William Nylander scored twice, while Joseph Woll made 22 saves on Thursday as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 to force a seventh game in their first-round Eastern Conference series.
“We battled and competed,” said Nylander, who sat out the first three games of the series because of an undisclosed ailment. “And Woller was incredible.”
Toronto have overcame a 3-1 series deficit, also staving off elimination with a 2-1 victory in overtime in Boston on Tuesday, to send the series back to Boston for a winner-take-all finale tomorrow morning Taiwan time.
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The winners are to face the Florida Panthers.
Morgan Rielly assisted on both of his side’s goals.
Jeremy Swayman stopped 24 shots for the Bruins. Morgan Geekie spoiled Woll’s shutout bid with 0.1 seconds left.
Bruins coach Jim Montgomery wants to see more from his team in the decider and called out forward David Pastrnak by name.
“Your best players need to be your best players this time of year,” Montgomery said. “I think the effort is tremendous and they need to come through with some big-time plays in big-time moments. I think [captain Brad] Marchand has done that in the series. Pasta needs to step up.”
“I maybe didn’t get enough shots,” Pastrnak said. “I should maybe have a little bit more of a shooting mentality. Usually, that always helps me.”
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