Pre-match information:
Place: TD Garden.
Date: on the 09th of December, 2018 (Sunday)
Match start: 01:00 (GMT+1)
Tournament: USA. NHL
Boston
Boston for three matches in a row can’t gain any points. Bruins lost to Detroit (2:4), Florida (0:5) and Tampa (2:3), having shown weak attack. Without Patrice Bergeron-Cleary hosts can’t throw a lot of pucks.
They have got only eight goals in five last matches. At the same time Bruins play reliably in defense on home ice, missing more than two pucks on average.
Jaroslav Halák has played 16 matches in the starting line-up. He stoned 93.2% of shots, having gained 2.25 GAA.
Toronto
Toronto couldn’t prolong its win streak and lost at home to Detroit (4:5, OT). Maple Leafs started to miss more pucks as in five previous matches they got 16 goals. At the same time, the guests have no problems with ahead running.
Quite recently Canadians have won over Bruins with the score 4:2. The football players of Mike Babcock lost only three times during the season, however recently they can’t demonstrate good results in away matches.
Frederik Andersen has 2.32 GAA. For 23 matches he missed only 53 goals, having stoned 93.1% of shots.
Statistics and head-to- heads
Toronto lost two out of four last away matches.
Boston won four out of five last games against Toronto.
Boston won seven out of ten last matches that were spent on home ice.
On the 11th of November the Bears won over Canadians with the score 5:1.
Bookmaker coefficients on the match Toronto vs Boston
Toronto to win – odds 2.2;
Draw – 3.8;
Boston to win – odds 2.9.
Match prediction
Boston doesn’t demonstrate good results as the team scores a little and isn’t always good in defense.
Nevertheless, at home Bruins are very strong and Toronto wasn’t very confident in last away games. We consider that here it is worth taking the home win in the match.