The Bruins fell to the Maple Leafs in overtime Tuesday, extending the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Boston leads Toronto 3-2 in the series. The Leafs got on the board first with a goal from Jake McCabe in the first period. Trent Frederic responded with a goal of his own, and that was all the scoring through regulation .
Bruins captain Brad Marchand broke a tie midway through the third period and scored an empty-netter that tied him with Cam Neely for the most playoff goals in franchise history.
TORONTO - Brad Marchand scored twice, including the winner in the third period, and added an assist as the Boston Bruins downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series Wednesday. Jake DeBrusk and Trent Frederic had the other goals for Boston. The Bruins got 28 stops from Jeremy Swayman, who made 35 saves in his team's 5-1 victory in Game 1 before giving way to crease counterpart Linus Ullmark in the Leafs' 3-2 triumph two nights later. Tyler...
The Boston Bruins have once again put the Maple Leafs on the brink of first-round elimination. After ousting Toronto from the playoffs in the first round in
TORONTO – Brad Marchand had two goals and an assist, including the go-ahead goal at 11:53 of the third period, and the Boston Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 in Game 3 to retake the series lead in the Eastern Conference First Round at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday.Marchand took a pass from Danton Heinen, who won the puck behind the net, and shot over Ilya Samsonov’s glove from the right face-off dot to give the Bruins a 3-2 lead. “We stuck with it all game," Marchand said. "It...
Auston Matthews scored the winner in the third period and added two assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs topped the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Monday to even their first-round playoff series 1-1. The star centre took a lob pass from Max Domi and moved in alone on Linus Ullmark before making a move to the forehand with 7:54 left in regulation time to give the Leafs their first lead against the Bruins in the last six games — including four in the regular season. The goal was the first for Matthews...
Brad Marchand scored two third-period goals to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 3 of their first round playoff series,
The Bruins will now sit on a 2-1 series lead for two days before returning
The Bruins and Maple Leafs should offer one of the more entertaining series of the opening round
BOSTON – The Bruins return home to TD Garden on Tuesday night for Game 5 of their first-round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs. And with a win, they can advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2021. “I want to see us start on time,” said coach Jim Montgomery. “I want to see us come out and what we know is going to be a hectic crowd. The TD Garden will be rocking. I want us rocking right from the start.” Boston is in the exact situation it was...
A glance at some of the numbers coming out of Game 1 between the Maple Leafs and Bruins, won 5-1 by Boston. Something had to give in scoring at five-on-five. The Leafs led the National Hockey League in five-on-five goals during the regular season with 200, four more than the second-place Colorado Avalanche; the Bruins […]
For all the history and tropes surrounding the Bruins, the Maple Leafs, and their first-round meetings, things were different headed into the matchup this