For once the Boston Bruins' top line wasn't Toronto's undoing. The Maple Leafs took care of that all by themselves with a couple of costly turnovers. Sean Kuraly and David Pastrnak pounced on miscues by Toronto defencemen Jake Gardiner and Nikita Zaitsev late in the second period to turn a 2-1 Leafs lead into a […]
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Hockey Night in Canada: Maple Leafs vs. Bruins
[unable to retrieve full-text content] The Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Boston Bruins on Saturday night on Hockey Night in Canada. Watch coverage with our free live stream on the CBC Sports app.
Marner works his magic for Leafs in win over Bruins
On a night when Patrick Marleau celebrated his 1,600th NHL game, Mitch Marner did what he does best — make goals. The 21-year-old winger had three assists in Toronto’s 4-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Monday. Two were primary assists, upping his NHL-best total to 24 (he has 27 assists in all). It was […]
Lightning bear down to dispatch Bruins in 5 games
Brayden Point and J.T. Miller scored second-period goals, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 Sunday and advance to the Eastern Conference final for the third time in four years. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 shots — 14 in the final period — for the Lightning, who rebounded from losing the series opener […]
Girardi scores OT winner to give Lightning 3-1 series lead over Bruins
The Tampa Bay Lightning have a chance to get the last licks on the Boston Bruins at home. Dan Girardi scored 3:18 into overtime to give Tampa Bay a 4-3 victory over Boston on Friday night in a game that featured more face-licking from Brad Marchand but left the Lightning with a 3-1 lead in […]
Lightning make emphatic 'Point' to pull even with Bruins
Recap Brayden Point had an empty-net goal and three assists and Tampa Bay Lightning found a way to slow Boston’s high-scoring line of Patrice Bergeron, David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand to beat the Bruins 4-2 in Game 2 of their second-round playoff series Monday night. Centre collects goal, 3 assists as Tampa ties series 1-1 […]
Bruins end Leafs' season with wild Game 7 win
The Toronto Maple had been here before — up a goal heading into the third period of an elimination game at TD Garden. Wednesday’s collapse won’t rewrite any record books, but it hurts just the same. Jake DeBrusk scored his second of the night on a great individual effort as the Boston Bruins stormed back over the […]
It wasn't a 2013 collapse, but this Game 7 loss to Bruins was close
As the visiting team at TD Garden in Boston, you never want to hear the tune Dirty Water by the Standells in the handshake line after a playoff series. That’s the Boston Bruins’ victory song, and for the second time in five years, this was the song playing on the public address system Wednesday after a hard-fought, seven-game series between the […]
Leafs left licking wounds after another blowout loss to Bruins
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock says he’s never seen a line score 20 points in two games. Until his team’s six-period horror show at TD Garden, that is. David Pastrnak had a hat trick to go along with three assists, linemates Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron set up four goals apiece, and the […]
Leafs regroup after loss to Bruins, await word on Kadri discipline
Toronto Maple Leafs centre Nazem Kadri has been suspended three games by the NHL for his hit on Boston Bruins forward Tommy Wingels in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. Kadri was assessed a five-minute major for charging and a game misconduct at 8:18 of the third period Thursday after leaving his feet a driving the head of Wingels, who was on his […]