Boston Bruins vs Florida Panthers Prediction: Boston is the Best in Offense and Defense

Prediction for the NHL Boston Bruins vs Florida Panthers match which will take place on April 18th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The Bruins not only confidently won the Eastern Conference and the President's Cup but also rewrote the history of the NHL. Jim Montgomery's team scored 135 points in 82 regular season games, becoming the best in this result for the entire league. Boston broke Montreal's record, scoring 132 points at the end of the 1976/77 season.

Another achievement was presented by Boston – regarding the number of wins in a single regular season. The Bruins won 65, breaking the Detroit and Tampa Bay records, which won 62 times in the 1995/96 and 2018/19 seasons.

The Panthers started this season as a completely new team. The team decided to change the attacking style of Joel Quenneville and Andrew Brunett to the defensive hockey of the former coach of Carolina and Winnipeg, Paul Maurice. The transformation was challenging, and at some point in the season, there was almost no doubt that Florida would not just miss the playoffs but also go into restructuring the lineup. However, a breakthrough in the last third of the regular season allowed the team to join the playoffs, taking eighth place in the Eastern Conference. It is unlikely that the Panthers have at least some chances to overplay Boston, but according to how the season was going, the first round for Florida is already a great success.

The main problem of today's Florida is the lineup unsuitable for the requirements of Paul Maurice. Even if Sergey Bobrovsky likely takes place in the Panthers' goal in the upcoming game, Florida is unlikely to be able to work effectively in defense without conceding three or four goals. Boston is good on both halves of the ice, becoming the best team in offense and defense at the end of the regular season. Having scored several times, Boston cannot miss at all, especially since Linus Ullmark is having a fantastic season.