Bruins coach Jim Montgomery says he has a plan regarding goalie use in the playoffs and he is sticking to it. Now we know that the plan was to play Jeremy Swayman in both games north of the border. Montgomery broke up his usual goaltender rotation for Game 4 in Toronto,
Watch on Tuesday when the Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Boston Bruins for Game 5 of the NHL Playoffs First Round at 7:00 PM ET on NESN. The Bruins are up 3-1.Boston won 3-1 on the road its last
Jeremy Swayman started back-to-back games for the first time in two months and made 25 saves to help the visiting Boston Bruins take command of the Eastern Conference first-round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs with a 3-1 win in Game 4 on Saturday night.
It’s so hard to end a team’s season and we know that. I think everyone that was part of it last year is better off for it.” That sense of urgency should also affect the coach’s thinking in how he decides which goalie starts in Game 5 – if it hasn’t been made already.
Bruins coach Jim Montgomery says he has a plan regarding goalie use in the playoffs and he is sticking to it. He’s just not sharing details. “We’re following the plan that we had set in place,” Montgomery told reporters in Toronto on Friday.
Matthews was pulled from Saturday's Game 4 due to the illness he's been dealing with in recent days, Joshua Kloke of The Athletic reports. Matthews didn't play in the third period, and head coach Sheldon Keefe explained that the Maple Leafs' doctors pulled the world-class center from the game.
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Matthews reportedly was ill during Game 3 on Wednesday, per Mark Masters of TSN, but it's unclear if his exit from Game 4 is related. Matthews should be considered day-to-day ahead of Tuesday's Game 5,
The Bruins can seize control of their best of seven against the Maple Leafs with a win. The Leafs can send it back to Boston tied. The two longtime and frequent playoff rivals will square off in Game 4 at Scotiabank Arena.
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Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe has provided an update on Auston Matthews after he left Game 4 due to an illness. The post Maple Leafs Coach Gives Update on Auston Matthews After Leaving Game 4 appeared first on Heavy.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are struggling in their playoff series against the Boston Bruins, and at least one Leafs player understands the fans’ frustrations. Leafs forward John Tavares is sympathetic to the fans who booed the team after a loss in game four of the series on Saturday.
Given the choice James van Riemsdyk would have made this trade. If he was given the option of going 21 straight games over two months without a goal so he could score one big one for the Bruins in the playoffs?
The Toronto Maple Leafs were pushed to the brink in their first-round series with the Boston Bruins on Saturday night, as they suffered a 3-1 loss in Game 4 to push their deficit in the series to 3-1.
With a chance to grab a stranglehold of this first-round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Bruins played their best game of the series on Saturday night. Going away from their goalie rotation and starting Jeremy Swayman for the second straight game,
The Maple Leafs tried to mount a comeback against the Bruins in the third period without their best player. With Boston leading 3-0, Auston Matthews wasn’t on the Toronto bench to start the third period.
No NHL series had tighter odds in Round 1 than Boston vs. Toronto, and, so far, things are playing out true to form. The Bruins won two of the first three games, but the last two contests were decided by a combined three goals (including an empty-netter),
And at one point in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday, the frustration boiled over to the point where forward Mitch Marner was seen sitting on the bench furiously chucking his gloves in disgust.
Among the lessons the Bruins took after their Game 2 loss was that it wasn’t enough to match the effort from a victory. In Game 2, the Maple Leafs got better and the Bruins didn’t match it. Boston answered in Game 3 with its best game of the playoffs to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
The Maple Leafs have advanced to the second round of the postseason just once since 2004—last season, when they were swiftly dismissed by the Florida Panthers. Frustration has set in for Toronto's fans,
Brad Marchand broke Boston’s playoff goals record with his 56th, and the Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 in Game 4 on Saturday night to move within a victory of advancing to the second round.
The Boston Bruins increased their lead in the series against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night with a 3-1 win in Game 4 of the playoffs. The Bruins now lead the series 3-1.
Toronto coach Sheldon Keefe said he’s preparing to have William Nylander back in the Maple Leafs’ lineup after morning skate, but said it wouldn’t be definite until game time. As expected Jim Montgomery wasn’t giving any information about the Bruins’ starting goalie.
Auston Matthews left Toronto Maples Leafs fans disappointed on Saturday when he exited Game 4 of the team's Eastern Conference first-round playoff series