The Boston Bruins kept separation between themselves and the Tampa Bay Lightning in the race for the Presidents' Trophy throughout the regular season, but there is no gap between the two when it comes to Stanley Cup odds.
The pair of Atlantic Division sides enter the round-robin games in the Toronto hub as the co-favorites to lift the trophy, and their August 5 meeting could determine the top seed in the Eastern Conference.
Boston and Tampa Bay are coupled with Philadelphia and Washington in the round-robin games to determine the top four seeds after they finished first through fourth in points percentage.