Tuukka Rask made 31 saves for the Boston Bruins in a 3-1 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Air Canada Centre on Thursday.
Boston leads the best-of-7 series 3-1 and can end it at home in Game 5 on Saturday.
“On the road, you’re going to need a little extra at some point, especially against a team that was down a couple (after two games) in our building, so we got it, we got it,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. “We needed it because early on they were better, and then when we found our legs and started managing the puck a little better, got stronger on it, then we came on and scored some goals for him.”
Brad Marchand scored the tiebreaking goal, and David Pastrnak had two assists for the Bruins, who played without injured center Patrice Bergeron.
“We don’t have a panic button here,” Boston center David Krejci said. “If a guy’s down, other guys have to step up. It was big, but the game is behind us now, let’s get ready for Game 5.”
Tomas Plekanec scored and Frederik Andersen made 18 saves for the Maple Leafs.
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