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Toronto snaps Celtics’ six-game win streak in OT with 115-112 victory — Lowell Sun

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Toronto snaps Celtics’ six-game win streak in OT with 115-112 victory — Lowell Sun

MAPLE LEAFS AT BRUINS PREGAME NOTES

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

MAPLE LEAFS 5, PANTHERS 2

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (41-19-5 – 87 Points) vs.
FLORIDA PANTHERS (44-15-6 – 94 Points)
SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2022
1 2 3 FINAL
FLORIDA 1 1 0 2
TORONTO 1 2 2 5

SCORING NOTES

Morgan Rielly scored for Toronto at 0:49 of the first period. Rielly recorded his seventh goal of
the season. Rielly also registered the secondary assist on both of Tavares’ goals. Rielly has
recorded 45 assists this season.
John Tavares scored on a Maple Leafs power play opportunity at 5:10 of the second period. He
scored his second goal of the game on another Toronto power play opportunity at 11:12 of the
second period. Tavares has posted 22 goals this season and marked his second multi-goal
outing of the season. Tavares has recorded three points (2G, 1A) through his last two games.
Ilya Mikheyev scored for Toronto at 9:12 of the third period. Mikheyev recorded his 14th goal of
the season.
Auston Matthews capitalized on Florida’s empty net at 19:59 of the third period. Matthews
recorded his 48th goal of the season. Matthews also recorded the secondary assist on Rielly’s
goal. Matthews posted his 35th assist of the season. Matthews has registered 15 points (11G,
4A) through his last nine games played.
TJ Brodie registered the primary assist on Rielly’s goal. Brodie posted his 17th assist of the
season.
Mitch Marner recorded the primary assist on both of Tavares’ goals as well as the primary assist
on Mikheyev’s goal. Marner has posted 47 assists this season. Marner is currently on a six-game
point streak where he has recorded 12 points (4G, 8A).
Justin Holl posted the secondary assist on Mikheyev’s goal. Holl recorded his 13th assist of the
season.
GOALTENDER NOTES
Petr Mrázek stopped 30 of 32 shots in tonight’s win.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
The Maple Leafs were 2-for-2 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill tonight.
OF NOTE…
With his 48th goal of the season scored during tonight’s game, Auston Matthews set a new careerhigh 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 tonight’s game, marking the 18th
occasion of his NHL career to do so.
With a three-point game (1G, 2A) tonight, 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.
John Tavares and TJ Brodie were on the ice for a team-high 12 Toronto shot attempts-for at 5-on-5.
Alexander Kerfoot finished the game with a team-high 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 61.11
percent (11 for, 7 against).
SHOTS ON GOAL (5-on-5 in brackets)
1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL
FLORIDA 11 (7) 9 (6) 11 (6) 31 (19)
TORONTO 7 (7) 13 (9) 3 (2) 23 (18)
SHOT ATTEMPTS (5-on-5 in brackets)
1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL
FLORIDA 16 (12) 16 (13) 20 (9) 52 (34)
TORONTO 11 (11) 21 (14) 3 (2) 35 (27)
ON HOME ICE
The Maple Leafs are 24-7-2 at home this season.
Toronto’s all-time record is 45-35-7-5 in 92 games against the Florida Panthers and 26-16-2-1 in 45
games played in Toronto.
Toronto is 23-10-2 against the Eastern Conference this season and 10-6-0 against the Atlantic
Division this season.
RECORD WHEN…
Toronto is 28-6-2 when scoring the first goal of the game.
The Maple Leafs are 12-7-0 when tied after one period and 13-1-2 when leading after two periods.
Toronto is 16-6-1 when outshot by their opponent.
The Maple Leafs are 3-2-0 in Sunday games and 5-4-1 in the second game of a back-to-back.
MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS
Shots 4 (Marner, Kerfoot)
Shot Attempts 5 (Marner, Tavares)
Face-off Wins 10 (Tavares)
Face-off Win Percentage 100% (Blackwell, Engvall – 1 won, 0 lost)
Hits 6 (Lyubushkin)
Blocked Shots 5 (Giordano)
Takeaways 3 (Matthews, Bunting)
TOI 24:04 (Brodie)
Power Play TOI 2:03 (Marner, Matthews, Rielly, Nylander,
Tavares)
Shorthanded TOI 4:06 (Giordano, Kämpf)
Shifts 26 (Rielly)
5-on-5 Shot Attempt Percentage 61.11% (Kerfoot – 11 for, 7 against)
UPCOMING GAMES:
March 29 Leafs at Boston TD Garden 7:00 pm ET
March 31 Leafs vs. Winnipeg Scotiabank Arena 7:00 pm ET
April 2 Leafs at Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 7:00 pm ET
April 4 Leafs at Tampa Bay Amalie Arena 7:30 pm ET
April 5 Leafs at Florida FLA Live Arena 7:00 pm ET
April 7 Leafs at Dallas American Airlines Center 8:30 pm ET
Stats reflect official NHL stats at the time of distribution. Please consult official NHL game sheets (links
above) to confirm no statistical changes were made.
For Maple Leafs notes, transcripts, audio clips and media guides, please visit MapleLeafs.com/pressbox.
POSTGAME QUOTES:
HEAD COACH SHELDON KEEFE
On tonight’s defensive effort:
“I think we remained committed to it all the way from the start of the game. We made a mistake on the
first goal for sure but that’s the most dangerous team in the league, maybe say for Colorado, on the rush
and I didn’t think we gave up anything on the rush today so it was a huge challenge for our team to do
that and we stuck with that all the way through. So when you do that and you’re playing against the top
offensive team in the NHL, you’re taking away a lot of their weapons right there and it gave us a chance.
Obviously, the start was huge today you know so we’re a leg up in the game all the way throughout, not
unlike Montreal last night but obviously we finished it all the way through with an outstanding performance
on special teams, great goaltending, good third period where we didn’t give up a ton and then we scored
to extend our lead and we did a good job in hanging on there in the six-on-five so great effort, good win
from our team.”
JOHN TAVARES
On tonight’s win:
“I think it was a really good sixty minutes for us. I think over the last little bit here our game has started to
round out a little more consistently and into the form we’d like. Obviously we didn’t get the result last night
but I think overall tons of good things and just the way we stuck with it. We really tried to slow them down
given how good they’ve been offensively this year and with the type of players they have and how
dangerous they can be and how quickly the game can change. We tried to make it difficult on them to get
on the inside and not create in the middle of the ice and especially off the rush. It was good attention to
detail all around and good job of getting some pucks to the net and sustaining some offence but also
understanding and being responsible defensively as well. Teams have countered on us at times this year
and we knew this team was quick on the transition so good job there too.”
MITCH MARNER
On tonight’s game:
“We played the way we wanted to, not giving up a whole lot. Offensively I thought our line did a good job
and both the penalty kill and power play came through when we needed them to. All aspects, what we
asked for out of each other, we did it.”
On tonight’s defensive effort:
“Just like I said, we didn’t give up too many chances offensively with odd man rushes or anything like that.
We played well with our gap control, forwards made reads quickly and our defence had great gaps as
well with being tight up so just overall the five guys on the ice always were just playing in sync there and
that’s what we talked about and what we needed to do so just a good job executing.”
MORGAN RIELLY
On tonight’s win:
“It felt good, obviously these back-to-back games are not always easy but it’s good to have a strong effort
and we haven’t played these guys, they’re in our division and having a great year so it was a good reason
to be ready and we were, so that’s a good sign.”
On what he noticed in tonight’s defensive effort:
“I think just the commitment. We’ve talked about it a lot and it’s just the mindset for us I feel like. When we
commit ourselves and we play with that structure and we buy in and understand the importance we are
able to do it and execute good offensive plays and good defensive structure so it’s just a matter of being
consistent for us.”
PETR MRÁZEK
On tonight’s win:
“I felt good. We two points against a really good team, at home, a division opponent so a huge win.”
On facing such an offensive team:
“They threw a lot of pucks to the net, looking for first seams and backdoors and you have to be aware and
be patient in the crease.”

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Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 2

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (40-19-5 – 85 Points) at
MONTRÉAL CANADIENS (18-37-10 – 46 Points)
SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2022
1 2 3 FINAL
TORONTO 1 0 1 2
MONTRÉAL 0 2 2 4

Auston Matthews scored for the Maple Leafs at 0:36 of the first period. Matthews recorded his 47th
goal of the season. Matthews has registered 13 points (10G, 3A) through his last eight games.
William Nylander scored on a Toronto power play opportunity at 7:33 of the third period. Nylander
posted his 24th goal of the season.
Michael Bunting posted the primary assist on Matthews’ goal. Bunting registered his 30th assist of
the season. Bunting has recorded an assist in three-consecutive games.
Mitch Marner recorded the secondary assist on Matthews’ goal and the secondary assist on
Nylander’s goal. Marner has posted 44 assists this season. Marner is currently on a five-game point
streak where he has registered nine points (4G, 5A).
John Tavares recorded the primary assist on Nylander’s goal. Tavares registered his 39th assist of
the season.
GOALTENDER NOTES
Erik Källgren stopped 14 of 17 shots in tonight’s loss.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
The Maple Leafs were 1-for-3 on the power play and 1-for-2 on the penalty kill tonight.
OF NOTE…
With his 47th goal of the season scored during tonight’s game, Auston Matthews tied an NHL
career-high in goals (a record he previously set during the 2019-20 campaign).
Matthews also set a new career-high in points with his 81st of the season (47G, 34A).
At 4:18 of the second period, a video review was initiated by Toronto to determine whether Montreal’s
Nick Suzuki preceded the puck into the offensive zone and was in an off-side position prior to
Christian Dvorak’s goal. Video review determined the played was off-side and the call on the ice was
overturned. Result: no goal Montréal.
Mark Giordano recorded a season-high five blocks during tonight’s game.
Toronto recorded 51 shots during tonight’s game, the club’s second-highest total of the season (the
highest dating back to Feb. 12/22 at VAN when Toronto recorded 53 shots).
Auston Matthews and Michael Bunting were on the ice for a team-high 27 Toronto shot attemptsfor at 5-on-5.
Auston Matthews and Michael Bunting finished the game with a team-high 5-on-5 shot attempt
percentage of 84.38 percent (27 for, 5 against).
SHOTS ON GOAL (5-on-5 in brackets)
1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL
TORONTO 12 (12) 15 (14) 24 (15) 51 (41)
MONTRÉAL 3 (3) 12 (10) 3 (1) 18 (14)
SHOT ATTEMPTS (5-on-5 in brackets)
1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL
TORONTO 18 (18) 26 (25) 33 (19) 77 (62)
MONTRÉAL 9 (9) 18 (13) 9 (5) 36 (27)
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Maple Leafs are 17-12-3 on the road this season.
Toronto’s all-time record is 308-346-88-18 in 760 games against the Montréal Canadiens and 113-
216-43-8 in 380 games played in Montréal.
Toronto is 22-10-2 against the Eastern Conference this season and 9-6-0 against the Atlantic Division
this season.
RECORD WHEN…
Toronto is 27-6-2 when the scoring the first goal of the game.
The Maple Leafs are 25-3-2 when leading after one period and 4-15-1 when trailing after two periods.
Toronto is 24-13-4 when outshooting their opponent.
The Maple Leafs are 10-7-2 in Saturday games and 5-4-1 in the first game of a back-to-back.
MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS
Shots 6 (Matthews)
Shot Attempts 9 (Matthews)
Face-off Wins 9 (Matthews)
Face-off Win Percentage 100% (Bunting – 1 won, 0 lost)
Hits 4 (Simmonds)
Blocked Shots 5 (Giordano)
Takeaways 2 (Nylander)
TOI 21:39 (Marner)
Power Play TOI 3:43 (Nylander, Tavares)
Shorthanded TOI 1:52 (Kämpf)
Shifts 27 (Giordano)
5-on-5 Shot Attempt Percentage 84.38% (Matthews and Bunting – 27 for, 5
against)
UPCOMING GAMES:
March 27 Leafs vs. Florida Scotiabank Arena 7:00 pm ET
March 29 Leafs at Boston TD Garden 7:00 pm ET
March 31 Leafs vs. Winnipeg Scotiabank Arena 7:00 pm ET
April 2 Leafs at Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 7:00 pm ET
April 4 Leafs at Tampa Bay Amalie Arena 7:30 pm ET
April 5 Leafs at Florida FLA Live Arena 7:00 pm ET
Stats reflect official NHL stats at the time of distribution. Please consult official NHL game sheets (links
above) to confirm no statistical changes were made.
For Maple Leafs notes, transcripts, audio clips and media guides, please visit MapleLeafs.com/pressbox.
POSTGAME QUOTES:
HEAD COACH SHELDON KEEFE
On tonight’s game:
“We played really well. I’d take that game 82 times.”
On whether the difference tonight was facing a strong goaltender with the team posting 51 shots:
“Not all the shots we got are of high quality. There is a lot of perimeter stuff there. We had more than
enough chances to score more than we did. Didn’t make good on some of our stuff around the net and
we didn’t get much luck. We had some pucks that the goalie found through traffic really well and some
tips and things like that, that normally when you get that many at him, one of those find a way in for you.
That didn’t happen for us tonight and we didn’t score enough to pull in the game so you let them run
around and we make a couple mistakes and they made good on it but as I said I’d take that game 82
times from our team.”
AUSTON MATTHEWS
On Toronto taking control during the first period and whether the game got away from the team as
it went on:
“I don’t think it really necessarily got away, I thought we played a really good game for the most part. I
thought our start was really good, I thought our process was really good and I mean I just think our time
and possession and scoring chances and opportunities like we had plenty of them so they hung around,
their goalie made some big saves and they hung around. They are a good team, they have good players,
skilled players that can obviously put the puck in the net and make plays and they hung around and like I
said I thought we did a lot of really good things tonight, especially our start but we couldn’t capitalize on
some chances and we couldn’t extend our lead and like I said they hung around.”
WILLIAM NYLANDER
On his game-tying goal:
“It was a great play by Mitch and John and I was just able to tap it in so it was nice to get the 2-2 goal. We
are going to end up in situations like this coming down the line so we have to be confident when were are
down.”
ERIK KÄLLGREN
On tonight’s game at Bell Centre:
“It was loud. Good crowd. It was exciting but not happy with the game.”

Bridgeport 5, Marlies 1

BRIDGEPORT ISLANDERS (26-25-6-4 – 62 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (30-23-3-1 – 64 Points)

SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
BRIDGEPORT	4	1	0	—	5
TORONTO	0	0	1	—	1

GAME SUMMARY | GAME SHEET | PHOTOS | SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Bridgeport: G. Hutton (9) (K. MacLean, E. Brown), A. Durandeau (14) (C. Bardreau, G. Hutton), S. Holmstrom (9) (Unassisted), J. Kubiak (7) (C. Bardreau, A. Durandeau), A. Andreoff (16) (Unassisted).
Goaltender: C. Schneider (39/40) W

Toronto: N. Robertson (6) (J. Duszak, B. McMann)
Goaltender: K. Petruzzelli (4/8) L, M. Hutchinson (21/22)

ON THE SCORESHEET

Nick Robertson scored at 4:09 of the third period. He has 14 points (6 goals, 8 assists) in 14 games this season.
Joseph Duszak recorded the primary assist on Robertson’s third period goal. He is tied for seventh overall in assists (37) and third amongst defencemen.
Bobby McMann had the secondary assist on Robertson’s third period goal. He has points (5-1-6) in three of his last five games. McMann has 27 points (18 goals, 9 assists) in 48 games.
Keith Petruzzelli stopped 4 of 8 shots he faced through 20 minutes of action. Michael Hutchinson stopped 21 of 22 shots he faced in relief of Petruzzelli.

OF NOTE

Toronto faced their first penalty shot of the season at 2:24 of the second period. Hutchinson stopped Bridgeport’s attempt.
The Marlies went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play. Toronto is 8-13-2-1 when not scoring on the power play and 15-16-1-0 when not allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
Toronto had a 40-30 edge in shots in all situations. Curtis Douglas, Josh Ho-Sang and Brett Seney led the Marlies with four shots on goal. Toronto is 11-5-1-0 when outshooting their opponents.
The Marlies are 7-7-1-0 against Atlantic Division opponents and finish the regular season 0-2-0-0 against the Islanders. Toronto was outscored by Bridgeport 10-5 through two games.

RECORD WHEN

Not scoring first                      8-16-2-0
Trailing after 1                         7-15-1-0
Trailing after 2                         3-16-1-0
At home                                   15-13-2-1
March                                      6-8-0-0
Saturday                                  9-7-2-0

MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players

Goals               21 (J. Anderson)
Assists            37 (J. Duszak)
Points              46 (B. Seney)
PPG                 7 (J. Anderson)
Shots               136 (A. Steeves)
+/-                    +13 (B. Seney)
PIMS                94 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On the team’s play in the second and third periods:
You want to see your team keep fighting back and pushing regardless of what the score is. The guys went out there and played like it was 0-0 and kept fighting for it.

BRETT SENEY

On four goals against in the first period:
We take a lot of pride in getting off to a good start and obviously today, you can see the score, we didn’t do that. I think it’s just mental mistakes more than anything. You know coming off a tough schedule, late travel, you can’t really make excuses, just got to be ready to go.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

March 29 at Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m. (PDT)
March 30 at Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m. (PDT)
April 1 at Manitoba – 7:00 p.m. (MT)
April 3 at Manitoba – 2:00 p.m. (MT)
April 6 vs. Syracuse – 7:00 p.m.

RAPTORS 131, PACERS 91

TORONTO & INDIANA POSTGAME VIDEO: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2j8fgl17gig3szo/AAB_ze09Pd9gbmQ4iXZXs3URa?dl=0

TORONTO RAPTORSPOSTGAME NOTES

FINAL SCORE: TORONTO RAPTORS 131, INDIANA PACERS 91

DATE: SATURDAY MARCH 26, 2022

	FINAL SCORE	RECORD	HIGH POINTS	HIGH REBOUNDS	HIGH ASSISTS
Indiana	131	25-50	Brissett – 21	Brissett – 8	Haliburton – 12
Toronto	91	42-32	Siakam – 23	Boucher – 10	Siakam/Barnes – 7

KEY NOTE

Tonight’s game between the Toronto Raptors and the Indiana Pacers was suspended at the 4:05 mark in the second quarter. A small electrical fire was detected in an overhead speaker in section 103 at Scotiabank Arena. Fans evacuated the building under instruction from the Toronto Fire Department. After a 56 minute delay, the Toronto Fire Department deemed it was safe to resume play. Players returned to the court and the game continued without fans.

KEY STAT

Toronto shot a season-best .607 (51-84) from the field in tonight’s win … The Raptors had six players score in double-digits and their bench outscored Indiana’s 62-16 … Toronto improves to 15-4 when six-or-more players score 10+ points.

RAPTORS NOTES:

With the win, Toronto is now 42-32 this season, including 19-16 at home … The Raptors will continue a four-game homestand (Mar. 24-30) Monday vs. Boston.
Pascal Siakam scored a team-high 23 points, and added seven assists and six rebounds in 31 minutes … Siakam has now scored 20+ points in four consecutive games (Mar. 20-26) and 12 of the last 13 contests overall … During this stretch (Mar. 3-26) he is averaging 26.5 points and shooting .538 (128-238) from the field.
OG Anunoby finished with 16 points (6-9 FG, 3-5 3PT, 1-2 FT) and three rebounds in 28 minutes … Anunoby made three three-pointers tonight, and has now tied Norman Powell (440) for 8th on the Raptors All-Time three pointers list.
Precious Achiuwa tallied 18 points, six rebounds and four assists in 24 minutes off the bench … Achiuwa made a career high-tying four three-point field goals tonight … Achiuwa is shooting .361 (44-122) from beyond the arc this season after attempting just one three-pointer in 61 games last season.
Scottie Barnes recorded 19 points, seven assists and six rebounds in 31 minutes … Tonight Barnes reached 1,000 career points and 500 career rebounds, joining Charlie Villanueva (2005-06 season) as the just the second rookie in franchise history to reach both these milestones.

PACERS NOTES:

With the loss, Indiana falls to 25-50 and 9-29 on the road … The Pacers will begin a two-game homestand (Mar. 28-30) Monday against Atlanta.
Oshae Brissett recorded team highs of 21 points and eight rebounds in 38 minutes … Brissett has now scored 20+ points six times in his career, including in four games this season.
Jalen Smith finished with 15 points and six rebounds in 30 minutes of action … Smith has now scored 15+ points in four straight games played (Mar. 15-26), averaging 16.0 points and shooting .595 (25-42) during this stretch.
Tyrese Haliburton dished out a game-high 12 assists tonight and added seven points and five rebounds in 33 minutes … Haliburton has recorded 10+ assists 24 times in 70 games this season, something he did in five-of-58 contests last year.

2021-22 SEASON-SERIES		ALL-TIME RECORDS
DATE	SITE	RESULT		RAPTORS WINS	PACERS WINS
10/27/2021	Toronto	W 118-100	Overall:	47	52
10/30/2021	Indiana	W 97-94	at Toronto:	31	19
11/26/2021	Indiana	L 114-97	at Indiana:	16	33
03/26/2022	Toronto	W 131-91

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