Bruins’ train keeps rolling with 5-3 win over Leafs

Even when the odds seem stacked against the Bruins they can do no wrong these days A seriously undermanned squad traveled to Toronto and took it to the Maple Leafs for much of the night notching a - accomplishment on Saturday at Scotiabank Arena their sixth straight preeminence Jeremy Swayman made saves and the B s got goals from five different players with players from all four lines scoring to improve their record to - After the B s had done a good job of protecting a - lead greater part of the third period William Nylander thought he tied the championship with left in regulation and lifted his arms in celebration But the ref waved it off and the replay did show Nylander s shot hit the crossbar then a post and out Then former Leaf prospect Fraser Minten gave the B s their two-goal lead back with left Mark Kastelic stole the puck and fed Minten who lifted it over Dennis Hildeby to make it - The Leafs still had life when Hampus Lindholm was called for holding with left in the third A challenging meeting for the B s was going to be even more so with the players they had out of the lineup Charlie McAvoy was back in Boston due to a family matter and Casey Mittelstadt lower body timetable not yet available did not make the trip The McAvoy absence meant that Mason Lohrei a scratch for the previous five games got back in the lineup and Alex Steeves called up from Providence made his Bruin debut They both made their presences felt in the first period that saw the teams pact a pair of goals each Both of Toronto s goals were due to Bruin penalties First with Henri Jokiharju in the box the Leafs took the first lead of the encounter when with seconds left on the kill Max Domi uncovered Nic Robertson for a redirection past Swayman at But just seconds later the B s had not only tied the challenge but took a lead The first one came off the rush with Lohrei feeding Morgan Geekie on the left wing Geekie cut to the middle of the ice fanned on his first attempt but then beat Anthony Stolarz with a post-and-in shot just seconds after Robertson s goal They took the lead on the next shift seconds later Steeves kept the puck in at the blue line and went in on the forecheck He seemed to discombobulate the Leafs defense Phillipe Myers tried to take the puck out in front of his own net but Viktor Arvidsson totally swiped it off his blade and it got through Stolarz for Arvidsson s fifth But they could not get out of period with a lead Mikey Eyssimont took a holding penalty that the B s killed off but Eyssimont could not get back into the play in time to prevent a Leaf goal Andrew Peeke left the slot to play Nic Roy behind the net but Roy was able to dish it out front to a wide-open Mattias Maccelli who beat Swayman at The B s had a strong first outshooting the Leafs - but had settle the tie after the first minutes But it didn t take them long to take the lead when they got their first power play Eyssimont stuffed the puck under Stolarz pads and raised his hands in celebration The refs at once waved it off announcing that Eyssimont had pushed Stolarz pads into the net A review was initiated by the league however and it was ruled that the puck was in before Eyssimont pushed the pad It was the winger s fourth of the season at The B s pushed it to a two-goal lead at Lindholm hit David Pastrnak with a nice cross-diagonal pass at the Toronto blue line Pastrnak attacked Simon Benoit one-on-one and pretzeled the defenseman to move in alone on Stolarz With not much more room to do anything more Pastrnak just guided the puck toward the net and it slipped through Stolarz That was Pastrnak s eighth of the year and th of his career And that was the night for Stolarz who was yanked by coach Craig Berube for Hildeby The Leafs had a chance to get back in the battle late in the second With top penalty killer Nikita Zadorov in the box for five minutes for fighting Bobby McMann after Zadorov blasted Scott Laughton on a brutal but clean check Tanner Jeannot was called for an offensive zone slashing The B s again killed off much of it until Nylander exposed John Tavares in the slot and Tavares snapped one over Swayman s shoulder at at to draw the Leafs within a goal at - Hildeby meanwhile stopped all eight shots he faced in the second