The Toronto Maple Leafs will have to improve their special teams if they're going to defeat the rival Boston Bruins and advance to the second round of the playoffs in back-to-back years.
Matthew Knies opened the scoring for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Trent Frederic replied for the Boston Bruins as the teams are tied 1-1 after the second period of Game 3 of their first-round series. The best-of-seven series is tied at 1-1.
John Tavares scored a power-play goal at the 18:26 mark of the second period to pull the Toronto Maple Leafs even 2-2 with the Boston Bruins after 40 minutes in Game 2 of their first-round series.
Auston Matthews scored the winner in the third period and added two assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs topped the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Monday to even their first-round playoff series 1-1.
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