Game 2: Toronto Maple Leafs @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on April 14, 2018.
On Saturday night in game 2, the Bruins came out flying with a big 4-0 first period and you could have said it was over after that, but the Leafs did try to come back but fell short 7-3.
The big story of game 2 was Bruins David Pastrnak, as he had a career night, scoring three goals (hat trick) and also recording three assists for six points, while Pastrnak's linemates, Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand both recorded four assists each. That line now has 20 points in two games in the playoffs. Wow.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 5:26, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 2nd goal of the playoffs, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 8:46, Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored his 1st goal of the playoffs, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 2-0 lead. At 12:13, Bruins Kevan Miller scored his 1st goal of the playoffs, giving the Bruins a 3-0 lead. At 15:00, Bruins Rick Nash scored his 1st goal of the playoffs, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 4-0 lead.
In the second period, at 1:22, Leafs Mitchell Marner scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 4-1. At 3:46, Bruins David Krejci scored his 2nd goal of the playoffs, giving the Bruins a 5-1 lead. At 9:02, Leafs Tyler Bozak scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 5-2.
In the third period, at 12:34, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 3rd goal of the playoffs, giving the Bruins a 6-2 lead. At 14:53, (Bruins killer) Leafs James van Riemsdyk scored a power-play goal, cutting the Bruins lead to 6-3. At 18:24, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 4th goal of the playoffs and third goal of the game earning him a hat trick, giving the Bruins a 7-3 lead.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 30 saves on 33 shots. Rask is now 2-0 with a 2.00 GAA and a .933 save percentage in the playoffs this year.
The Bruins led the game in hits 34-28 and blocked shots 15-4. The Leafs led the game with a 61% faceoff percentage and in shots 33-28. The Bruins went 2-for-4 on the power-play while the Leafs went 1-for-4.
David Pastrnak led the Bruins with 4 shots. Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 7 hits. Adam McQuaid and Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots each.
Tommy Wingels, Brian Gionta, Riley Nash, Brandon Carlo and Nick Holden were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward David Pastrnak
2) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
3) Bruins defenseman Kevan Miller
Onto the next one
The Bruins now lead the playoff series 2-0. Game 3 is in Toronto, on Monday, at 7pm ET. 2 wins down, 14 more to go to bring the Stanley Cup back to Boston.
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