Game Thread: Toronto Maple Leafs @ Boston Bruins Mar 24 2026 7:00 PM EDT

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Final
Teams 1st 2nd 3rd Total
TOR 0 2 2 4
BOS 1 0 1 2
Team Shots Faceoff % Blocked Shots Hits
TOR 35 34.8% 8 22
BOS 20 65.2% 6 16

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Strength Description Edge Goal Visualizer
1 05:04 BOS Even Elias Lindholm (14) Wrist, Assists: Morgan Geekie (28) Henri Jokiharju (11) Link
2 07:27 TOR SH Matthew Knies (19) Wrist, Assists: Unassisted Link
2 18:08 TOR PP Max Domi (11) Backhand, Assists: John Tavares (33) Oliver Ekman-Larsson (28) Link
3 03:00 TOR Even William Nylander (25) Snap, Assists: John Tavares (34) Jake McCabe (19) Link
3 05:08 BOS PP Charlie McAvoy (10) Deflected, Assists: David Pastrnak (59) Pavel Zacha (29) Link
3 19:38 TOR PP, EN Matthew Knies (20) Poke, Assists: William Nylander (42) John Tavares (35) Link

Penalties

Period Time Team Type Min Description
1 05:35 TOR MIN 2 Michael Pezzetta high sticking against Mark Kastelic
1 15:26 BOS MIN 2 Casey Mittelstadt hooking against William Nylander
2 03:15 TOR MIN 2 Dakota Joshua hooking against David Pastrnak
2 05:37 TOR MIN 2 Brandon Carlo interference against Tanner Jeannot
2 07:51 TOR MIN 2 Jake McCabe interference against Mark Kastelic
2 16:42 BOS MIN 2 Henri Jokiharju slashing against John Tavares
2 17:53 TOR MIN 2 Easton Cowan roughing against Nikita Zadorov
2 17:53 BOS MAJ 5 Nikita Zadorov boarding against John Tavares
3 03:03 TOR MAJ 5 Dakota Joshua fighting against Nikita Zadorov
3 03:03 BOS MAJ 5 Nikita Zadorov fighting against Dakota Joshua
3 04:08 TOR MIN 2 Matthew Knies tripping against Charlie McAvoy
3 18:56 BOS MIN 2 Casey Mittelstadt tripping against Matthew Knies

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Last updated: 2026-03-24_22:08:57.919738-04:00

47 comments

  4. the teams below us are winning, at this point i hope they lose their pick .. like win now for what?

  8. Excellent stuff boys, wins when we dont need them and losses when we need wins 👍🏻

  9. Inevitable “Boston loses but still makes the playoffs and Leafs give them 7th overall with the big morale boosting win” vibes here

  10. I don’t even care, fuck the bruins, I’ll take this particular win, especially if it causes Boston to drop out of the playoff race

  13. Friendly reminder that we are not going to lose every single game…no point losing your mind over this one

  15. Usually I love beating Boston but it’s hard to feel good about this one. That’s absolutely the two points that will ensure we give Boston our 1st round pick, what a pyrrhic victory.

  16. Haha only the fucking leafs will beat the team that they are going to lose their draft pick too.

  17. Was it worth it to likely lose that top 5 draft pick if we fuck over Boston’s playoff chances?

    Honestly: yes lol

  25. Nah I don’t care about tanking, that was the best game we’ve played in a long time. Nylander just drives offence man he’s fun when he’s grinding.

  27. Okay, happy about the win, but JFC how is this team so bad at breakaways? I know Knies scored tonight on one, but the team must have a less than 20% scoring rate when you include the terrible efforts in shootouts.

  31. If this helps Boston miss the playoffs I’m all for it. At this point it’s unlikely the Leafs will keep the pick anyways.

  33. Why did Maccelli play less than 12 min tonight? Did he have some bad early shifts or something?

  35. I’m really happy for them

    But now every time there’s a fight or scrum, every commentator talks about what happens to Auston Matthews.

  38. Well the pick is 10th now. We have to cheer for wins and just rip the Band-Aid off.

  39. There were so many occasions in my life where I desperately wanted the Leafs to beat the Bruins. Even in the regular season. The one time I actually wanted them to lose they played above their level and won.

  40. I’ll take it. We’ll finish 6th, but win the draft lottery and the Bruins will miss the playoffs. 

  41. The real star of the game: Easton Cowan

    Fuck Boston!

    Also fuck Kypreos for saying Tavares was slow and unproductive. Guy got three points tonight and took a team friendly deal.

  44. Tankers and non-tankers rejoice. Yes we got 2 points, that’s for the non-tankers. And we showed pride and finally had a game where we outshot the other team while Berube was head coach.

    For the tankers, CHI, STL, WPG also won in regulation and still have games in hand. CGY isnt losing yet, LAK isn’t losing yet for the Laughton pick. This is shaping up to be a night where we can feel better about the team with the culture of Cowan while also still keeping the hopes of a top 5 pick alive. Can’t lose every game and of all the games to lose this week, it’s this one. STL and NYR are must lose. If we get 2+ points from those games, I want the Leafs to go undefeated to end the season.

  46. Good win. Few more and we can give Boston the ~13th pick or so and commit to the rebuild in 2028. Go Leafs Go!!

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