Knies has 3 goals and 2 assists, Marner adds goal and 4 assists as Maple Leafs beat Bruins 6-4 – Boston News, Weather, Sports

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TORONTO (AP) — Matthew Knies had three targets and two assists, Mitch Marner had a objective and 4 assists, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 6-4 on Saturday night time.

Auston Matthews had a objective and two assists in his return after lacking six video games with an undisclosed upper-body harm, and Jake McCabe had a objective and an help for Toronto, which has gained three straight and 4 of 5. Joseph Woll had 26 saves to win his fourth straight begin.

David Pastrnak had two targets, and Morgan Geekie and Trent Frederic additionally scored as Boston misplaced its third straight and fourth in its final 5 video games. Jeremy Swayman completed with 23 saves.

Knies gave the Maple Leafs a 4-3 lead along with his 14th of the season at 5:28 of the third interval, beating Swayman after taking a feed from Matthews from behind the objective. After Marner’s empty-net objective, Pastrnak added his second to make it 5-4 with lower than two minutes remaining. Mathews sealed it with an empty-netter with 31 seconds left.

Takeaways

Bruins: Boston completed a winless three-game journey that additionally included losses at Washington and the New York Rangers.

Maple Leafs: The road of Knies, Matthews and Marner mixed for 13 factors on the night time. … Matthews has missed 15 of the group’s 40 video games this season — additionally sitting out 9 video games in November — with Toronto going 10-5-0 with out him.

Key second

McCabe’s objective, at 3:29 of the primary interval, was the primary by a Maple Leafs defenseman since Nov. 30 when Chris Tanev scored in a 5-3 win over Tampa Bay. Coming into this recreation, Toronto forwards had scored 50 targets in 16 video games since then.