Game 3: Boston Bruins @ Toronto Maple Leafs game recap video, on April 16, 2018.
On Monday night in game 3, the Maple Leafs made it a series now that they won game 3 by the score 4-2.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 17:05, Leafs James van Riemsdyk scored a power-play goal, giving the Leafs a 1-0 lead.
In the second period, at 3:06, Bruins Adam McQuaid scored his 1st goal of the playoffs, tying the game 1-1. At 3:49, Leafs Patrick Marleau scored, giving the Leafs a 2-1 lead. At 6:19, Bruins Zdeno Chara scored his 1st goal of the playoffs, tying the game 2-2. At 14:47, Leafs Auston Matthews scored, giving the Leafs a 3-2 lead.
In the third period, at 16:25, Leafs Patrick Marleau scored, giving the Leafs a 4-2 lead.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 26 saves on 30 shots. Rask is now 2-1 with a 2.71 GAA and a .911 save percentage in the playoffs this year.
The Bruins led the game in shots 42-30 and blocked shots 22-19. The Leafs led the game with a 51% faceoff percentage and in hits 38-26. The Bruins went 0-for-1 on the power-play while the Leafs went 1-for-1.
Rick Nash and Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 5 shots each. Noel Acciari and Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 4 hits each. Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 6 blocked shots.
Tommy Wingels, Ryan Donato, Brian Gionta, Brandon Carlo and Matt Grzelcyk were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen
2) Leafs forward Patrick Marleau
3) Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly
Onto the next one
The Bruins now lead the playoff series 2-1. Game 4 is in Toronto, on Thursday, at 7pm ET. Still 2 wins down, 14 more to go to bring the Stanley Cup back to Boston.
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