LEAFS 4, BRUINS 3 (OT) Morgan Rielly put the Maple Leafs on the board at 5:55 of the first period and scored the winner at 3:54 of overtime goal. Rielly’s goals were his first of the season. Last season he established a new single-season career-high for goals (20).

BOSTON BRUINS (5-1-2 – 12 Points) vs.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (5-3-1 – 11 Points)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2019

 123OTFINAL
BOSTON10203
TORONTO20114

GAME SUMMARY         |           EVENT SUMMARY        |           FACEOFF SUMMARY


ON THE SCORESHEET

  • Morgan Rielly put the Maple Leafs on the board at 5:55 of the first period and scored the winner at 3:54 of overtime goal. Rielly’s goals were his first of the season. Last season he established a new single-season career-high for goals (20). Tonight’s game is his third multi-point performance of the season.
  • Dmytro Timashov scored Toronto’s second goal of the night at 15:44 of the first period. Timashov’s goal is his first career NHL goal. He has four points (1-3-4) in six games to begin his NHL career.
  • Alex Kerfoot scored the third Maple Leafs goal of the game at 2:37 of the third period. Kerfoot has two goals over his last four games. The Maple Leafs are 2-0-1 when Kerfoot scores this season.
  • Mitch Marner registered the primary assist on Rielly’s first period goal and on the overtime-winning goal. Marner has six points (2-4-6) over his last five games. His 20 points (5 goals, 15 assists) in 13 career games against Boston is his career-high for points against a single opponent.
  • Andreas Johnsson had the secondary assist on Rielly’s first period goal. Johnsson has three points (1-2-3) over his last three games. All five (2-3-5) of his points have come on home ice
  • Frederik Gauthier recorded the lone assist on Timashov’s first period goal. Gauthier established a career-high for assists (11) in 2018-19.
  • Jake Muzzin registered the primary assist on Kerfoot’s third period goal. Muzzin has assists (2) in two consecutive games. He has five points (1-4-5) in seven games against Eastern Conference opponents.
  • Ilya Mikheyev collected the secondary assist on Kerfoot’s third period goal. Mikheyev has points (1-1-2) in two consecutive games. He has four points (2-2-4) over his last four games. The Maple Leafs are 3-1-1 when Mikheyev registers a point.
  • Auston Matthews recorded the primary assist on Marner’s overtime goal. He has four points (2-2-4) over his last five games. Eight (6-2-8) of his nine points this season have come on home ice.
  • Frederik Andersen stopped 42 shots to earn the victory tonight. Tonight’s game is his first 40-plus save performance of the season.

SHOTS ON GOAL (5-on-5 in brackets)

 1st2nd 3rdOTTOTAL
BOSTON18 (18)15 (5)11 (9)1 (0)45 (32)
TORONTO15 (15)3 (2)9 (9)2 (0)29 (26)
      

SHOT ATTEMPTS (5-on-5 in brackets)

 1st2nd3rdOTTOTAL
BOSTON22 (22)29 (19)20 (16)1 (0)72 (57)
TORONTO22 (22)8 (6)17 (17)5 (0)52 (45)

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

  • The Maple Leafs are 3-2-1 at home this season.
  • Toronto’s all-time record is 277-298-98-10 in 675 games against the Bruins and 173-110-51-3 in 338 games played in Toronto.
  • Toronto is 4-2-1 against the Eastern Conference this season and 3-1-1 against the Atlantic Division.
  • Tonight’s attendance was 19,394.

MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS

Shots 4 (Marner, Mikheyev, Rielly)
Shot Attempts7 (Rielly)
Faceoff Wins8 (Gauthier)
Faceoff Win Percentage67% (Shore – 2 won, 1 lost)
Hits9 (Timashov)
Blocked Shots4 (Barrie, Rielly)
Takeaways5 (Marner)
TOI27:01 (Muzzin)
Power Play TOIN/A
Shorthanded TOI3:35 (Marner)
Shifts33 (Rielly)
5-on-5 Shot Attempt Percentage61.1% (Spezza – 11 for, 7 against)
  

RECORD WHEN…

  • The Maple Leafs were 2-for-3 on the penalty kill and 0-for-0 on the power play tonight. Toronto is 2-1-1 when allowing one power play goal this season and 2-2-0 when not scoring a power play goal.
  • Toronto is 2-1-0 when scoring the first goal of the game.
  • The Maple Leafs are 2-1-1 when leading after one period and 5-0-1 when leading after two periods.
  • Toronto is 1-1-1 when outshot by their opponent.
  • The Maple Leafs are 2-0-1 in Saturday games.

OF NOTE…

  • Toronto forwards Frederik Gauthier and Nick Shore were the lone Maple Leafs to not start a 5-on-5 shift in the offensive zone.
  • Frederik Gauthier was 7-for-10 (70%) in the faceoff circle when taking defensive zone draws and 5-for-8 (63%) when matched up with Boston centre Patrice Bergeron in the defensive zone.
  • Andreas Johnsson (leg) left tonight’s game and did not return.
  • Jake Muzzin was on the ice for a team-high 22 Toronto shot attempts-for at 5-on-5. Muzzin finished the game with a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 51.2 percent (22 for, 21 against).
  • Dmytro Timashov’s nine hits in tonight’s game puts him in a tie for the 11th most hits in a game in franchise history. The franchise’s single-game record (12) has been reached four times.

UPCOMING GAMES:

  • Monday, October 21, 7:00 p.m. vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (Sportsnet Ontario, FAN 590)
  • Tuesday, October 22, 7:00 p.m. at Boston Bruins (TSN4, TSN 1050)
  • Friday, October 25, 7:00 p.m. vs. San Jose Sharks (Sportsnet Ontario, FAN 590)
  • Saturday, October 26, 7:00 p.m. at Montreal Canadiens (Sportsnet, TSN 1050)
  • Tuesday, October 29, 7:00 p.m. vs. Washington Capitals (TSN4, TSN 1050)

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