TORONTO — William Nylander could barely watch the Maple Leafs' first three playoff games as he worked his way back from injury — the nerves were almost too much. Joseph Woll didn't enter the fray from the end of the bench until Toronto was facing elimination. Better late than never, the tardy arrivals helped push their team closer to something accomplished just once in franchise history Thursday. Nylander scored twice and Woll made 22 saves as the Leafs downed the Boston Bruins 2-1 to force Game
TORONTO — An uninspired Game 5 effort put the pressure squarely on the Boston Bruins in their first-round NHL playoff series against Toronto. A Game 6 dud only made things worse. The Maple Leafs topped the Bruins 2-1 on Thursday at Scotiabank Arena to force a seventh game on Saturday night at TD Garden. Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery wants to see more from his team in the decider and called out forward David Pastrnak by name. "Your best players need to be your best players this time of year,"
Thursday's Scoreboard NHL Playoffs First Round Toronto 2 Boston 1 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3) --- AHL Playoffs Division Semifinals Syracuse 2 Rochester 1 (SO) (Syracuse leads best-of-five series tied 2-1) Texas 6 Milwaukee 3 (Texas leads best-of-five series 1-0) --- MLB American League Baltimore 7 N.Y. Yankees 2 Houston 8 Cleveland 2 National League Miami 5 Colorado 4 (10) N.Y. Mets 7 Chicago Cubs 6 (11) Interleague San Francisco 3 Boston 1 Texas 6 Washington 0 --- NBA Playoffs First Round I
TORONTO (AP) — William Nylander scored twice, Joseph Woll made 22 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Thursday night to force a seventh game in the first-round Eastern Conference series. Toronto has overcame a 3-1 series deficit, also staving off elimination with a 2-1 victory in overtime in Boston on Tuesday night, to send the series back to Boston for a winner-take-all finale Saturday night. The series winner will face the Florida Panthers. Morgan Rielly assisted on