Photo by Rich Gagnon/Getty Images Matthews contributes on each Toronto goal to help propel his team’s win. The Boston Bruins dropped Game 2 of the first round, 3-2, against the Toronto Maple Leafs to end the home tilt with the series tied at one game apiece. Auston Matthews netted the game-winner and added assists on the other two Toronto goals. The Bruins were up 2-1 after the first after a power-play goal from Morgan Geekie and buzzer-beater from David Pastrnak. But the Bruins were slower with transitions and cleaning up loose pucks in the slot as Toronto increased their offense and Matthews ..read more

Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Let’s go! The Boston Bruins will look to extend their series lead against the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight at the TD Garden in Game 2. They’ll have to continue to capitalize on the power play, but also look at their top lines to find the back of the net while additionally tightening up their game in front of their own net. Predictions for tonight, anyone? Who do you want/think will start as well — Jeremy Swayman or Linus Ullmark? Discuss ..read more

Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images Another close game another three points for Boston. After the fireworks to end Boston’s last game you might expect some penalties but Boston played it clean tonight committing no called penalties and New York was only a little worse getting a lone call against them early in the Third. Boston was able to get the lead in the second frame but could not hold the lead as New York was able to tie it up. The third was mostly all Boston as they were able to hold NY to only six shots in a tie game, and were able to get a crucial goal to give them the regulation ..read more

Photo by Brian Fluharty/Getty Images Jake DeBrusk netted two power-play goals and ended the night with three points to help the B’s get win No. 1. The Boston Bruins took Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs’ first round with a 5-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday at the TD Garden as Jake DeBrusk helped the power play strike twice. DeBrusk ended the night with three points. “I really liked our team discipline,” Jim Montgomery said. “I liked the execution and the emotion we played with.” The B’s fourth line set the team’s momentum, as Jesper Bosqvist set up Johnny Beecher for the game ..read more

Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Here we go! It’s go time! The Boston Bruins’ postseason is officially here and they’ll kick off the first round in Original Six fashion against the Toronto Maple Leafs! Any predictions how many games this series will go? Discuss ..read more

Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs are fighting again. How do they beat them? By answering these simple questions. Oh Toronto. Our old friend. Our erstwhile foe. How I love to hate you. How I hate to see you and your absolutely apoplectic fanbase that cannot fathom hockey being something their team being willing participants in. How I enjoy watching you fail and refuse to learn the lessons over and over and over. So I guess I enjoy watching the Bruins play them. Weird how that works. The Bruins and the Leafs matchup once again t ..read more

Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Original Six series et for the first round! Just the facts When: Tonight, 8:00 PM Where: TD Garden – Boston, Mass. How to follow: NESN, TBS, truTV, MAX SN, CBC, TVAS, 98.5 The Sports Hub Opposing SB Nation site: PPP Leafs Know your enemy *End of season stats 46-26-10, 102PTS Auston Matthews: 69G-38A-107PTS; William Nylander: 40G-58A-98PTS; Mitch Marner: 26G-59A-85PTS Ilya Samsonov: 23-7-8, 3.13 GAA, .890 save percentage Game notes It’s finally here! Game 1 of the Stanley Cup playoff’s first round starts tonight as the Boston Bruins a ..read more

Daniel DeLoach/Utica Observer-Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK Boston holds on, barely, to beat Toronto in regulation, stays alive. This would not be called a pretty win, Boston’s special teams were poor as usual and they gave up some high risk opportunities to league leading Toronto. A few clutch bounces and a great performance in net by Frankel were enough to get the three points and keep themselves in the hunt. Game Notes Magic Number: 17 Elimination Number: 10 The three points for a regulation win were not expected but are very welcome as Boston fights to stay alive. This was only the fourth ..read more

Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports With plenty of TBD The 2023-2024 NHL regular season officially concluded on Thursday night with a slate of Western Conference games. Now that all of the matchups are set, we have an official (kind of) first round schedule! Per the NHL, the Bruins and Leafs will play: Game 1: @ Boston, 4/20, 8 PM Game 2: @ Boston, 4/22, 7 PM Game 3: @ Toronto, 4/24, 7 PM Game 4: @ Toronto, 4/27, 8 PM Game 5: @ Boston, 4/30, TBD Game 6: @ Toronto, 5/2, TBD Game 7: @ Boston, 5/4, TBD It's interesting to see the teams play Saturday-Monday the first time through, then play Saturda ..read more

Photo by Richard T Gagnon/Getty Images Game 1, at least. Welcome to Thursday, folks — and the NHL regular season just about over. There were and handful of games last night and there will be six more tonight, with all six involving Western Conference teams. Let them all have their weird time zone fun. We learned yesterday that Bruins-Leafs Game 1 will, in fact, be Saturday night at 8 PM, as we speculated the other night. Looking at the Western Conference briefly, it looks like the entire playoff picture (seeding included) is set, so I’m not sure why the league hasn’t released a full playoff sc ..read more