Thank you Kessel! Seguin nets 2 as Bruins beat Leafs

BOSTON, MA - MARCH 7: Alumni legend Milt Schmidt of the Boston Bruins does the ceremonial puck drop prior to the game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at the TD Garden on March 7, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)

After their awful game against the Capitals the Bruins looked better against an improving Toronto Maple Leafs team and was able to pull out a 4-2 win over the Leafs.

Quick game summary
In the first period, less than four minutes into the game Maple Leafs Mark Fraser laid a hit on a Bruins player that looked to be a little from behind and Adam McQuaid dropped the gloves with Fraser and they had an ok fight. The more experienced Fraser got the better punches in on McQuaid and gets the decision in that one. It was good to see McQuaid though do something about that hit.

Later, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 11th goal of the season making it 1-0, with only 53 seconds left in the period.

In the second period, Maple Leafs Nazem Kadri scored, tying the game 1-1. Later, Bruins Tyler Seguin scored his 6th goal of the season, making it 2-1 Bruins. Later in the period, David Krejci scored his 6th goal of the season, making it 3-1 Bruins.

In the third period, Maple Leafs Jay McClement scored, making it 3-2. With 15 seconds left in the game, Bruins Tyler Seguin scored his 7th goal of the season into an empty net, making it 4-2.

Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net for the Bruins and made 25 saves on 27 shots. Khudobin is now 4-1-0 with a 2.42 GAA and a .910 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in faceoff wins 37-23. The Leafs led the game in shots 27-25, hits 39-26 and blocked shots 12-11. The Bruins and the Leafs both went 0-for-3 on the power-play.

The Bergeron-Marchand-Seguin line is hot right now. Bergeron had 3 points (1 goal and 2 assists), Brad Marchand had 2 assists and Tyler Seguin had 3 points (2 goals and 1 assist).

Tyler Seguin led the Bruins with 5 shots. Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.

Leafs Phil Kessel had 0 points, 2 shots and was a -2.

Player notes
Forward Chris Bourque was waived and if not claimed he will be sent to Providence (AHL).

Jay Pandolfo was in the lineup in place of Bourque and played on the third line with Chris Kelly and Rich Peverley.

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 15-3-3 with 33 points and second place behind Montreal in the Northeast Division. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday when they host the struggling Philadelphia Flyers in Boston at 1pm ET.