The Boston Bruins returned to their winning ways with a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs following their disheartening shootout loss to the Rangers the other night. The Bruins had led against the Rangers 2-0 before they allowed 3 goals (one in the shootout). With their win, the surprising Bruins move 4 points up on the idle Montreal Canadiens and hold onto the lead in the Northeast Division.
The Bruins took a 2-0 first period lead with goals by Phil Kessel (his 8th of the season) and Matt Hunwick scoring his 1st. Marc Savard and Milan Lucic had assists on both goals. The Leafs Jason Blake brought Toronto to within one beating Tim Thomas on a wrist shot with a little over two minutes to play in the first period.
The Leafs were pressing for the tie in the second, but Michael Ryder deked a Leaf defenseman and snapped a wrist shot past Vesa Toskala for the game winner. Leafs superpest Mikhail Grabovski got his 9th of the year at 8:53 of the third, but then the Bruins slammed the door. Thomas faced a total of 30 shots (nine in the 3rd as the Leafs struggled to tie the game), while Toskala was peppered with only 22 from the Bruins.
With the win, the Bruins (8-1-1 in their last 10 games) move 4 points up on the Montreal Canadiens, while the Toronto remains in fourth spot in the Northeast Division only 3 up on the Ottawa Senators who have a game in hand on the Leafs.
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