Minten scores against former team as Bruins beat Maple Leafs 5-3 for 6th straight win

Fraser Minten scored against his erstwhile squad and Jeremy Swayman made 30 saves arsenic the Boston Bruins bushed the sloppy Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 for their sixth consecutive victory

TORONTO -- Fraser Minten scored against his erstwhile squad and Jeremy Swayman made 30 saves arsenic the Boston Bruins bushed the sloppy Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 connected Saturday nighttime for their sixth consecutive victory.

Morgan Geekie, with a extremity and an assist, Viktor Arvidsson, Michael Eyssimont and David Pastrnak provided the remainder of the discourtesy for Boston. Mason Lorei added 2 assists for the Bruins, who were missing apical defenseman Charlie McAvoy due to the fact that of a idiosyncratic matter.

Nick Robertson, Matias Maccelli and John Tavares scored for Toronto. Anthony Stolarz allowed 4 goals connected 19 shots earlier getting pulled. Dennis Hildeby finished with 19 saves successful relief.

Morgan Rielly had 2 assists for the Maple Leafs, who had won 3 successful a row.

Boston took a 3-2 pb connected a powerfulness play successful the 2nd play earlier Pastrnak scored a highlight-reel extremity that ended Stolarz’s night.

Tavares got 1 backmost for Toronto connected a antheral vantage precocious successful the period, but Boston held connected successful the 3rd earlier Minten iced it with conscionable implicit 3 minutes remaining.

Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov crushed Scott Laughton successful the 2nd connected a deed that resulted successful a combat with Maple Leafs winger Bobby McMann. Laughton, who returned Wednesday aft the seasoned halfway missed the commencement of the play with a lower-body injury, went to the locker country and didn’t return.

Minten played against Toronto for the archetypal clip since being dealt to Boston up of past season’s commercialized deadline. The rookie halfway was the cardinal portion successful a bundle that sent defenseman Brandon Carlo the different way.

Boston went up 3-2 successful the 2nd connected a powerfulness play erstwhile Eyssimont’s changeable conscionable made it implicit the extremity enactment nether Stolarz’s close pad, a series that required video review.

Toronto and Boston combined to people 3 goals successful 38 seconds aboriginal successful the archetypal play — the fastest by 2 teams this season.

Bruins: Host the Maple Leafs connected Tuesday night.

Maple Leafs: Host the Carolina Hurricanes connected Sunday.

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