David Pastrnak and Morgan Rielly headline these Game 1 prop bets.

The pregame narrative: Pastrnak has terrorized the Toronto Maple Leafs in the past and he should be firing at will on Saturday night. Rielly is a proven playoff performer and is a nice value play to get on the board against the Boston Bruins.

Check out these Maple Leafs vs. Bruins props for the series opener on April 20.

Maple Leafs vs. Bruins props

Best Bet: Rielly to record a point (-113)

Rielly is Toronto's longest-tenured player and I expect him to be a difference maker in what could be a franchise-defining series.

The veteran defenceman enters Game 1 on a heater.

He notched seven points through seven games in April, finding the stat sheet in six of those contests. Looking back a little further, Rielly has logged a point in 13 of 18 games since the beginning of March.

In that span, he leads the Maple Leafs in ice time (22:43) and paces all defencemen in high-danger scoring chance percentage (64.85%), according to Natural Stat Trick.

Those numbers are all great but what I'm really keen on is his playoff record.

Rielly has taken his game to a different level in the postseason the last two seasons.

He had four goals and 12 points in 11 games last year and three goals and six points in seven games the year before that. Only three of those came on the man advantage, too, which means there's some upside.

Key stat: Rielly has registered a point in 14 of his last 18 playoff games.

Quick pick

Pastrnak over 4.5 shots (+110): Auston Matthews just won his third Rocket Richard trophy but the guy across the ice is just as dangerous.

Pastrnak quietly tucked home 47 goals this season one year after logging a career-best 61. You don't reach those types of totals without letting it fly.

The Czech winger's 382 shots ranked second behind only Nathan MacKinnon. That equates to 4.65 per game, which is right around this mark.

He cleared this mark in two of four games versus the Leafs this year, averaging 6.0 shots per game in those contests.

Toronto has allowed the fewest chances per 60 (55.1) since March 1, so this is a tough matchup. But the Bruins' offence and power play run through No. 88 and I expect him to get his licks in.

Picks made at 3:12 p.m. on 04/19/24.