Bruins keep winning, but lose Charlie McAvoy

The Bruins notched their 61st victory of the season. They’ll solely hope that it wasn’t a expensive one.

David Pastrnak, who dedicated a nasty turnover earlier within the recreation, blasted a one-timer previous Ilya Samsonov at 2:30 of time beyond regulation to elevate the B’s to a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on the Backyard. It was Pastrnak’s 57th of the 12 months, coming off a pleasant feed from Dmitry Orlov on a 4-on-4 simply after a Leaf penalty was up.

However the B’s need to be holding their collective breath after Charlie McAvoy left the sport within the second interval when he crashed exhausting into the boards and didn’t return. It was introduced he had an higher physique damage.

Shortly earlier than the winner, Pavel Zacha had been known as for a hand cross off a faceoff, a two-minute infraction however the officers received collectively and appropriately rescinded the decision, thus permitting the B’s to notch the winner.

The Bruins trailed 1-0 within the third interval however, simply after their third failed energy play, they tied it at 11:32. Brandon Carlo used all six toes and 6 inches of his body to make a vertical leaping keep-in on the proper level and received it right down to Charlie Coyle. The massive centerman drifted over the left circle snapped a shot that beat Ilya Samsonov to knot the sport.

The B’s held a 11-7 shot benefit within the first interval, even supposing Toronto had the one two energy performs within the opening 20 minutes.

Issues received testy on the 14:33 mark when Sam Lafferty hit an off-balance Matt Gzelcyk and knocked the Bruin into the boards exhausting and awkwardly. Although the hit wasn’t egregious, the outcome seemed dangerous and A.J. Greer felt compelled to precise some revenge, instantly throwing off his gloves and touchdown a few photographs on Lafferty. Greer wound up getting two for an instigator, 5 for combating and the 10-minute misconduct.

Jeremy Swayman’s finest save got here on the kill when he kicked out a William Nylander slot shot.

Each Swayman and his counterpart Ilya Samsonov saved the sport scoreless via the primary half of the second interval however a Bruin mistake led to the primary objective of the sport. David Pastrnak’s diagonal breakout cross was picked off by Laffety simply exterior the Boston blue line and he counter-attacked. He dumped it into the other nook and the puck rimmed again out excessive to Zac Aston-Reese on the left wing. Lafferty headed to the online to obtain Aston-Resse’s good return cross on the proper submit for the objective at 11:34.Swayman had no likelihood on it.

However the self-inflicted objective in opposition to wasn’t the most important cause for concern. On a Toronto rush that produced a very good likelihood for Nylander that Swayman stuffed, Patrice Bergeron crashed into McAvoy on the again verify and McAvoy in flip slammed into the top boards. He was sluggish to rise up and left the sport. The membership introduced it was an higher physique damage and he didn’t return.

The facility-play yips returned for the B’s within the second as effectively. They received two possibilities and couldn’t maintain good strain on both of them.