Boston End Toronto’s Stanley Cup Dreams Early Again
The Bruins March on to round Two again after another narrow postseason win over Toronto
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In what was a back and forth as well as thoroughly entertaining series, Boston got the better of the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 in this Eastern Conference First Round. The two met at this stage last season and Boston won that one 4-3 also. This time around though they had to come back from 3-2 down, and although the score in the final game was 5-1 they can thank goalie Tuukka Rask for the win as he pulled off a raft of saves. Toronto will no doubt be disappointed, however, Boston did finish well ahead of them in the regular-season standings.
Game Scores:
11th April Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 Boston Bruins
13th April Toronto Maple Leafs 1–4 Boston Bruins
15th April Boston Bruins 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs
17th April Boston Bruins 6–4 Toronto Maple Leafs
19th April Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 Boston Bruins
21st April Boston Bruins 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs
23rd April Toronto Maple Leafs 1–5 Boston Bruins
Boston will now face the surprise team of the First Round The Columbus Blue Jackets – who swept the President’s Trophy winners Tampa Bay in their first series.
