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Auston Matthews returned to the lineup and registered an assist, but the Toronto Maple Leafs bowed out of the postseason on Saturday night, falling 2-1 in overtime of Game 7 at TD Garden to the Boston Bruins, who advanced to meet the Florida Panthers.
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David Pastrnak scored on a feed from Hampus Lindholm 1:54 into overtime and the Boston Bruins outlasted the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 in Game 7 on Saturday to clinch their first-round series and advance in the NHL playoffs to a Round 2 date with Florida.
— With the Boston Bruins' season on the brink and the team's top scorer mired in a scoring slump, coach Jim Montgomery didn't hesitate to publicly challenge David Pastrnak to do more in Game 7 against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Toronto's Auston Matthews, who missed Games 5 and 6 after exiting Game 4 with an illness, took the ice with the Maple Leafs on Saturday and will play Game 7 vs. the Bruins, but a source told ESPN's Emily Kaplan that by no means is Matthews 100%.
— Pablo López struck out eight in six strong innings, Max Kepler homered and the Minnesota Twins extended their winning streak to 12 games with a 3-1 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.
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After winning two elimination games, Toronto knows it has work to do in Game 7 and might have to do it without Auston Matthews.
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Jim Montgomery was asked if Boston needed more from its top skaters to avoid elimination, and the Bruins coach identified David Pastrnak in particular as needing to provide more to the group.
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TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boston | 64 | 18 | .780 | - | W2 |
New York | 50 | 32 | .610 | 14 | W5 |
Philadelphia | 47 | 35 | .573 | 17 | W8 |
Brooklyn | 32 | 50 | .390 | 32 | L2 |
Toronto | 25 | 57 | .305 | 39 | L4 |