Once More, Bruins Can’t Figure Out Maple Leafs

By John in Bruins, Featured ⋅ April 1, 2011 at 9:14am ⋅ Post a comment

Tyler Seguin #19 of the Boston Bruins is tripped by Darryl Boyce #47 of the Toronto Maple Leafs on March 31, 2011 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

In trying to keep pace with Philadelphia and Washington, Boston instead couldn’t keep pace with Toronto, losing at home 4-3 in a shootout. The two teams were relatively even in the 1st Period, with the only goal coming on a wrist shot from Toronto’s Luke Schenn. Toronto also out-shot Boston by one in the period, making that goal the difference.

The 2nd was very good to Boston; the Bruins out-shot Toronto 18-7. Boston quickly tied the score down a man, and followed it 59 seconds later to take the lead. Down again a man minutes later, Boston allowed the Leafs to tie the score, but Boston took the lead again 1:25 later. 20 of 34 penalty minutes were also handed out in the period.

The final regulation period was just about a mirror image of the 1st. Toronto scored the only goal, and out-shot Boston by one. The only real difference was zero penalty minutes, as opposed to 12 in the 1st. Toronto also had two more shots in the overtime period, but despite finishing the last 1:05 of the period on a power play, Boston couldn’t get the job done, and had to test their luck in a shootout, where their luck has been largely terrible this year.

Boston elected to go first in the shootout, but Tyler Seguin and Michael Ryder couldn’t get the puck in the net (nor could Phil Kessel, for that matter) before Nazem Kadri put the Maple Leafs ahead. Rich Peverly couldn’t keep Boston in the race, and Toronto came away with the win.

JERRY!! JERRRY!! Moment of the Game

Scoring Summary

1st Period
7:06	TOR	Luke Schenn (5) Wrist Shot – Assists: Carl Gunnarsson (14) & Joffrey Lupul (15)
2nd Period
2:09	BOS	SHG – Brad Marchand (21) Backhand – Assists: none
3:08	BOS	David Krejci (13) Wrist Shot – Assists: Milan Lucic (30) & Nathan Horton (27)
7:06	TOR	PPG – Joffrey Lupul (12) Wrist Shot – Assists: Phil Kessel (30) & Tyler Bozak (17)
8:31	BOS	Andrew Ference (3) Slap Shot – Assists: Brad Marchand (19) & Patrice Bergeron (34)
3rd Period
7:53	TOR	Joffrey Lupul (13) Wrist Shot – Assists: Phil Kessel (31) & Luke Schenn (16)
OT Period
NONE
Shootout
Tyler Seguin	BOS	Miss
Phil Kessel	TOR	Miss
Michael Ryder	BOS	Miss
Nazem Kadri	TOR	Goal
Rich Peverly	BOS	Miss

Penalty Summary

1st Period
11:47	BOS	Tyler Seguin: Hooking – 2 min
14:03	BOS	Steven Kampfer: Hooking – 2 min
16:00	TOR	Phil Kessel served by Clarke MacArthur: Roughing – 2 min
16:00	BOS	Andrew Ference: Slashing – 2 min
16:00	TOR	Phil Kessel: Roughing – 2 min
18:05	TOR	Nikolai Kulemin: Hooking – 2 min
2nd Period
0:40	BOS	Zdeno Chara: Holding – 2 min
6:38	BOS	Gregory Campbell: Hi-sticking – 2 min
9:00	TOR	Jay Rosehill: Interference – 2 min
11:06	TOR	Jay Rosehill: Fighting (maj) – 5 min
11:06	BOS	Milan Lucic: Fighting (maj) – 5 min
12:59	TOR	Dion Phaneuf: Tripping – 2 min
18:28	BOS	Andrew Ference: Hooking – 2 min
3rd Period
NONE
OT Period
3:55	TOR	Joffrey Lupul: Slashing – 2 min