Torey Krug (Michigan State) tied the game early in the
third period, and his teammates then deposited three more goals into the opposing
net as the Boston Bruins outlasted the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs, 7-4, on
Wednesday in the deciding Game 7 of their first-round Stanley Cup Playoff
series.
The Bruins won the series, four games to three, after Toronto had
claimed the previous two contests to force a tie, including a 4-3 win in Game 5 at Boston's TD Garden. Boston won three of its four home games in the series, en route to forging 2-0 and 3-1 series leads.
Krug's slapshot from the blueline brought the Bruins back
from a 4-3 deficit and also started a run of four consecutive Boston
third-period goals. Danton Heinen (Denver) also scored for Boston, his first
career Stanley Cup Playoff goal, while Kevan Miller (Vermont) set up two Bruins
goals and David Backes (Minnesota State) recorded an assist.
The Bruins now advance to the Eastern Conference
semifinals against the Tampa Bay Lightning, a five-game winner over the New
Jersey Devils in the first round. The Bruins-Lightning best-of-seven series will
begin Saturday at 3 p.m. ET (NBC TV) in Florida.
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