NHL Odds: Bruins Betting Favorites vs Maple Leafs

The fans at Air Canada Centre will be treated to a game between the Boston Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs when they take their seats on Tuesday night at 7:00pm EST in a game that can be seen on NESN and RSNO television. NHL odds makers have the Bruins listed as 120-moneyline betting favorites against the Maple Leafs while the game's total is sitting at 5 OVER -140. The Bruins lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 as a +145 underdog in NHL betting odds on Sunday. The three goals scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total of 5.5 at online sportsbooks.

Blake Wheeler scored the Bruins only goal and Tom Thomas made 31 saves as Boston ended their 5 game road winning streak. There was a bit of controversy as the Bruins played without Marc Savard after suffering a concussion in the third period from being struck in the head by the Penguins Matt Cooke. "It's pretty obvious that was definitely a dirty hit," said Bruins coach Claude Julien after the game. "That's probably the classic blind-side hit to the head." Heading into tonight's game, the Bruins are 29-24-11 in NHL odds for the season, 3-7 when playing on Tuesday and 2-8 after playing the Penguins.

The Maple Leafs lost to the Philadelphia Flyers 3-1 as a +210 underdog in NHL betting odds on Sunday. The four goals scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total of 5.5 at online sportsbooks. Nikolai Kulemin scored the lone goal for Toronto and Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 22 saves. The Maple Leafs were plagued with penalties as Toronto players sat in the box for a total of 33 minutes in the game. "When you take penalties it's always tough, you go down to 5-on-3, and they have the number three power play in the league," Leafs left wing Luca Caputi said after the game. "If you give them so many opportunities eventually it's going to bite you in the rear. I feel like we were just looking for a better effort all around."

Heading into tonight's match-up, the Maple Leafs are 20-33-12 on the season, 4-6 when playing on Tuesday and 2-8 after playing the Flyers. Boston is 4-1 straight up as betting favorites in their last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto and 5-1 straight up in their last 6 games on the road. The NHL betting total has gone OVER in 4 of Maple Leafs last 6 games when playing at home against Boston and OVER in 11 of the Bruins last 14 games when playing Toronto. Vegas odds at the Hilton sportsbook have the Boston Bruins -115 betting favorites against the Toronto Maple Leafs +105 with a total of 5.5 UNDER -140.