Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Regular Season Final

Final score

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 4–2 on Monday, March 20, 2017 at home.

Final score, Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs
Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Boston Bruins 2 44-31-7
at Toronto Maple Leafs 4 40-27-15

Goals by period

Goals by period, Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Boston Bruins 1 0 1 2
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 0 3 4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Boston Bruins 8 12 14 34
Toronto Maple Leafs 11 11 8 30

Three stars

  1. F. Andersen, Toronto Maple Leafs (goaltender)
  2. T. Bozak, Toronto Maple Leafs (1 goal)
  3. T. Rask, Boston Bruins (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 07:26 Boston Bruins David Backes (16) Brad Marchand (43) Even strength BOS 1, TOR 0
1st 14:05 Toronto Maple Leafs Morgan Rielly (6) Mitch Marner (39), James van Riemsdyk (31) Even strength BOS 1, TOR 1
3rd 18:03 Toronto Maple Leafs Tyler Bozak (17) James van Riemsdyk (32), Nikita Zaitsev (27) Power play BOS 1, TOR 2
3rd 18:47 Toronto Maple Leafs William Nylander (19) Auston Matthews (25) Even strength, Empty net BOS 1, TOR 3
3rd 19:09 Toronto Maple Leafs Nazem Kadri (29) Connor Brown (14), Roman Polak (4) Even strength, Empty net BOS 1, TOR 4
3rd 19:50 Boston Bruins Dominic Moore (11) Noel Acciari (3) Even strength BOS 2, TOR 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs
Stat Boston Bruins Toronto Maple Leafs
Shots on goal 34 30
Power play 0 of 1 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 10 6
Hits 26 20
Blocked shots 13 13
Giveaways 7 8
Takeaways 7 11
Faceoffs won 35/62 (56.5%) 27/62 (43.5%)

Box score

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 19 D. Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 50% 09:41
Number 20 R. Nash C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 2 0 0 55.6% 13:53
Number 28 D. Moore C 1 0 1 +1 2 6 1 0 0 60% 13:03
Number 37 P. Bergeron C 0 0 0 -1 4 4 1 0 0 72.7% 17:43
Number 39 M. Beleskey L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 11:17
Number 42 D. Backes R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 2 1 0 13:57
Number 46 D. Krejci C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 50% 18:11
Number 51 R. Spooner C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 0 0 28.6% 11:17
Number 55 N. Acciari C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 4 0 0 11:34
Number 63 B. Marchand L 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 21:34
Number 72 F. Vatrano R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 10:22
Number 88 D. Pastrnak R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 0 0 18:56
Number 6 C. Miller D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 13:28
Number 25 B. Carlo D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 4 3 0 23:34
Number 33 Z. Chara D 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 0 24:41
Number 47 T. Krug D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 5 0 21:25
Number 54 A. McQuaid D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 19:58
Number 86 K. Miller D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 2 0 0 16:06
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 40 T. Rask 28 26 2 .929 59:17 Loss

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 11 Z. Hyman L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 2 0 09:33
Number 12 C. Brown R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:04
Number 15 M. Martin L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 0 0 06:08
Number 16 M. Marner R 0 1 1 +1 0 5 1 0 0 24:24
Number 24 B. Boyle C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 2 0 37.5% 05:51
Number 25 J. van Riemsdyk L 0 2 2 +1 0 4 0 0 0 23:04
Number 26 N. Soshnikov R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 1 0 14:31
Number 29 W. Nylander R 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 0 0 10:59
Number 34 A. Matthews C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 37.5% 10:40
Number 42 T. Bozak C 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 75% 17:15
Number 43 N. Kadri C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 13.3% 16:52
Number 47 L. Komarov R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 50% 15:14
Number 2 M. Hunwick D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 0 0 11:12
Number 8 C. Carrick D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 15:05
Number 22 N. Zaitsev D 0 1 1 -2 2 1 3 2 0 24:09
Number 44 M. Rielly D 1 0 1 +3 0 3 0 1 0 27:32
Number 46 R. Polak D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 3 2 0 17:38
Number 51 J. Gardiner D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 27:49
Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 31 F. Andersen 34 32 2 .941 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 12:44 Toronto Maple Leafs Nikita Soshnikov Boarding 2
1st 12:44 Boston Bruins Patrice Bergeron Roughing 2
1st 15:47 Boston Bruins Kevan Miller High sticking 2
1st 16:40 Boston Bruins Patrice Bergeron Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd 04:22 Toronto Maple Leafs Nikita Zaitsev Cross checking 2
3rd 12:23 Boston Bruins Zdeno Chara Cross checking 2
3rd 12:23 Toronto Maple Leafs Matt Martin Cross checking 2
3rd 17:06 Boston Bruins Dominic Moore Interference 2

Game information

Boston Bruins head coach
Bruce Cassidy
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach
Mike Babcock
Referees
Justin St. Pierre, Dan O'Halloran
Linesmen
Scott Driscoll, Brad Kovachik
Boston Bruins scratches
John-Michael Liles, Jimmy Hayes, Sean Kuraly, Joe Morrow, Tim Schaller
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches
Eric Fehr, Ben Smith, Martin Marincin, Alexey Marchenko, Josh Leivo

2016-2017 season series

Other NHL games on Mar 20

Sources and further reading

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