BOSTON — Frederik Andersen settled the puck behind his net, patiently faked out the hard-charging Brad Marchand and zipped a pass beyond Patrice Bergeron to clear the defensive zone. It was a subtle sequence in the third period of the Maple Leafs’ convincing 4-1 victory over the Boston Bruins in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. Pucks were going in off teammates and sticks from weird angles, but more troubling was that Andersen looked out of sorts. “We need to elevate our game again,” Leafs centre Auston Matthews said. Bergeron scored early on the power play to give Boston a 1-0 lead, but both Andersen and the Leafs stayed the course.

Source: National Post April 12, 2019 21:00 UTC