Boston Bruins (4-3) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (3-3)
Game Recap:
The Bruins came from the first puck drop and got a couple of goals in the first courtesy of Joakim Nordstrom and Marcus Johansson and just continued to play solid defense through the rest of the period. Not giving many chances to the Leafs offense.
Second period the Leafs came strong and gave it all they and they got rewarded with a goal from John Tavares. Outshooting and outplaying the Bruins but couldn’t tie the game.
The third period brought some coaching mistakes and on ice mistakes courtesy of William Nylander. The Bruins would score quick thanks to Sean Kuraly and then would score 2 empty net goals. This would seal their entry to round 2.
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 (5-5)
Boston:
Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Karson Kuhlman
Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Joakim Nordstrom
Sean Kuraly – David Backes – Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy
Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug
Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Steve Kampfer
Injuries: Kevan Miller (upper body)
Suspension: None
GameDay:
First Period:
Boston Goal – 14:29- Joakim Nordstrom (2) assisted by Matt Grzelcyk (4) and Sean Kuraly (1)
Boston Goal – 17:46- Marcus Johansson (1) unassisted
End of 1st – TOR – 0 BOS – 2
Shots 12 11
Faceoffs 13/28 15/28
Hits 12 9
PP 0/0 0/0
Second Period:
Toronto Goal – 3:54- John Tavares (2) assisted by Tyler Ennis (2)
Boston Penalty – 8:22 – Brandon Carlo, 2 minutes for Cross Checking
End of 2nd – TOR- 1 BOS- 2
Shots 25 19
Faceoffs 20/46 26/46
Hits 25 15
PP 0/1 0/0
Third Period:
Boston Goal – 2:40 – Sean Kuraly(1) assisted Noel Acciari (1) and Joakim Nordstrom (1)
Boston EN Goal – 17:26 – Charlie Coyle (3) assisted David Krejci (3)
Boston EN Goal – 19:59 – Patrice Bergeron (3) unassisted
End of 3rd – TOR – 1 BOS – 5
Shots 33 32
Faceoffs 30/60 30/60
Hits 32 26
PP 0/2 0/0
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