Special Teams Cost Bruins in Loss to Maple Leafs
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BOSTON – The Boston Bruins (39-24-8) could not figure out the special teams and fell to the Toronto Maple Leafs (30-29-13), 4-2, on Tuesday night at the TD Garden. Elias Lindholm (14) and Charlie McAvoy (10) scored for the Bruins, with McAvoy’s coming on the power play. Jeremy Swayman made 32 saves but fell to 28-15-4 on the season.
It is his fifth career loss to the Maple Leafs. The Bruins struck first, but did not start with their best period. Henri Jokiharju played a long floater to Morgan Geekie , who laid it to his right for Elias Lindholm.
In stride, Lindholm collected the puck and directed it toward Anthony Stolarz and beat him blocker-side to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead. The goal marked Lindholm’s second 5-on-5 goal since the Olympic break. The Maple Leafs controlled play for the rest of the first period and went to the locker room with a 9-5 shots advantage.
Swayman stopped all nine. The Maple Leafs started the second period in penalty trouble. The Bruins drew three straight penalties in the first eight minutes of the middle frame.