NHL Game Preview: Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs with Line Combinations 11/5/2024

Boston Bruins (6-6-1, 13 Pts) at Toronto Maple Leafs (6-5-2, 14 Pts)
Venue: Scotiabank Arena
Date: Tonight – Tuesday, November 5
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: NESN, ESPN+
Radio:
Boston – 98.5 The Sports Hub
Toronto – 1050 TSN

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Boston Bruins: +1.5 ML +130
Toronto Maple Leafs: -1.5 ML -155
O/U 6

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Boston Bruins News & Notes:

The Bruins won both games this past weekend by shutting out both Philadelphia and Seattle. Boston’s leading scorer David Pastrnak was benched for the entire third period on Sunday and Head Coach Jim Montgomery deemed it a “coach’s decision”. The Bruins defeated the Maple Leafs in Boston 4-3 on October 26. On Monday, Boston signed veteran forward Tyler Johnson to a one-year deal.

Toronto Maple Leafs News & Notes:

The Leafs lost back-to-back games over the weekend to St. Louis and Minnesota on the road. Toronto is 31st in the NHL in power play efficiency with just a 10 percent success rate. The Maple Leafs are eighth in penalty killing at 84.3 percent.

Boston Bruins Projected Lines

Marchand-E. Lindholm-Pastrnak

Zacha-Coyle-Brazeau

Frederic-Poitras-Johnson

Beecher-Kastelic-Koepke

Zadorov-McAvoy

H. Lindholm-Carlo

Lohrei-Wotherspoon

Swayman

Korpisalo

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Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines

Knies-Tavares-Marner

Pacioretty-Domi-Nylander

McMann-Jarnkrok-Robertson

Lorentz-Kampf-Reaves

Rielly-Ekman-Larsson

McCabe-Tanev

Benoit-Timmins

Stolarz

Hildeby

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Toronto Hockey – Inside The Rink

Players To Watch:

Boston Bruins

Justin Brazeau scored in each of the two games over the weekend and has four goals on the season. The fourth line of John Beecher, Mark Kastelic, and Cole Koepke have combined for 20 points.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Mitch Marner leads the team with 14 points and William Nylander is second with 13. Jake McCabe leads the club with a plus-6 rating.

Injury Report:

Boston Bruins

None

Toronto Maple Leafs

C Connor Dewar – IR – Week to week
D Jani Hakanpaa – Day to Day
C Auston Matthews – Day to day

Next Game

Boston Bruins – November 7 vs Calgary
Toronto Maple Leafs – November 8 vs Detroit

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