Anthony Stolarz stopped all 29 shots he faced as the Toronto Maple Leafs shut out the Boston Bruins 4-0 at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday night.
Following a scoreless first period, the Maple Leafs struck twice on the man advantage in the second period. Morgan Rielly opened the scoring at 8:44 with a wrist shot set up by Mitch Marner and Matthew Knies. Just 74 seconds later, William Nylander capitalized on another power play with a wrist shot off feeds from Marner and Rielly to double the lead.
Toronto extended the margin in the third period with a third power-play tally. Knies tipped in a shot at 14:13 with assists credited to Nylander and Rielly. Steven Lorentz closed the scoring at 15:58 by scoring an empty-net goal off an assist from Chris Tanev.
Special teams shaped the outcome as Toronto finished 3-for-7 on the power play while holding Boston scoreless on six opportunities. Jeremy Swayman took the loss for the Bruins, turning aside 23 of 26 shots. Stolarz earned his shutout by stopping 29 shots, supported by 12 blocked shots from the Toronto defense.
With the victory, the Maple Leafs improved to 7-5-2 on the season and split the first two matchups of the regular-season series with Boston. The Bruins fell to 6-7-1 after having their two-game winning streak halted.
