Leafs beat Bruins 4-3 and move ahead of Bruins


Boston Bruins Game 59: Boston Bruins @ Toronto Maple Leafs game recap video, on February 24, 2018.
Tonight the Toronto Maple Leafs came away with a big 4-3 win over the Boston Bruins to take over 2nd place in the Atlantic Division. This was the last meeting this season between the two teams.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 6:11, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 23rd goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 7:15, Leafs Mitchell Marner scored, tying the game 1-1. At 10:30, Leafs Nazem Kadri scored a power-play goal, giving the Leafs a 2-1 lead. At 15:02, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 24th goal of the season, tying the game 2-2.

In the second period, at 1:55, Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored his 12th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-2 lead. At 19:04, Leafs Nazem Kadri scored a power-play goal, tying the game 3-3.

In the third period, at 18:37, Leafs Ron Hainsey scored, giving the Leafs a 4-3 lead.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 32 saves on 36 shots. Rask is now 24-11-4 with a 2.21 GAA and a .921 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in hits 29-23 and blocked shots 22-11. The Maple Leafs led the game with a 51% faceoff percentage and shots 36-23. The Bruins went 0-for-2 on the power-play while the Maple Leafs went 2-for-3.

Brad Marchand led the Bruins with 5 shots. Charlie McAvoy led the Bruins with 4 hits. Charlie McAvoy and Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 5 blocked shots.

Adam McQuaid, Nick Holden and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Leafs defenseman Ron Hainsey
2) Leafs forward Nazem Kadri
3) Leafs forward Mitchell Marner

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 37-14-8 with 82 points this season and are in 3rd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 7-3-0 in their last ten games and their road record is now 18-7-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is tomorrow (Sunday), when they visit the Buffalo Sabres, at 5pm ET.

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