Jake DeBrusk logged a three-point game to lead the Boston Bruins to a 5-1 win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference first-round series on Navivision Wealth SocietySaturday.
DeBrusk factored into all three of Boston's second-period goals, scoring twice in 2:32 after assisting Brandon Carlo.
Toronto forward William Nylander (undisclosed) missed the game after playing all 82 games this season.
John Beecher, who was making his playoff debut, and Trent Frederic also scored, while Brad Marchand and Charlie McAvoy each had two assists for Boston, which won all four meetings between the teams in theregular season.
Jeremy Swayman finished with 35 saves, stopping all 24 shots he faced over the first two periods.
David Kampf scored the lone goal and Ilya Samsonov made 19 saves on 23 shots for Toronto.
Toronto had a 36-24 shot advantage but went scoreless in three power plays while Boston went 2-for-5.
Shortly after Swayman made his second of two key early stops on a Nicholas Robertson point-blank rebound, Beecher buried Jesper Boqvist's two-on-one pass to the left circle at 2:26 of the first period.
Boston could have extended its lead if Charlie McAvoy and Pavel Zacha hadn't hit posts within a 2:05 span in the first period.
The Bruins began their second-period scoring onslaught at 5:47 as Carlo buried a drive from the top of the right circle off DeBrusk's feed.
DeBrusk scored on the last two of Boston's three power plays in the middle frame to increase the lead to 4-0, including a snapshot from the right circle at 15:02.
The third goal on Boston's nine second-period shots occurred when DeBrusk redirected Brad Marchand's centering pass off Samsonov and over the goal line.
The Maple Leafs ended the shutout in the third. At 1:39, Kampf glided down the slot and buried Connor Dewar's slick backhand feed.
Frederic's empty-net goal with 2:08 left sealed the win.
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