Toronto Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins – Round 1 – Game 1 Recap

Game Recap:

 

 

Lineups:

Toronto:

Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

Connor Brown – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

 

Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

Jake Gardiner – Travis Dermott

 

Frederik Andersen

Garrett Sparks

 

Scratched: Calle Rosen, Tyler Ennis, Nic Petan

Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

Suspension: None

 

Buffalo:

Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Chris Wagner

David Backes — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

 

Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

Matt Grzelcyk — Kevan Miller

 

Tuukka Rask

Jaroslav Halak

Scratched: Karson Kuhlman, Steven Kampfer, Connor Clifton

Injuries: Sean Kuraly (shoulder) and John Moore (Upper-Body)

Suspension: None

GameDay:

First Period:

Toronto Penalty – 8:55 – William Nylander, 2 minutes for High Sticking

Boston PP Goal – 9:31 – Patrice Bergeron (1) assisted by Brad Marchand (1) and Torey Krug (1)

Toronto Goal – 16:44 – Mitchell Marner  (1) assisted by Jake Muzzin (1) and John Tavares (1)

End of 1st – TOR – 1       BOS – 1

Shots              10                8

Faceoffs         11/21            10/21

Hits               17                  14

PP                 0/1                 1/1

Second Period:

Toronto Penalty – 2:16 – Kasperi Kapanen, 2 minutes for High Sticking

Boston Penalty – 2:47 – Jake DeBrusk, 2 minutes for Tripping

Toronto SH Goal – 2:47 – Mitchell Marner  (2) unassisted (Penalty Shot)

Toronto Goal – 18:25 – William Nylander  (1) assisted by Nazem Kadri (1) and Patrick Marleau (1)

End of 2nd – TOR- 3        TOR- 1

Shots               25                 29

Faceoffs        20/42            22/42

Hits                 25                  21

PP                   0/0                  1/2

Third Period:

Boston Penalty – 11:45 – Zdeno Chara, 2 minutes for Interference

Toronto EN Goal – 18:41 – John Tavares  (1) unassisted

End of 3rd – TOR – 4         BOS – 1

Shots              33                   38

Faceoffs      32/64             32/64

Hits               33                     31

PP                 0/1                    1/2

Next Up:

Toronto Maple Leafs (1-0) v. Boston Bruins (0-1) – Saturday, April 13th 2019