Matthews breaks stalemate for Leafs
Colorado at Chicago, 1 p.m. Montreal at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Vancouver at Orlando City, 3 p.m. FC Dallas at Atlanta, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Red Bulls at New England, 7:30 p.m. Portland at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Sporting KC at San Jose, 10 p.m.
PERIOD: No scoring. Penalties: Hyman, TOR, (tripping), 17:00. SECOND PERIOD: No scoring. Penalties: Marleau, TOR, (hooking), 4:13, TOR, (delay of game), 8:24.
PERIOD: Toronto, Matthews 4 (Kapanen, Muzzin), 11:33. Toronto, Kapanen 1 (Rielly, Johnsson), 13:45. 3, Boston, Krejci 2 (Krug, Pastrnak), 19:16. Penalties:
Boston bench, served by Johansson (too many men on the ice), 7:14.
GOAL: Toronto 7-9-11—27.
POWER PLAYS: GOALIES: Referees: Linesmen: A:
Auston Matthews broke a scoreless tie in the third period, Kasperi Kapanen added another goal and the Maple Leafs held on to beat the Bruins 2-1 Friday in Boston to take a 3-2 lead in their firstround playoff series.
With the goalie pulled for an extra skater, David Krejci got the Bruins on the board with 43.7 seconds left, but they couldn’t tie it up.
The Maple Leafs, who have alternated wins and losses in the first five games of the series, now have a chance to close it out when it shifts back to Toronto for Game 6 on Sunday.
Frederik Andersen had 28 saves for the Leafs. Tuukka Rask finished with 25 for the Bruins.
The Maple Leafs’ goals broke up what had been a defense-dominated game for 21⁄2 periods.
Matthews’ fourth goal of the postseason came after he took a feed from Jake Muzzin and found an open corner of the net on a slap shot with 8:27 left. The Bruins challenged Matthews’ goal, arguing that Rask was interfered with, but the goal was upheld after a review.
Kapanen got Toronto’s second goal less than two minutes later, scoring on a wrist shot off assists from Andreas Johnsson and Morgan Rielly. Kapanen was also credited with an assist on Matthews’ goal, along with Muzzin.
Boston failed to convert on its three power plays, and Toronto was 0-for-1. The Leafs failed to covert on their power play in the third after the Bruins were nabbed for having too many men on the ice.
The Bruins were 2-for-2 on power plays in Game 4, helping propel them to the win. However, they couldn’t take advantage of their chances in Game 5.
Hall of Famer Steve Yzerman was named general manager of the Red Wings, returning to the franchise where he was part of three Stanley Cup championship teams and a beloved captain for a league-record 20 seasons. The Red Wings moved Ken Holland to senior vice president after more than two decades as GM. Yzerman is taking the reins of a team that has missed the playoffs three straight years. “There’s a lot of work to be done,” Yzerman said.