Marleau scores OT winner over Bruins
TORONTO — Patrick Marleau scored in overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs edged the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Friday in the first game of a home-and-home series.
James van Riemsdyk scored twice in regulation for the Maple Leafs (11-7-0), who have won three in a row. Frederik Andersen made 33 saves for the win in net.
Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak scored for the Bruins (6-5-4). Anton Khudobin stopped 30 shots in defeat.
It’s quick turnaround for the two teams with Boston hosting the back end of the two-game set on Saturday.
Toronto, which has a leaguehigh 26 first-period goals, put 10 shots on Khudobin in the opening 20 minutes, but was held off the board as the two teams went into the first intermission scoreless.
The Leafs had a chance to break the goose egg midway through the second, when Bruins defenceman Brandon Carlo went to the box for hooking. But they did very little with the man advantage except for one good chance from van Riemsdyk from the right faceoff circle.
Carlo took another minor for high sticking with 8:01 to play in the second, and it was the Bruins who had the best scoring chance when Brad Marchand set up Bergeron for a one-timer off the rush.
Notes: Leafs forward Auston Matthews missed his second game with an upper-body injury . ... 2017 Hockey Hall of Fame inductees were introduced pre-game, including players Danielle Goyette, Teemu Selanne, Mark Recchi and Dave Andreychuk, and Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs from the builders category. Clare Drake, inducted as a builder, wasn’t in attendance.