Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston Bruins: 2024 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs first-round series odds

The fourth-seeded Boston Bruins and fifth-seeded Toronto Maple Leafs meet in a clash of Eastern Conference heavyweights in the first round of the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Leafs average the second-most goals per game in the league with 3.63, while Boston has the sixth-best goal prevention with 2.70 goals against per game.

Plenty of star power will be on display in this series between Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander and John Tavares on Toronto and David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle and Pavel Zacha leading the way for Boston.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston Bruins series odds

To Win Series

TOR Maple Leafs	+105
BOS Bruins	-125

Series Correct Score

Score	Maple Leafs to win	Bruins to win
4-0	+1100	+900
4-1	+750	+500
4-2	+450	+500
4-3	+600	+425

Series Total Games

Total Games Line	Over	Under
4.5	-1000	+575
5.5	-200	+150
6.5	+190	-260

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston Bruins playoff history

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins have a long history in the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, meeting 16 times with each team having eight series wins.

These two Original Six teams first met in the postseason in 1933, where the Maple Leafs won in five games - Game 5 ended 1-0 in favor of Toronto after six overtime periods.

The teams met in the 1935 semifinals, the 1936 quarterfinals, and the 1938 semifinals, and the Leafs won all three series.

The Bruins won their first-ever series against the Maple Leafs in the first and only meeting between the two teams in the 1939 Stanley Cup Finals, which was decades before the Eastern and Western Conferences were established. Boston took the series 4-1.

Boston won another series - the 1941 semifinals - against the Leafs in seven games. Then, the Leafs rattled off four straight series wins over the Bruins between 1948 and 1959.

The 1959 semifinal series was the last time Toronto beat Boston in a playoff series.

Since the 1959 series, the Bruins have beaten the Leafs in the 1969 quarterfinals, the 1972 quarterfinals, the 1974 quarterfinals, the 2013 Eastern Conference first round, the 2018 Eastern Conference first round, and the 2019 Eastern Conference first round.

Odds mentioned in this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.