In Game 2 of this first-round series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins the officials reset the refereeing standard from Straight Up to Goat Rodeo, and the Bruins ran the Leafs out of the building. “Sure, I think every game you go into is going to be reffed differently,” Leafs forward Zach Hyman said. The Bruins reacted to Game 1’s Leafs win with a leg-churning adrenalin, with elbows and shoulders and sticks and a knee. “I think our makeup is maybe a little more physical than they are,” Bruins forward David Backes said before the game. And for one night the game wasn’t bullying so much as a battle, and the Leafs came out on top.

Source: thestar April 16, 2019 02:15 UTC