Toronto Maple Leafs @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on November 11, 2017.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 8:52, Maple Leafs Mitchell Marner scored, giving the Maple Leafs a 1-0 lead. At 14:16, Maple Leafs James van Riemsdyk scored, giving the Maple Leafs a 2-0 lead (van Riemsdyk continues his dominance against the Bruins). At 15:18, Bruins Frank Vatrano scored his 2nd goal of the season, cutting the Maple Leafs lead to 2-1.
In the second period, no scoring happened. At 14:01, Bruins Matt Beleskey dropped the gloves with Maple Leafs Matt Martin because of a hit he put on Bruins Anders Bjork earlier.
In the third period, at 6:52, Maple Leafs Morgan Rielly scored, giving the Maple Leafs a 3-1 lead. At 18:13, Maple Leafs Patrick Marleau scored an empty-net goal, giving the Maple Leafs a 4-1 lead.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 21 saves on 24 shots. Rask is now 3-6-2 with a 2.79 GAA and a .901 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game with a 55% faceoff percentage, in shots 39-25, hits 30-29 and blocked shots 16-11. The Bruins went 0-for-4 on the power-play while the Maple Leafs went 1-for-3.
Torey Krug led the Bruins with 9 shots. Matt Beleskey led the Bruins with 5 hits. Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.
Jake DeBrusk and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins. David Krejci, David Backes and Ryan Spooner are on the IR.
Three stars of the game
1) Maple Leafs goalie Curtis McElhinney
2) Maple Leafs forward James van Riemsdyk
3) Bruins forward Frank Vatrano
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 6-6-4 with 16 points this season and are in 6th place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 3-3-4 in their last ten games and their home record is now 5-3-2 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Wednesday, when they visit the Anaheim Ducks, at 10pm ET.
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