Toronto Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins
Playoffs · Saturday, April 21, 2018 · TD Garden
NBC · CBC · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Maple Leafs 45–21.
Goals came from Connor Brown, Andreas Johnsson, David Backes, Tyler Bozak, James van Riemsdyk, Sean Kuraly and Noel Acciari.
Frederik Andersen made 42 saves on 45 shots for the win; Tuukka Rask stopped 9 of 13.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Connor Brown (1)Auston Matthews (1), Zach Hyman (3)1–006:36 TOR
Andreas Johnsson (1)Nazem Kadri (1), Jake Gardiner (1)2–010:12 TOR
2nd period
David Backes (2)Jake DeBrusk (2), Torey Krug (6)2–109:45 BOS · 
Tyler Bozak (2)Morgan Rielly (5), James van Riemsdyk (1)3–110:36 TOR
James van Riemsdyk (3)Mitch Marner (5), Tyler Bozak (2)4–111:55 TOR · 
Sean Kuraly (2)Matt Grzelcyk (1), Noel Acciari (1)4–217:18 BOS
3rd period
Noel Acciari (1)Tim Schaller (2), Torey Krug (7)4–305:56 BOS
Team stats
TORBOS
2145
47%53%
1/11/6
166
2828
228
126
108
Penalties
- 13:54 into the first period
Tyler Bozak · slashing2 min - 9:28 into the second periodNikita Zaitsev · tripping2 min
- 11:24 into the second period
Matt Grzelcyk · tripping2 min - 12:51 into the second periodZach Hyman · roughing2 min
- 12:51 into the second periodJake Gardiner · roughing2 min
- 12:51 into the second periodDavid Backes · roughing2 min
- 12:51 into the second periodDavid Backes · roughing2 min
- 13:18 into the second periodTyler Bozak · interference2 min
- 13:45 into the second periodRoman Polak · slashing2 min
- 18:33 into the second periodAndreas Johnsson · hooking2 min
- 3:10 into the third periodTravis Dermott · holding2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 25James van RiemsdykL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10:01 |
| 42Tyler BozakC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11:09 |
| 11Zach HymanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:28 |
| 16Mitch MarnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:05 |
| 18Andreas JohnssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:15 |
| 28Connor BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 34Auston MatthewsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:25 |
| 43Nazem KadriC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:58 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:10 |
| 51Jake GardinerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 20:43 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:10 |
| 19Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:03 |
| 24Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:03 |
| 29William NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:31 |
| 2Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 26:06 |
| 22Nikita ZaitsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:10 |
| 23Travis DermottD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:36 |
| 46Roman PolakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Frederik AndersenG | W | 45 | 3 | .933 |
| 35Curtis McElhinneyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 55Noel AcciariC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 10:59 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 23:54 |
| 42David BackesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 14:17 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:18 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 09:01 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:06 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:25 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:41 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 20:57 |
| 43Danton HeinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:29 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:42 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:20 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 23:06 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 10 | 22:13 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 20:15 |
| 54Adam McQuaidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:31 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 22:25 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Anton KhudobinG | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 40Tuukka RaskG | L | 13 | 4 | .692 |