The Bruins have won six straight for the first time since the start of 2023-24. The new victory ended the Maple Leafs’ own three-game winning streak on Saturday.
“It is always not easy (playing in Toronto), especially when you are missing a few guys too,” Bruins coach Marco Sturm said. “But we kind of stuck with our game, and just like I told the guys, for me, it was a pretty impressive win.”
today, a rematch, this time in Boston.
The Bruins piled up 39 shots and scored on its lone power play to break a 2-2 tie Saturday. David Pastrnak bagged the game-winner in the second period, and Jeremy Swayman made 15 of his 30 saves in the third.
A key insurance tally with 3:02 left came from 21-year-old Fraser Minten, whom the Bruins acquired from the Maple Leafs in March.
“I want to be out there playing, so continuing to build on that and earn trust, earn those minutes is why I play the game,” Minten said.
Here’s your preview.
When: Tuesday, 7 p.m.
Where: TD Garden, Boston
TV, radio: HBO Max, TNT, truTV, WBZ-FM 98.5
Line: Toronto -140. O/U: 6.5.
MAPLE LEAFS
Season record: 8-7-1. vs. spread: 5-11. Over/under: 14-2
Last 10 games: 5-5-0. vs. spread: 3-7. Over/under: 10-0
BRUINS
Season record: 10-7-0. vs. spread: 13-4. Over/under: 10-7
Last 10 games: 7-3-0. vs. spread: 8-2. Over/under: 7-3
TEAM STATISTICS
Goals scored: Toronto 59, Boston 56
Goals allowed: Toronto 60, Boston 56
Power play: Toronto 17.1%, Boston 22.2%
Penalty minutes: Toronto 121, Boston 181
Penalty kill: Toronto 80.9%, Boston 81.3%
Faceoffs won: Toronto 54.8%, Boston 54.0%
Stat of the day: Fraser Minten’s three goals and six points this year are already career highs.
Notes: The Bruins played in Toronto without forward Casey Mittelstadt, who is week-to-week with a lower-body injury, and defenseman Charlie McAvoy, who practiced on Monday after tending to a family matter. … Mason Lohrei, who had been a healthy scratch in the five prior games, registered two assists in McAvoy’s absence. … The Leafs dropped the second end of their weekend back-to-back with a 5-4 home loss to the Hurricanes on Sunday. Carolina’s three-goal rally offset William Nylander’s pair of goals and Dennis Hildeby’s 42-slash effort. “Could be immaturity, not a willingness to make the easy play,” Toronto coach Craig Berube said. “Turnover after turnover cost us the game tonight. We didn’t check anybody tonight. We didn’t win any battles tonight. That’s two games in a row.” … Hildeby made his seventh career start on Sunday after replacing Anthony Stolarz in the second period against the Bruins. Stolarz, who has shouldered a great workload as former Boston College netminder Joseph Woll prepares to return from a personal absence, allowed goals on the first two shots he faced and four on 19 in total. … Nylander, an offensive bright spot, responded to his only pointless game of the season on Oct. 13 with an ongoing 10-game point streak. Sunday was his second multi-goal performance in the last four games. … Despite stumbling on the weekend, Toronto is only three points back of the Bruins, who rank second in the Atlantic Division.
Katie McInerney can be reached at katie.mcinerney@globe.com. Follow her on Instagram at @katiemac.sports.
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