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03/24 21:06 CDT Knies scores 2 goals and Maple Leafs snap 3-game skid with 4-2
win at Bruins
Knies scores 2 goals and Maple Leafs snap 3-game skid with 4-2 win at Bruins
By DOUG ALDEN
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) --- Matthew Knies scored a pair of goals and the Toronto Maple
Leafs snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Boston
Bruins on Tuesday night.
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 in the Original Six rivalry. Anthony Stolarz finished with 18
saves.
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 just the second time in their last 16
games.
Stolarz was back in net for the Leafs, three days after taking a puck to the
throat during warmups and ending up at the hospital as a precaution. Stolarz
stopped Lindholm on a rebound in front early in the second period, then made a
point-blank save on Morgan Geekie to keep Toronto within a goal. Stolarz came
through again in the third with a nice glove save on a backhand by Viktor
Arvidsson to preserve the lead.
Boston's Nikita Zadorov was called for a major boarding penalty with 2:07 left
in the second, leading to a 4-on-3 power-play and Domi's goal on a backhand
that put the Leafs up 2-1. Tavares, who was driven head-first into the boards
by Zadorov, assisted on the goal.
McAvoy pulled Boston within 3-2 on a power-play goal 5:08 into the third. But
Knies sealed it for Toronto with an empty-netter on the power play with 22
seconds left.
The Bruins announced late Monday that they signed 2025 first-round draft pick
James Hagens from Boston College to an amateur tryout agreement and assigned
him to Providence of the AHL. Boston selected the 19-year-old Hagens seventh
overall last year in the draft.
Up next
Bruins: Visit Buffalo on Wednesday night.
Maple Leafs: Host the New York Rangers on Wednesday night.
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