Since the Bruins had been almost guaranteed to face the Leafs in the first round of the playoffs for a few months now, I took the risk of spending over a month on a preview series. The series will take a look at the Bruins forecheck against the Leafs’ breakout, the Bruins breakouts against the Leafs’ forechecks, what the teams do after a defensive zone faceoff win, and a “macro” look on the series.
This series will have an analytics lens, but primarily focuses on the x’s and o’s of the game. There will be lots of graphs and video examples along the way to help contextualize and visualize the information.