<p>Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner credited his team&#8217;s effort in their <a href="https://theleafsnation.com/news/knee-jerk-reaction-marner-double-dips-maple-leafs-steal-two-points-boston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comeback win over the Boston Bruins</a> on Tuesday.</p>
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<p>After playing sluggish through the first half of the game and trailing 3-0, the Leafs stormed their way back to even things up, which included a Pontus Holmberg goal in the dying seconds to tie it at 4-4. Marner led the way with two tallies of his own, including the overtime winner off a nifty move that fooled Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman.</p>
<p>When speaking with <a href="https://x.com/markhmasters/status/1894600679529857057" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TSN&#8217;s Mark Masters</a> after the game about what led to his team erasing the three-goal deficit, Marner said it was the belief and commitment from the Leafs to rally back in this one.</p>
<p>&#8220;Great. I think we&#8217;ve talked about this year that we have a lot of belief in our team, regardless of the score of the game&#8221; he said on the emotions in the locker room after the win. &#8220;Give a lot of kudos out to Stolie and our five D. I mean, we pretty much played five D the whole night and that&#8217;s not an easy thing to do against that team. It was a team effort. We never got down, we just believed it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Marner was correct in crediting Anthony Stolarz for his heroics as the netminder was the primary reason the Leafs even had a chance to claw their way back despite allowing four goals on the night. He made numerous quality saves throughout the contest &#8211; 32 to in total- including in overtime moments before the star forward ended it.</p>
<p>After Marner scored to complete the comeback, he sprinted right over to his goalie to show some appreciation for his efforts.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hey, he&#8217;s been unreal all year,  I&#8217;ve been speaking about it every interview,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Another unbelievable performance by him. Plays the puck great too, he&#8217;s a big help on the three-on-three there as well. He made a couple of massive saves to keep that game how it was and I just wanted to give him some love.&#8221;</p>
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<p>With the Leafs playing shorthanded for much of the night given <a href="https://theleafsnation.com/news/leafs-chris-tanev-will-not-return-bruins-upper-body-injury" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Tanev got injured early in the first period</a>, the rest of the blueline stepped up in a big way to fill the void left behind. William Nylander was also not available for the team in overtime as he was seen labouring on the bench during the extra frame, yet the rest of the forwards never waivered by pilling on the chances.</p>
<p>Teams of seasons past may have folded over in situations like this one, but this year&#8217;s squad deserves full marks for having plenty of nights like Tuesday where they hunkered down and did not get down on themselves. The same applies for Marner and Auston Matthews who gutted out a strong showing after each playing their fourth game in six nights.</p>
<p>&#8220;He and Auston have been a little bit tired for me, but I thought they showed a lot of grit tonight. A lot of determination out of them,&#8221; head coach Craig Berube said on his two star players. &#8220;Mitch had a heck of a game. He played a lot of minutes — I overplayed him, but we killed too many penalties tonight, so he was used on the penalty kill. He was an excellent player tonight, I thought.&#8221;</p>
<p>Marner and the Leafs will look to keep the good times rolling when they face the New York Rangers on Friday with puck drop scheduled for 7 p.m. EST.</p>
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Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner credited his team's effort in their <a href="https://theleafsnation.com/news/knee-jerk-reaction-marner-double-dips-maple-leafs-steal-two-points-boston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comeback win over the Boston Bruins</a> on Tuesday.
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After playing sluggish through the first half of the game and trailing 3-0, the Leafs stormed their way back to even things up, which included a Pontus Holmberg goal in the dying seconds to tie it at 4-4. Marner led the way with two tallies of his own, including the overtime winner off a nifty move that fooled Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman.

When speaking with <a href="https://x.com/markhmasters/status/1894600679529857057" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TSN's Mark Masters</a> after the game about what led to his team erasing the three-goal deficit, Marner said it was the belief and commitment from the Leafs to rally back in this one.

"Great. I think we've talked about this year that we have a lot of belief in our team, regardless of the score of the game" he said on the emotions in the locker room after the win. "Give a lot of kudos out to Stolie and our five D. I mean, we pretty much played five D the whole night and that's not an easy thing to do against that team. It was a team effort. We never got down, we just believed it."

Marner was correct in crediting Anthony Stolarz for his heroics as the netminder was the primary reason the Leafs even had a chance to claw their way back despite allowing four goals on the night. He made numerous quality saves throughout the contest - 32 to in total- including in overtime moments before the star forward ended it.

After Marner scored to complete the comeback, he sprinted right over to his goalie to show some appreciation for his efforts.

"Hey, he's been unreal all year,  I've been speaking about it every interview," he said. "Another unbelievable performance by him. Plays the puck great too, he's a big help on the three-on-three there as well. He made a couple of massive saves to keep that game how it was and I just wanted to give him some love."

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With the Leafs playing shorthanded for much of the night given <a href="https://theleafsnation.com/news/leafs-chris-tanev-will-not-return-bruins-upper-body-injury" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Tanev got injured early in the first period</a>, the rest of the blueline stepped up in a big way to fill the void left behind. William Nylander was also not available for the team in overtime as he was seen labouring on the bench during the extra frame, yet the rest of the forwards never waivered by pilling on the chances.

Teams of seasons past may have folded over in situations like this one, but this year's squad deserves full marks for having plenty of nights like Tuesday where they hunkered down and did not get down on themselves. The same applies for Marner and Auston Matthews who gutted out a strong showing after each playing their fourth game in six nights.

"He and Auston have been a little bit tired for me, but I thought they showed a lot of grit tonight. A lot of determination out of them," head coach Craig Berube said on his two star players. "Mitch had a heck of a game. He played a lot of minutes — I overplayed him, but we killed too many penalties tonight, so he was used on the penalty kill. He was an excellent player tonight, I thought."

Marner and the Leafs will look to keep the good times rolling when they face the New York Rangers on Friday with puck drop scheduled for 7 p.m. EST.

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