Overview
- Toronto, which won Tuesday at TD Garden, beat Boston 4-2 behind two goals from Matthew Knies, goals from William Nylander and Max Domi, and three assists by John Tavares.
- The Bruins led on an Elias Lindholm strike before a shorthanded Knies breakaway and a 4-on-3 goal by Domi after Nikita Zadorov’s boarding major on John Tavares flipped the game.
- Anthony Stolarz returned three days after a puck to the throat in warmups and made 18 saves, including point-blank stops on Morgan Geekie and Viktor Arvidsson.
- Boston’s power play went 1-for-5, continuing a 7-for-48 slide since the Olympic break, leaving their playoff chance near 63% per MoneyPuck as they sit in the first wild-card spot.
- The Bruins signed 2025 first-rounder James Hagens to an amateur tryout in Providence, with Boston visiting Buffalo and Toronto hosting the Rangers on Wednesday.