rask will likely extinguish their recent offensive explosion. Rask is
7-1 against the Leafs in his career and has allowed a lowly 1.37GAA.
The Bruins have won four straight games at the Air Canada
Center and will again play the Leafs Monday night, hosting them at the Garden. Beating
Toronto in back to back games could all but bury the Leafs in the Northeast. If
the Bruins are to make a serious run at the Conference, it has to start at some
point. There is not a better way to get things rolling than beating up on a
susceptible divisional opponent.
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