Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #7 Recap

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