The Leafs dropped their second straight game in an electric battle between two of the top teams in the league. Boston took this one 4-3 ending a four game losing streak against Toronto. Below are the highlights of the game…
Matt Murray got started early stretching out to rob Brad Marchand with a beautiful glove save…
Wayne Simmonds and Nick Foligno dropped the gloves and squared off in a spirited tilt at center ice…
Shortly after the fight Charlie McAvoy went to the box for tripping and the Leafs capitalized. Michael Bunting finished off a gorgeous passing play for his 14th of the year…
With just under five minutes to go in the first period Boston took advantage of brutal defensive zone turnover from Morgan Reilly. Brad Marchand found Patrice Bergeron back door to tie it up 1-1…
The Leafs took the lead 2-1 less than three minutes into the second frame. Pierre Engvall did it all himself going coast to coast and wiring a wrist shot past Linus Ullmark…
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Three minutes later the Bruins knotted it up again. David Pastrnak intercepted a blind pass from Conor Timmins and buried his 33rd of the season…
AJ Greer put the Bruins on top 3-2 with a soft wrister from the slot halfway through the period…
Early in the third the Leafs evened it up 3-3. Mitch Marner stole the puck from Hampus Lindholm on the forecheck. Then Auston Matthews did his thing scoring an absolute beauty short side for his 21st of the year…
Matt Grzelcyk put the Bruins up for good wiring a clapper past Murray with 1:16 left. There looked to be contact with Murray’s glove but the Leafs opted not to challenge. 4-3 Bruins.