Max Domi and William Nylander also scored for the Maple Leafs and John Tavares had three assists as Toronto outshot Boston 35-20 and avoided a three-game season sweep of the Original Six rivalry. Anthony Stolarz finished with 18 saves.
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Elias Lindholm and Charlie McAvoy scored for Boston, which still holds the top wild card spot in the Eastern Conference standings. Jeremy Swayman had 31 saves for the Bruins, who lost at home for the second time in their last 16 games.
Stolarz returned to net for the Leafs, three days after taking a puck to the throat during warmups and ending up in the hospital as a precaution. Stolarz stopped Lindholm on a rebound early in the second period, then made a point-blank save on Morgan Geekie to keep Toronto within one goal. Stolarz rallied again in the third with a nice glove stop on a Viktor Arvidsson backhand to maintain the lead.
Boston’s Nikita Zadorov took a major penalty with 2:07 left in the second, leading to a 4-on-3 power play and Domi’s goal on a putback that put the Leafs up 2-1. Tavares, whose header Zadorov pushed against the boards, assisted on the goal.
McAvoy pulled Boston within 3-2 with a power-play goal at 5:08 of the third. But Knies sealed the win for Toronto with an empty-net goal on the power play with 22 seconds left.
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The Bruins announced Monday night that they signed 2025 first-round pick James Hagens out of Boston College to an amateur tryout deal and assigned him to Providence of the AHL. Boston selected Hagens, 19, seventh overall in last year’s draft.
Next
Bruins: Visit Buffalo on Wednesday night.
Maple Leafs: Host the New York Rangers on Wednesday night.
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