Mitch Marner scored twice, the second on a short-handed penalty shot to give Toronto the lead for good, and the Maple Leafs beat the host Boston Bruins, 4-1, on Thursday night in the opener of their first-round playoff series. “It’s a weird play, but we’ll take all goals,” Maple Leafs defenseman Jake Muzzin said after Marner converted Toronto’s first successful postseason penalty shot in two decades. “It’s one game, but it gets us a step closer to where we want to get to,” Tavares said. Tuukka Rask stopped 29 shots for Boston, and Patrice Bergeron scored a power-play goal midway through the first period. But Marner tied it with about three minutes left in the period, sweeping in a rebound with such force he knocked himself off his skates.

Source: New York Times April 12, 2019 02:49 UTC