The Boston Bruins will look to keep their season alive when they take on the Toronto Maple Leafs up at Scotiabank Arena for Game 6. Puck drop is set for 3:00 p.m. Follow along for updates from Sunday’s game.
WHO: Bruins at Maple Leafs (Toronto leads series, 3-2)
WHEN: 3:00 p.m.
WHERE: Scotiabank Arena
TV: NBCSN
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub
LIVE BOX SCORE: NHL.com
TICKETS: BSJ ticket partner SeatsForEveryone.com
LIVE COVERAGE:
5:54: We're going to a Game 7.
5:48: Marchand with the empty netter. 1:54 left.
5:44: How's everyone doing? Breathing? Also — David Pastrnak NEEDS to shoot that.
5:36: Andersen denies DeBrusk on a nice rush to the front of the net. 9:32 left
5:29: Bruins finally land a shot on goal. 12:22 left in regulation.
5:20: Auston Matthews. 3-2 game with 15:45. 5 goals in 4 games for No. 34.
5:15: Third period underway.
4:57: End Second: Bruins take a 3-1 lead over the Leafs. SOG in favor of Toronto, 30-15.
4:37: DeBrusk and Krejci team up for a hell of a goal. And now the Bruins make the kill. 3-for-3.
4:28: Since 12:48 in the first period, Bruins have a 12-1 edge in shots on goal.
4:23: Kapanen hurting after blocking a Pastrnak shot.
4:12: Second period underway.
4:03: End First: Bruins with a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes. Power-play goals are the difference, but Bruins were definitely tilting the ice in their favor down the stretch there.
4:01: Andersen with fantastic saves on Bergeron and Grzelcyk.
3:59: Leafs PK has actually been pretty solid. Taking away the bumper and the seam pass for most of their time out there. Bruins being opportunistic.
3:56: Torey Krug on the power play. 2-1 Bruins.
3:51: Dermott to the box now for a trip on DeBrusk.
3:50: Good PK so far for Boston. 2-for-2.
3:48: Marchand scores on the power play to even things up, but Leafs get a power play right after. Nordstrom off for a high stick.
3:40: Kuraly draws a hold. Bruins head on the power play.
3:37: Morgan Rielly scores. 1-0 Leafs. Bad turnover by Kuhlman at the blue line.
3:35: Torey Krug with two shots on goal already. He had four SOG in 81:15 of 5v5 TOI so far this series.
3:31: Great kill for the Bruins.
3:30: Chara is off for a delay of game.
3:22: A shot from the blue line gets to Frederik Andersen. It's a start.
3:20: Game 6 is underway.
3:04: Bergeron line gets the start.
3:01: New Bruins lineup:
Marchand-Bergeron-Heinen
DeBrusk-Krejci-Pastrnak
Johansson-Coyle-Kuhlman
Nordstrom-Kuraly-Acciari
Chara-McAvoy
Krug-Carlo
Moore-Grzelcyk
Rask
PROJECTED LINES
BOSTON
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk -- David Krejci -- Marcus Johansson
Danton Heinen -- Charlie Coyle -- Karson Kuhlman
Joakim Nordstrom -- Sean Kuraly -- Chris Wagner
Zdeno Chara -- Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug -- Brandon Carlo
John Moore -- Matt Grzelcyk
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: David Backes, Noel Acciari
Injured: Connor Clifton (upper body), Kevan Miller (lower body)
TORONTO
Zach Hyman -- John Tavares -- Mitchell Marner
Andreas Johnsson -- Auston Matthews -- Kasperi Kapanen
Patrick Marleau -- William Nylander -- Connor Brown
Tyler Ennis -- Frederik Gauthier -- Trevor Moore
Morgan Rielly -- Ron Hainsey
Jake Muzzin -- Nikita Zaitsev
Jake Gardiner -- Travis Dermott
Frederik Andersen
PREGAME NOTES:
- It’s do or die time for the Bruins, who need a win up in enemy territory in order to bring this best-of-seven series back to Boston for a Game 7. Toronto is looking to advance past the first round of the postseason for the first time since 2004.
- The Bruins are coming off of a 2-1 loss on home ice in Game 5, a matchup in which they didn’t get the benefit of the doubt on a potential goaltender interference call. Still, the Bruins were flat for most of the night in what was a woefully uninspiring performance.
- Getting some shots on net will be key for Boston in Game 6, with the Leafs willing to surrender the blue line in order to entrench bodies down low. Torey Krug and Charlie McAvoy (seven combined shots on goal during 185:46 of 5v5 TOI this series) need to be much more active, while Patrice Bergeron’s line will also likely be matched up against John Tavares’ crew.
- “We’ve got to throw these punches,” McAvoy said Saturday. “We’ve got to get in their end, and we’ve got to get pressure. We’ve got to forecheck, we’ve got to be resilient. Because they’ve been doing it all series to us. They’re dumping it in, they’re getting it back. They’re going low to high. We know their gameplan, but we’ve got to get some O-zone time and we’ve got to make it hard on them like they’ve been doing to us.”
- Expect Bruce Cassidy to switch up his lines throughout the game, but for now, it looks as though Marcus Johansson will be slotted in with David Krejci, while Karson Kuhlman will slot in for David Backes on the third line. Backes played less than five minutes during Friday’s loss.
- Noel Acciari also appears to be on the outside looking in for Game 6, as Joakim Nordstrom practiced with Sean Kuraly and Chris Wagner on Saturday — with Kuraly taking over the role of center. For now, it looks as though speed will be the priority on Sunday.
- A first-round exit in and of itself would be a massive step back for a Bruins team that finished in a tie for the second-most points accrued in the NHL this season — and has a WIDE-OPEN lane in the postseason now that the Lightning have been bounced. The urgency has to be there at puck drop.
- “Every year writes its own story, so you value it,” Cassidy said on Saturday. “But this is a whole new group, and they’ve got to find their way. That was the message this morning. There was a lack of urgency last night in our play, and at times, it was there, but in general, I don’t think this team has reached where it can get to yet in the playoffs at all, in terms of team play. We’ve had pockets of it. We’ve certainly played well at times … but we have to reach our level if we expect to advance.”