2024 Stanley Cup Playoff Preview Capsules Bruins-Maple Leafs 4-18-24

A2 Boston Bruins (47-20-15, 109 PTS +43) vs. A3 Toronto Maple Leafs (46-26-10, 102 PTS +40)
HC: Jim Montgomery vs. Sheldon Keefe
- No Repeat of 2023 vs. Take That to Start
- Pasta vs. AM34
- Goaltending Duo vs. The Unknown
Stats on Centerpieces: David Pastrnak (82 GP, 47-63-110 +21); Brad Marchand (82 GP, 29-38-67); Charlie Coyle (25-35-60); Pavel Zacha (21-38-59 +12); vs. Auston Matthews (81 GP, 69-38-107 +31); William Nylander (82 GP, 40-58-98); Mitchell Marner (69 GP, 26-59-85 +21); John Tavares (80 GP, 29-36-65)
Premium Defense: Charlie McAvoy (74 GP, 12-35-47 +4); Hampus Lindholm (73 GP, 3-23-26 +18) vs. Morgan Rielly (72 GP, 7-51-58 +7); Jake McCabe (73 GP, 8-20-28 +20); T.J. Brodie (78 GP, 1-25-26 +17)
Backend Defense Highlights, Who Gets The Best of Their Matchups: Brandon Carlo (76 GP, 4-10-14 +23); vs. Simon Benoit (+7); Connor Timmins (+9); Timothy Liljegren (55 GP, 3-20-23 +3);
Spotting a Weakness? Goals aplenty.
Powerplay: Boston 22.2% (13th); Toronto 24.0% (7th); Penalty Kill: 82.5 % (7th); 76.9% (23rd) GF: 263 (13th) vs. 298 (1st).
Goaltending: Jeremy Swayman (44 GP 25-10-8, 2.53 GAA, .916 SV, 3 SO); Linus Ullmark (40 GP, 22-10-7, 2.58 GAA, .915 SV, 2 SO) vs. Ilya Samsonov (40 GP, 23-7-8, 3.13 GAA, .890 SV, 3 SO); Joseph Woll (25 GP, 12-11-1, 2.93 GAA, .907 SV); Martin Jones (22 GP, 11-8-1, 2.87 GAA, .902 SV, 2 SO)
BOS 4-0 in the season series.
Who wins the series? Give some reasons for both....
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