The Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins renew their bitter rivalry with their first meeting of the 2024-25 regular season at TD Garden on Saturday (7 p.m. ET; NHLN, NESN, SNP, SNO, CBC).
Each team is still looking to find its form in the early going.
The Maple Leafs (4-4-0) have lost two straight and three of four. In those three losses — to the New York Rangers, Columbus Blue Jackets and St. Louis Blues — Toronto has been outscored 15-4. New coach Craig Berube, who replaced Sheldon Keefe in the offseason, was demonstrably unhappy during a 5-1 loss to the Blues, his former team, on Thursday. Center Auston Matthews has three goals in eight games after scoring an NHL career-high 69 last season.
The Bruins (3-4-1) have gone 0-2-1 in their past three games, including a 4-0 loss Tuesday at the Nashville Predators, who were without a victory to that point. They then lost 5-2 to the Dallas Stars at home on Thursday. Other than forwards David Pastrnak (five goals) and Cole Koepke…
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