Game 7: Toronto Maple Leafs @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on April 25, 2018.
On Wednesday night in game 7, the Bruins were down 4-3 when starting the third period, but came alive and scored four more goals to get a big 7-3 win over the Leafs in game 7 to move on to the next round of the playoffs.
Bruins rookie Jake DeBrusk had a huge game, scoring two goals, also wracking up five shots and three hits.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 2:05, Leafs Patrick Marleau scored a power-play goal, giving the Leafs a 1-0 lead. At 4:47, Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored his 4th goal of the playoffs, a power-play goal, tying the game 1-1. At 6:12, Leafs Patrick Marleau scored, giving the Leafs a 2-1 lead. At 9:10, Bruins Danton Heinen scored his 1st goal of the playoffs, tying the game 2-2. At 19:23, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 1st goal of the playoffs, giving the Bruins a 3-2 lead.
In the second period, at 2:07, Leafs Travis Dermott scored, tying the game 3-3. At 6:05, Leafs Kasperi Kapanen scored a short-handed goal, giving the Leafs a 4-3 lead.
In the third period, at 1:10, Bruins Torey Krug scored his 2nd goal of the playoffs, tying the game 4-4. At 5:25, Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored his 5th goal of the playoffs, giving the Bruins a 5-4 lead. At 11:39, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 5th goal of the playoffs, giving the Bruins a 6-4 lead. At 19:09, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 3rd goal of the playoffs, an empty-net goal, giving the Bruins a 7-4 lead.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 20 saves on 24 shots. Rask is now 4-3 with a 2.94 GAA and a .899 save percentage in the playoffs this year.
The Bruins led the game with a 57% faceoff percentage, in shots 36-24 and hits 33-31. The Leafs led the game in blocked shots 10-9. The Bruins went 1-for-3 on the power-play while the Leafs went 1-for-2.
Jake DeBrusk and Torey Krug led the Bruins with 5 shots each. Noel Acciari and Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 6 hits each. Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.
Ryan Donato, Brian Gionta, Tommy Wingels, Brandon Carlo and Nick Holden were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk
2) Bruins forward David Krejci
3) Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron
Onto the next one
The Bruins have won the series 4-3 and will next take on the Tampa Bay Lightning. We will post the next series schedule soon. The Bruins are now 4 wins down and need 12 more wins to bring the Stanley Cup back to Boston.
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