Toronto Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins Game 7 Prediction

Jared Brown

May 4, 2024, 14:30

Jared Brown

May 4, 2024, 14:30

Simulating Toronto vs. Boston Game 7 in NHL 24. A ton at stake for both organizations

Let's be honest. We all expected this series between Toronto and Boston to go seven games. Maybe we didn't expect it when the Bruins were up 3-1 in the series. But give credit to the Maple Leafs for battling back to force a do-or-die Game 7 — doing it without Auston Matthews in the lineup.

The Cinema in this upcoming game is like nothing we've ever seen in the NHL. Toronto could become the first team in NHL history to lose six consecutive Game 7s in a row. Boston could become the first NHL/MLB/NBA team to blow consecutive 3-1 series leads in the post-season.

Our NHL 24 series simulation had the Maple Leafs winning the series in five games, which was clearly unrealistic seeing how close these two teams are.

Here's a breakdown of our NHL 24 game simulations from this series alongside the real-life outcomes.

Game 1
NHL 24: 5-4 (OT) Boston (From our series simulation)
Real life: 5-1 Boston

Game 2
NHL 24: 4-0 Toronto (From our series simulation)
Real life: 3-2 Toronto

Game 3
NHL 24: 3-1 Boston
Real life: 4-2 Boston

Game 4
NHL 24: 2-1 (OT) Toronto
Real life: 3-1 Boston

Game 5
NHL 24: 5-2 Boston
Real life: 2-1 (OT) Toronto

Game 6
NHL 24: 6-1 Toronto
Real life: 2-1 Toronto

Based on the records above, NHL 24 has predicted the correct winner in four out of the six games in this series.

So, who does EA SPORTS have coming out on top in this highly anticipated Game 7?

Leafs Nation you'll be happy. Our simulation has the Maple Leafs conquering their demons and beating the Boston Bruins confidently 5-1.

The calm, cool, Swedish superstar on Toronto, William Nylander got the Buds on the board early and added the fifth tally late in the third for another two-goal performance.

Tyler Bertuzzi, who was on Boston last year when they blew their 3-1 series lead to the Florida Panthers, went off for one goal and three points to lead the Maple Leafs in scoring in this elimination game.

EA is predicting another rockstar game from Joseph Woll, stopping 24 out of 25 shots. But sadly once again, he saw his first career playoff shutout get stripped from him in the dying seconds of the game when Parker Wotherspoon scored with two seconds left on a fluttering wrist shot.

Jeremy Swayman allowed four goals on 21 shots and was pulled — it's a video game so this would never happen in real life — after Mitch Marner put Toronto up 4-0 with six minutes left.

Auston Matthews' status for Game 7 remains undetermined, so we elected to keep him out of the Maple Leafs lineup for our simulation. The lines we used are the ones both teams used in Game 6.

Toronto's Projected Lines:

Bertuzzi - Domi - Marner
Knies - Tavares - Nylander
Dewar - Kampf - Jarnkrok
Robertson - Holmberg - Gregor

Rielly - Lyubushkin
Benoit - McCabe
Edmundson - Liljegren

Woll
Samsonov

Boston's Projected Lines:

DeBrusk - Zacha - Pastrnak
Marchand - Coyle - Geekie
Van Riemsdyk - Frederic - Brazeau
Beecher - Boqvist - Maroon

Lohrei - McAvoy
Lindholm - Carlo
Wotherspoon - Shattenkirk

Swayman
Ullmark

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