The Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins meet for Game 5 at TD Garden.
The pregame narrative: Jake DeBrusk seems to step his game up every time he's on the ice against Toronto. He's a nice value pick to record a point as is Morgan Rielly, who has been held largely quiet this series.
Check out these Maple Leafs vs. Bruins props for Game 5 on April 30.
Maple Leafs vs. Bruins props
Best Bet: DeBrusk to record a point (-115)
It's hard to discount what DeBrusk is doing, even as someone partial to the Leafs.
The 27-year-old has dominated Toronto. He has five points and three goals this series and has found the stat sheet in three of four games.
That's nothing new, though. DeBrusk had a point in all three regular-season games versus the Maple Leafs (five total).
He is logging top-line minutes alongside Pavel Zacha and David Pastrnak and is a key part of a powerplay which is firing at a 46.2% clip this postseason.
Those are prime minutes that have been able to expose Toronto's dire goaltending situation.
Ilya Samsonov has started each game but was pulled after 40 minutes on Saturday. He has a 3.32 GAA and .883 save percentage this postseason. The other option is Joseph Woll, who has been good in limited postseason appearances but was shaky since returning from injury.
DeBrusk is a Leaf killer and he could help deliver the final blow on Tuesday.
Key stat: Debrusk has nine goals and 14 points in 18 career playoff games versus Toronto.
Quick pick
Rielly to record a point (-132): Rielly has been held pointless in three of four games this series but he's leading the team in ice time (24:38/game) and paces all Toronto defencemen in chances for (23), per Natural Stat Trick.
He had points in six of seven games heading into the postseason and had 12 points in 11 games in the playoffs last year.
Rielly's current form leaves a lot to be desired but his track record is strong and he's still playing top minutes and is on the power-play.
Now, that man advantage is just 1-for-14. But the Leafs are getting a good amount of looks and something will have to give soon, right?
Rielly is the longest-tenured Leaf on the team and I expect him to show up in a do-or-die game.
Picks made at 1:58 p.m. on 04/29/24.