New Jersey Devils vs Boston Bruins Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 04/14/26

The New Jersey Devils have been playing the role of spoiler over the last few weeks, which has ironically helped the Boston Bruins be where they are in the playoff race. The Devils were the team that finally knocked out the Detroit Red Wings with a come-from-behind victory last week, before coming back again to defeat the Ottawa Senators in overtime on Sunday and give the Bruins full control of their destiny.

The path is quite clear for the Bruins on Tuesday in their final game of the regular season: Defeat the Devils in any fashion, and they play the Buffalo Sabres in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. If they lose in regulation, the Senators will pass them with a point in their game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, and if Boston loses in overtime or a shootout, Ottawa will need a win.

There were some questions about how Marco Sturm would deploy his roster on Tuesday night. Boston looked extremely fatigued over a 6-game losing streak, and the assumption was that when the Devils put them in the playoffs with the win on Saturday, a lot of their top players wouldn’t see much time over the final two games. However, after sitting some of them in Sunday’s win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, Sturm plans to ice something very similar to his playoff lineup on Tuesday.

The Devils are a scary team, and considering they are 3rd in the Metropolitan Division in wins, they likely deserved a better fate this season. However, after playing spoiler with a couple of late comebacks, I think they drop their final game here against a team motivated to play the Sabres in the first round rather than the Carolina Hurricanes.

Devils vs Bruins prediction: Bruins ML (-135) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number. 

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