Maple Leafs beat Bruins in overtime 3-2


Boston Bruins @ Toronto Maple Leafs game recap video, on November 10, 2017.
Even with Bruins second-leading goal scorer Brad Marchand returning to the lineup and the Maple Leafs missing young star Auston Matthews from their lineup, on Friday night the Bruins found themselves blowing leads and eventually losing in overtime to the Maple Leafs 3-2.

Quick game summary
In the first period, no scoring happened.

In the second period, at 15:38, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 4th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 19:44, Maple Leafs (and Bruins killer) James Van Riemsdyk scored a power-play goal, tying the game 1-1.

In the third period, at 14:30, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 10th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead. At 19:00, Maple Leafs James Van Riemsdyk scored again, tying the game 2-2.

In overtime, at 1:07, Maple Leafs Patrick Marleau scored to win the game for the Maple Leafs 3-2.

Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net and made 30 saves on 33 shots. Khudobin is now 3-0-2 with a 2.60 GAA and a .923 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in shots 35-33 and blocked shots 17-15. The Maple Leafs led the game in hits 25-23. Both teams had a 50% faceoff percentage. The Bruins went 1-for-4 on the power-play while the Maple Leafs went 1-for-6.

Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 6 shots. Noel Acciari led the Bruins with 5 hits. Riley Nash, Tim Schaller and Brandon Carlo all led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots each.

Frank Vatrano and Rob O'Gara were scratched for the Bruins. David Krejci, David Backes and Ryan Spooner are on the IR.

On Thursday, Bruins forward Austin Czarnik was assigned to Providence (AHL).

Three stars of the game
1) Maple Leafs forward Patrick Marleau
2) ? (NHL.com didn't have one listed)
3) ? (NHL.com didn't have one listed)

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 6-5-4 with 16 points this season and are in 5th place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 4-2-4 in their last ten games and their road record is now 1-3-2 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday, when they host the Toronto Maple Leafs, at 8pm ET.

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