Stolarz, Maple Leafs blank Bruins 4-0 without captain Auston Matthews – Boston News, Weather, Sports

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TORONTO (AP) — Anthony Stolarz made 29 saves for his first shutout of the season within the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 4-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night time.

Morgan Rielly had a objective and two assists as Toronto linked 3 times on the ability play. William Nylander and Matthew Knies added a objective and an help every. Mitch Marner had two assists of his personal. Steven Lorentz rounded out the scoring into the empty internet.

The Leafs performed with out captain Auston Matthews, who is listed as day-to-day with an upper-body damage.

Jeremy Swayman made 23 stops for Boston, which was coming off consecutive weekend shutouts of the Philadelphia Flyers and Seattle Kraken.

Toronto’s porous Thirty first-ranked energy play scored for the second time in as many video games at 8:44 of the second interval when Rielly fired by means of a display screen. Nylander banked in his team-leading tenth objective of the season on one other man benefit 1:14 later for a 2-0 lead.

The Bruins entered the sport 8-0-0 within the common season in opposition to their Atlantic Division rival courting again to Jan. 14, 2023.

Takeaways

Bruins: After blanking the Flyers and the Kraken, the Bruins’ shutout streak was snapped at 156 minutes, 47 seconds when Rielly scored.

Maple Leafs: The NHL’s second-worst energy play entered 4 for 40 in 2024-25, however linked 3 times with out its greatest participant.

Key second

With no rating within the second, Swayman initially tried to freeze the puck earlier than altering his thoughts. That pressured Boston defenseman Nikita Zadorov into an interference penalty, which in flip led to Toronto’s first objective.