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vs. MAPLE LEAFS GAME 7 - ROUND 1 POST-GAME NOTES

BRUINS ADVANCE: • The Bruins have advanced to the second round of the for the second straight year and seventh time in their last nine post-seasons (did not qualify in 2015 and 2016) ... They will face the for the first time in their playoff history. • The Bruins went 2-1-0 vs. Columbus in the regular season with a 7-4 road loss on Mar. 12, a 2-1 OT win in Boston on Mar. 16 and a 6-2 victory in Columbus on Apr. 2.

GAME SEVEN RECORDS: • The Bruins now have an all-time record of 15-12 in game sevens and they are now 4-1 all-time vs. Toronto in seventh games. • The Maple Leafs now have a 12-12 all-time game seven record.

WHO’S HOT: • Joakim Nordstrom had a and an assist tonight, giving him 2-1=3 totals in two of his last three games played ... It is his first career multiple- playoff game. • Sean Kuraly had a goal and an assist tonight for his first points of this series ... It is his third career multiple-point playoff game. • Marcus Johansson had a goal tonight for his first point of this series. • Charlie Coyle had a goal tonight, giving him 3-1=4 totals in four of his last six games. • had a goal tonight, giving him 3-2=5 totals in five of the seven games of this series. • Matt Grzelcyk had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in four of his last six games. • Noel Acciari had an assist tonight for his first point of this series. • David Krejci had an assist tonight, extending his point streak to five games with 2-3=5 totals in that stretch... That matches the longest playoff point streak of his career (May 1-10, 2013). • Toronto’s had a goal tonight, giving him 2-3=5 totals in four of the seven games of this series. • Toronto’s Tyler Ennis had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in two of his five games played.

SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins did not have a power play tonight ... It was Boston’s first -free game by an opponent since Tampa Bay on May 27, 2011 ... They are 7 for 16 (43.8%) on the power play this post-season and have allowed one shorthanded goal ... They were 65 for 251 (25.9%) on the power play during the regular season and they allowed 15 shorthanded goals. • The Maple Leafs went 0 for 2 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 3 for 16 (18.8%) on the power play this post- season ... They were 46 for 211 (21.8%) on the power play during the regular season and they allowed nine shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 2 for 2 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 13 for 16 (81.3%) on the penalty kill this post-sea- son ... They went 195 for 244 (79.9%) on the penalty kill during the regular season and they scored seven shorthanded goals. • The Maple Leafs did not have to kill a penalty tonight ... They are 9 for 16 (56.3%) on the penalty kill this post-season and have scored one shorthanded goal ... They went 163 for 204 (79.9%) on the penalty kill during the regular season and they scored five shorthanded goals.

ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 430 straight regular season and playoff games starting on Dec. 5, 2009 vs. . • Their last non-sellout game at TD Garden was on Dec. 2, 2009 when a Wednesday game vs. the drew 16, 553.

Tuesday, April 23, 2018 ... TD Garden; Boston MA