It is only fitting that the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins go the distance in their Sportsbook-round matchup as Game 7 goes from TD Garden. Boston avoided elimination by doubling up Toronto 4-2 in Game 6 at Scotiabank Arena. The Maple Leafs have won two of the previous three games at TD Garden in this series but are a +120 underdog with the Bruins coming back at -140 and the total Sportsbook at 5.5 goals.
I think the Leafs learned a lot from last year’s Game 7 collapse and I think the narrative heading into this game had they hung on and won the series in 2018 would have been completely different. The key to victory is simply to shut down the Bruins’ top line, which hasn’t been able to string together back-to-back good games yet – of course, that is much easier said than done. The depth of Toronto, notably Auston Matthews, has owned the depth of Boston so all eyes should be on the top line matchups.
Neither team has won back-to-back games in this series. Boston is 7-for-16 on the power play in this series.home Boston’s top line has been held to one goal and three points in Toronto’s three wins this series.home