Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #3 Recap

Boston Bruins (1-2) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (2-1)

 

Game Recap:

The Leafs settled back into a groove offensively and defensively, being able to manage the game appropriately. Leafs forward Auston Matthews showed he has some fire in game and came to play scoring a goal and an assist, while Andreas Johnsson cashed in with the same.

The fourth line of the Leafs Trevor Moore – Frederik Gauthier and Tyler Ennis gave the Bruins fits all night. Trevor Moore cashed in the first goal of the game to begin the scoring in the second. Bruins forward David Krejci scored less than 60 seconds later to tie the game. Leafs would respond with Matthews and Johnsson goals in the second and Boston responded with a Charlie Coyle goal with 38 seconds to go in the period. The 3rd period would be shutdown period for the Leafs. Mitch Marner would make two huge blocks at the end of the game, to show that he’s the heart and soul of this Leafs team.

Lineups:

Toronto:

Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

Patrick Marleau – William Nylander– Connor Brown

Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

 

Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

Travis Dermott – Jake Gardiner

 

Frederik Andersen

Garrett Sparks

 

Scratched: none

Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

Suspension: Nazem Kadri (1-5)

 

Boston:

Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Karson Kuhlman

Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Chris Wagner

David Backes — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

 

Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

Matt Grzelcyk — Steven Kampfer

 

Tuukka Rask

Jaroslav Halak

Scratched: None

Injuries: Sean Kuraly (shoulder) and John Moore (Upper-Body), Kevan Miller (upper body) and Marcus Johansson

Suspension: None

GameDay:

First Period:

Toronto Penalty – 16:36 – Ron Hainsey, 2 minutes for Interference

Boston Penalty – 19:21 – Charlie McAvoy, 2 minutes for Holding the Stick

End of 1st – BOS – 0      TOR – 0

Shots              13                11

Faceoffs       11/22            11/22

Hits              11                 14

PP                 0/1                 0/1

Second Period:

Toronto Goal – 2:38 – Trevor Moore (1) assisted by Morgan Rielly (1) and Tyler Ennis (1)

Boston Goal – 3:30 – David Krejci (1) assisted Jake DeBrusk (1) and Karson Kuhlman (1)

Boston Penalty – 10:00 – David Backes, 2 minutes for High Sticking

Toronto PP Goal – 10:12 – Auston Matthews (1) assisted by Andreas Johnsson (1) and Mitch Marner (1)

Boston Penalty – 15:59 – Matt Grzelcyk, 2 minutes for Hooking

Toronto PP Goal – 17:12 – Andreas Johnsson (1) assisted by John Tavares (2) and Auston Matthews (1)

Toronto Penalty – 17:45 – Jake Muzzin, 2 minutes for Holding

Boston PP Goal – 19:22 – Charlie Coyle (2) assisted Danton Heinen (1) and Matt Grzelcyk(2)

End of 2nd – BOS- 2        TOR- 3

Shots               26                22

Faceoffs          22/44         22/44

Hits                 22                  28

PP                   1/2                  2/3

Third Period:

Toronto Penalty – 5:01 – Nikita Zaitsev, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

End of 3rd – BOS – 2         TOR – 3

Shots             36                   34

Faceoffs     28/63                35/63

Hits               33                   42

PP                 1/3                    2/3