Maple Leafs edge Bruins in Game 2, tie Eastern 1st Round | NHL.com
Max Domi had a goal and an assist, and Ilya Samsonov made 27 saves for Toronto, the No. 3 seed from the Atlantic Division. The Maple Leafs played without forward William Nylander for a second straight game because of an undisclosed injury.
“Loved our resolve tonight,” Toronto coach Sheldon Keefe said. “… There’s some things kind of piling up that weren’t really going our way, but the guys stayed with it. So great effort here on the road tonight, and really good team win.”
Morgan Geekie and David Pastrnak scored, and Linus Ullmark made 30 saves for Boston, the No. 2 seed from the Atlantic, after Jeremy Swayman was in goal for the 5-1 win in Game 1 on Saturday.
“I don’t think our urgency was where it needed to be to prevail tonight,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “I didn’t think puck management was a detriment to us, I just didn’t think we won enough wall battles to get out of our end successfully.”
Game 3 of the best-of-7 series is at Toronto on Wednesday (7 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, NESN, ESPN).
