2021-22 Matchups vs. Boston: Second of Three
2021-22 Record vs. Boston: 1-0-0
Toronto Season Record: 41-19-5
Toronto Road Record: 17-12-3
TV: Sportsnet RADIO: Sportsnet 590
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March 28, 2022
Forward Kyle Clifford and defenceman Carl Dahlström have been
recalled from the Toronto Marlies on an emergency basis.
March 26, 2022
The Maple Leafs announced the club has signed forward Nicholas
Abruzzese to a two-year, entry-level contract.
LAST GAME
March 20, 2022
Toronto acquired defenceman Mark Giordano and forward Colin
Blackwell from the Seattle Kraken in exchange for three draft selections.
Score: Toronto 5 vs. Florida 2
Date: Sunday, March 27, 2022
TOR Goals: Rielly, Tavares (2x), Mikheyev, Matthews
FLA Goals: Montour, Lomberg
TOR Goaltender: Mrazek, 34/36, .944 SV%
FLA Goaltender: Knight, 20/24, .833 SV%
TOR Power Play: 2-for-2
TOR Penalty Kill: 3-for-3
Team Notes:
- With his 48th goal of the season scored in Sunday’s win, Auston
Matthews set a new career-high in goals. - With his assist on John Tavares’ first goal of the game, Mitch Marner
recorded his 300th career NHL assist. Marner becomes the 15th player in
Maple Leafs history to record 300 assists and is the fastest to accomplish
the feat (411 games), surpassing the previous mark of 469 games set by
Borje Salming. - Mitch Marner tied a single-game career-high three assists during
Sunday’s game, marking the 18th occasion of his NHL career to do so. - With a three-point game (1G, 2A), Morgan Rielly recorded his third game
of the season with three or more points and his 14th multi-point game of
the season. - David Kämpf skated in his 300th career NHL game.
NEXT GAME
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022
Opponent: vs. Winnipeg Jets
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Broadcast Information: TSN4 (TV), TSN 1050 (Radio) - INJURY REPORT
- Jack Campbell Rib Injury
Ondej Kaše Day-to-Day
Jake Muzzin Concussion
Rasmus Sandin Knee
First Matchup between Clubs: December 3, 1924 (Toronto 5 vs. Boston 3)
All-Time Record: 279-291-98-10 (678 Games) - ALL-TIME VS. BOSTON BRUINS:
All-Time Record at Home: 175-111-51-3 (340 Games)
All-Time Record on the Road: 104-180-47-7 (338 Games)
Last Road Win vs. Opponent: November 11, 2017 (Toronto 4 at Boston 1)
Record in Last Five Games: 2-3-0
Record in Last 10 Games: 4-6-0 - ACTIVE LEADERS VS. BOSTON BRUINS:
Games Played: Jason Spezza (63), John Tavares (36), Wayne Simmonds (34)
Goals:
Jason Spezza (18), John Tavares (16), Wayne Simmonds (6), Mitch Marner
(6)
Assists:
Jason Spezza (33), Mitch Marner (18), Wayne Simmonds (15), John Tavares
(15)
Points: Jason Spezza (51), John Tavares (31), Mitch Marner (24)
Penalty Minutes
Wayne Simmonds (42), Jason Spezza (33), Jake Muzzin (12), John Tavares
(12) - 2021-22 AVERAGES AND RANKINGS
- Points % GF/Game GA/Game PP% PK% SF/G SA/G FO%
Toronto .669 3.65 3.02 29.2% 84.2% 34.6 30.7 55.4%
Boston .669 3.05 2.65 23.7% 81.6% 35.8 28.9 53.5%
THE MAN ADVANTAGE IN 2021-22
Power Play: 50/171 (29.2%)
Power Play Goal Leader: 13 – Matthews
Power Play Point Leader: 23 – Matthews (13G, 10A), Nylander (8G, 15A)
2020-21 Power Play: 31/155 (20.0%) - ON THE PK IN 2021-22
Penalty Kill: 155/184 (84.2%)
Shorthanded Goal Leader: 3 – Mikheyev
Shorthanded Point Leader: 4 – Kämpf (2G, 2A)
2020-21 Penalty Kill: 113/144 (78.5%) - FAST FACTS
- Tuesday games 10th of 14 (8 home, 6 road)
Back-to-Backs played 10 of 13
Record in first game of back-to-back 5-4-1
Record in second game of back-to-back 5-4-1
March games 13th of 14 (9 home, 5 road) - UPCOMING MILESTONES
- Michael Bunting Nine games away from 100 career NHL games played
Justin Holl 10 games away from 200 career NHL games played
Ilya Lyubushkin Four games away from 200 career NHL games played
Auston Matthews Six games away from 400 career NHL games played
Petr Mrázek Six games away from 300 career NHL games played
William Nylander Five assists away from 200 career NHL assists
Morgan Rielly Nine assists away from 300 career NHL assists
Jason Spezza 10 points away from 1,000 career NHL points
John Tavares Six assists away from 500 career NHL assists - RECENT MILESTONES
TJ Brodie Recorded his 300th career NHL point, March 13, 2022 at BUF
David Kämpf Skated in his 300th career NHL game, March 27, 2022 vs. FLA
Alexander Kerfoot Recorded his 100th career NHL assist, Jan. 1, 2022 vs. OTT
Timothy Liljegren Scored his first career NHL goal, Jan. 15, 2022 at STL
Auston Matthews Recorded his 400th career NHL point, Jan. 31, 2022 vs. NJD
Mitch Marner Recorded his 300th career NHL assist, March 27, 2022 vs. FLA
Mitch Marner Skated in his 400th career NHL game, March 4, 2022 vs. BUF
Mitch Marner Recorded his 400th career NHL point, Feb. 14, 2022 at SEA
William Nylander Skated in his 400th career NHL game, Feb. 1, 2022 at NJD
Wayne Simmonds Skated in his 1,000th career NHL game, March 5, 2022 vs. VAN
Jason Spezza Skated in his 1,200th career NHL game, Nov. 28, 2021 at ANA
BRUINS NOTES
- The Bruins host the Maple Leafs tonight in the 2nd of 3 games between these teams this season and Toronto’s lone visit to TD Garden … The Bruins
are 41-19-5 this season and they are 20-10-2 on home ice. - The Bruins play game 3 tonight of their 5-game home stand (2-0-0) after playing 14 of their previous 18 games on the road … They will continue
hosting Toronto on 3/29, continuing vs. New Jersey on 3/31 and Columbus on 4/2.
RECENT GAMES - The Bruins have won their last 4 games with wins in Winnipeg on 3/18 (4-2), in Montreal on 3/21 (3-2/OT), vs. Tampa Bay on 3/24 (3-2) and vs. NY
Islanders on 3/26 (6-3) … They are 14-2-1 in their last 17 games overall and they are 5-0-1 their last 6 home games. - Mar. 21: Bos 3 at Mtl 2/OT … The Canadiens held a 2-1 lead into the final 3 minutes of play before Connor Clifton sent the game into OT where Brad
Marchand scored his 2nd of the game for the win … Jeremy Swayman took the win … SOG: Bos 46, Mtl 28 … PP: 0/4 … PK: 0/2 - Mar. 24: Bos 3 vs TB 2 … David Pastrnak scored the 12th hat trick of his career and Erik Haula added a career-high 3A as the Bruins moved into 3rd
place in the Atlantic … Jeremy Swayman earned his 2nd straight win in goal … SOG: Bos 39, TB 24 … PP: 0/5 … PK: 0/3 - Mar. 26: Bos 6 vs NYI 3 … Brad Marchand and Taylor Hall (1-2=3 each), Erik Haula and David Pastrnak (1-1=2 each), Craig Smith and Jake DeBrusk
were 6 different goal scorers in addition to 2A by Charlie McAvoy … Linus Ullmark extended his point streak to 3-0-1 with the win … SOG: Bos 44, NYI
27 … PP: 1/3 … PK: 2/4
MAN-GAMES LOST TO INJURY – 184 - Jakub Zboril: Right knee surgery; Expected to miss remainder of the season
MILESTONES APPROACHING - Marc McLaughlin is looking to play his first NHL game.
- Charlie McAvoy is three games short of his 300th NHL game.
- Nick Foligno is three points shy of his 500th NHL point.
- Mike Reilly is six points shy of his 100th NHL point.
- David Pastrnak is seven points shy of his 500th NHL point.
- Craig Smith is seven points short of 400 NHL points.
- Matt Grzelcyk is seven points shy of his 100th NHL point.
- Derek Forbort is eight games short of his 400th NHL game.
- Patrice Bergeron is eight goals short of his 400th NHL goal … Will become the 4th Bruin in history to hit that milestone.
BOSTON vs TORONTO, LIFETIME SERIES 11/6 5-2 L at - The Bruins and Maple Leafs are meeting for the 679th time in their histories with the Bruins having a 301-266-98-13 record and 2,006-2,015 scoring
advantage in those games. - The Bruins are 187-99-47-5 vs. the Maple Leafs in Boston with a 1,109-896 margin in those 338 games.
- The Bruins lost the 1st game of this season’s series by a 5-2 score on 11/6 and are now 4-1-1 in their last 6 games with a 23-11-5 record in their last
39 games … They have won their last 4 home games and are 13-4-2 in their last 19 games in Boston.
NUMBERS
3: Rookies on the Bruins’ current roster –Marc McLaughlin, Jack Studnicka and Jeremy Swayman.
6: Hat tricks by Bruin this season … Patrice Bergeron (1/6/2018 vs CAR; 11/4/2021 vs DET) scored his 2nd career 4-goal game with 7 career hat tricks
overall; Brad Marchand (1/12/2022 vs MTL) netted the 5th of his career; David Pastrnak (1/13/2022 vs PHI and 3/24/2022 vs TB) recorded his 11th and
12thcareer 3-goal game; Jake DeBrusk (2/28/2022 at LA) netted 1st of his career; and Craig Smith (3/3/2002 at VGK) scored his 3rd … Pastrnak now
ranks tied for 3rd all-time in Bruins hat trick history (Esposito 26, Neely 14, Bucyk 12) … Boston’s consecutive hat tricks scored on 1/12 and 1/13 were
the 1st time since 4/7 and 9/1998 with Bruins scoring hat tricks in consecutive games … This is the 1st time since 1987-88 that at lease 5 separate
Bruins have scored hat tricks (Neely 3, Kasper, Crowder, Courtnall, Janney).
9: Out of 12 games in the month of March in which the deciding goals were scored in either the last 5 minutes of regulation or OT/SO (9-2-1).
11: Former first round draft picks on the current roster – Charlie Coyle, Jake DeBrusk, Nick Foligno, Derek Forbert, Trent Frederic, Taylor Hall, Curtis
Lazar, Hampus Lindholm, Charlie McAvoy, David Pastrnak, and Jakub Zboril.
11. Two-or-more goal games by a Bruin in 9 of their last 16 games, scored by David Pastrnak (4 times), Jake DeBrusk (twice), Craig Smith (twice), Brad
Marchand (twice) and Erik Haula.
11: Players on the Bruins current roster who played college hockey – Connor Clifton, Charlie Coyle, Derek Forbort, Trent Frederic, Matt Grzelcyk, Erik
Haula, Charlie McAvoy, Marc McLaughlin, Mike Reilly, Craig Smith and Jeremy Swayman.
11-1-1: Jeremy Swayman’s record in his last 13 games including a 1.74 GAA and .938 Sv% (794 Mins, 23 GA, 373 SA/350 Svs) … That includes a 8-
game win streak equalled by 10 previous Bruins with the last by Tuukka Rask in 2017-18.
17: Season series concluded thus far – Ari 2-0-0; Cgy 1-1-0; Car 0-3-0; Chi 2-0-0; Col 1-0-1; Dal 1-1-0; Edm 1-1-0; LA 1-0-1; Min 0-2-0; Nsh 2-0-0; NYI
1-2-0; Phi 2-1-0; Sea 2-0-0; SJ 2-0-0; Van 1-0-1; Vgs 1-1-0; Wpg 2-0-0.
20+: Goals each scored by David Pastrnak (37) and Brad Marchand (28) … It is the 6th 20-or-more goal season for Pastrnak (6th consecutive) and is
the 11th such season by Marchand (9th consecutive) … Pastrnak hit the 30-goal mark for the 5th time in his career.
53: Out of 65 games this season with 30-or-more shots in a game, including 17 with 40-or-more in a game … The Bruins have been outshot in just 15
games.
53: Points by Boston with a 25-13-3 record in 41 games in the 1st half of their season (.646 win %age) … The Bruins were 14-8-1 in 23 home games
and were 11-5-2 in 18 road contests.
308: Career victories by Tuukka Rask as he announced his Feb. 9, 2022 retirement after a club-record wins in team-record 564 games.
368-23-20: Boston’s record since 2011-12 in games in which they have had a 2-goal lead in a game … That extends to 241-2-6 over that span when
they have led by 3 goals
523: Consecutive Bruins games (regular season &playoffs) currently sold out at TD Garden … Their last non-sellout game was on 12/2/2009 when a
Wednesday game vs. TB drew 16,553
FUN FACTS
- The Bruins play 13 matinees this season (local start time 4:00 pm or earlier) … They have a 9-1-0 record in afternoon games so far.
- The Bruins play 11 sets of back-to-back games this season … They are currently 6-1-1 in the 1st game of those sets and are 4-4-0 in the 2nd games
so far. - They will play 15 sets of 3-games-in-4-nights this season … They are 7-1-1 in game 1s, 6-3-0 in game 2s &8-1-0 in game 3s of those series thus far.
- The Bruins are playing a 14-game March schedule (7 hm/7 rd, 9-2-1) … They will play 15 games in April (7 hm/8 rd) … They played 7 games to
October (4-3-0), 12 games in November (7-5-2), 7 games in December (3-2-2), 16 games in January (11-4-1) and 11 games in February (7-3-1).
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
March 15: Marc McLaughlin signed to a two-year entry level contract.
March 16: Marc McLaughlin assigned to Providence.
March 16: Jack Studnicka recalled from Providence.
March 19: Hampus Lindholm and Kodie Curran acquired from Anaheim Ducks for Urho Vaakanainen, John Moore, 2022 first round, 2023 second round
and 2024 second round draft picks.
March 20: Marc McLaughlin recalled from Providence.
March 21: Josh Brown and 2022 conditional seventh round draft pick acquired from Ottawa Senators for Zach Senyshyn and 2022 fifth round draft pick
The view from left field 