Follow usMatthew Knies notched less than 3 minutes into OT, and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Boston Bruins 2-1 at TD Garden in Boston, MA, to avoid elimination in their 1st-round postseason series.
One at a time!@LGCanada | #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/DPZW4PdjA6
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) May 1, 2024
Jack McCabe had a goal, and Joseph Woll stopped 28 shots to help the Maple Leafs cut Bruins’ lead in the matchup to 3-2. Game 6 will be played on Tuesday in Canada.
Ilya Lyubushkin, Max Domi, and Mitch Marner had assists for the Canadian NHL franchise, who outshouted Boston 33-28.
Trent Frederic notched for the home team. Jeremy Swayman stopped 31 shots.
Toronto competed without star Auston Matthews, who missed the match with an unspecified illness after being only for a few minutes in Toronto’s morning skate today.
Matthews had a league-leading 69 goals in the regular campaign and scored the triumphing goal in Game 2 but had only 4 shots combined in the Maple Leafs’ defeats in the previous 2 matches from the series.
Knies to be taking the series back home! pic.twitter.com/f3nUeTT890
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) May 1, 2024
But the Canadian team won in Boston without him to keep the series alive.
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