The Boston Bruins will look to even their series against the Maple Leafs when they host Toronto for Game 2 Saturday night. Puck drop is set for 8:00 p.m. Follow along for updates from Saturday’s game.
WHO: Maple Leafs at Bruins – (1-0 series lead for Toronto)
WHEN: 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: TD Garden
TV: NBCSN
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub
LIVE BOX SCORE: NHL.com
TICKETS: BSJ ticket partner SeatsForEveryone.com
LIVE COVERAGE:
10:38: Final: Bruins beat Toronto, 4-1. We've got ourselves a series — and a whole lot of nasty coming up over the next couple of weeks.
10:33: Kadri cross checks DeBrusk and he's done for the night. That might be a suspension. Meanwhile, Bergeron scores on the 5 minute power play.
10:19: Toronto gets on the board. It's Nazem Kadri. 3-1 game with 9:16 left.
Looking back at Game 1, Marcus Johansson was rocked by Connor Brown on this sequence in the first period.
He remained in the game. pic.twitter.com/gH8aDccN9e
— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) April 13, 2019
- While Mike Babcock’s club won’t be tinkering with its lineup on Saturday after its 4-1 win in Game 1, the Bruins are set to slot David Backes back into the lineup in hopes that the veteran power forward will help Boston assert itself in the offensive zone and wear down the Leafs’ top weapons up front. Boston’s full lineup likely won’t be announced until just ahead of puck drop, but Jake DeBrusk is likely to go back in despite getting knocked around in Game 1. All six defensemen from Game 1 will remain in the lineup, while Tuukka Rask will once again be in net.
- With the Bruins having the benefit of last change on home ice, it will be interesting to see if Bruce Cassidy shuffles his matchups around, especially up top with John Tavares’ line and the Zaitsev-Muzzin D pairing getting the better of Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak. Putting that top line back against Auston Matthews’ group might be what that group needs to get on track, while Cassidy deployed his checking line against Tavares and Co. during the closing minutes of Game 1.
- If there’s one positive to take away from Game 1, a majority of Boston’s shortcomings were self-inflicted, with poor defensive coverage and poor play with the puck at the blue line leading to a number of breakaways and odd-man rushes for the Leafs. Fair to say, keeping the puck in front of them is going to be a key for the Bruins to get back in the series.