Game 1: Toronto Maple Leafs @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on April 12, 2018.
On Thursday night in game 1, the Bruins were able to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs by a score of 5-1.
The big story of this game would end up being Leafs forward Nazem Kadri and the three cheapshots he committed during the game. Kadri's third cheapshot ended up being the worst and stupidest play by him which got him thrown out of the game and possibly suspended. Video of all three cheapshots is down below.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 5:28, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 1st goal of the playoffs, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 16:52, Leafs Zach Hyman scored, tying the game 1-1.
In the second period, at 15:43, Bruins David Backes scored his 1st goal of the playoffs, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead. At 18:22, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 1st goal of the playoffs, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead.
In the third period, at 7:41, Bruins Sean Kuraly scored his 1st goal of the playoffs, giving the Bruins a 4-1 lead. At 8:18, Leafs Nazem Kadri got a charging major and game misconduct after hitting Tommy Wingels as Wingels was down on the ice with his back to Kadri in a vulnerable position (see video below). At 11:29, Bruins David Krejci scored his 1st goal of the playoffs, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 5-1 lead.
Dumb hockey
There's always someone that does something stupid in the playoffs and in game 1, that would go to Leafs Nazem Kadri as he first put a knee-on-knee hit on Rick Nash, then he hit Tommy Wingels from behind, and then later he went after Wingels again, this time trying to injure him by hitting Wingels when he was down on the ice in a vulnerable position.
Leafs Nazem Kadri's 3 Cheapshots in Game 1 vs Bruins - 04/12/2018
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 26 saves on 27 shots. Rask is now 1-0 with a 1.00 GAA and a .963 save percentage in the playoffs this year.
The Bruins led the game in shots 40-27. The Leafs led the game in hits 42-37 and blocked shots 15-8. Both teams had a 50% faceoff percentage. The Bruins went 3-for-6 on the power-play while the Leafs went 0-for-3.
Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 6 shots. David Backes, Noel Acciari and Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 5 hits each. Adam McQuaid led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots.
Ryan Donato, Brian Gionta, Riley Nash, Brandon Carlo and Nick Holden were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
2) Bruins forward David Pastrnak
3) Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask
Onto the next one
The Bruins now lead the playoff series 1-0. Game 2 is in Boston, on Saturday, at 8pm ET. 1 win down, 15 more to go to bring the Stanley Cup back to Boston.
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