BOSTON (AP) \u2014 Matthew Knies scored a pair of goals and the Toronto Maple Leafs snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Max Domi and William Nylander also scored for the Maple Leafs and John Tavares had three assists as Toronto outshot Boston 35-20 and avoided a three-game season sweep in the Original Six rivalry. Anthony Stolarz finished with 18 saves.<\/p>\n
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Elias Lindholm and Charlie McAvoy scored for Boston, which still holds the top wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference standings. Jeremy Swayman had 31 saves for the Bruins, who lost at home for just the second time in their last 16 games.<\/p>\n
Stolarz was back in net for the Leafs, three days after taking a puck to the throat during warmups and ending up at the hospital as a precaution. Stolarz stopped Lindholm on a rebound in front early in the second period, then made a point-blank save on Morgan Geekie to keep Toronto within a goal. Stolarz came through again in the third with a nice glove save on a backhand by Viktor Arvidsson to preserve the lead.<\/p>\n
Boston\u2019s Nikita Zadorov was called for a major boarding penalty with 2:07 left in the second, leading to a 4-on-3 power-play and Domi\u2019s goal on a backhand that put the Leafs up 2-1. Tavares, who was driven head-first into the boards by Zadorov, assisted on the goal.<\/p>\n
McAvoy pulled Boston within 3-2 on a power-play goal 5:08 into the third. But Knies sealed it for Toronto with an empty-netter on the power play with 22 seconds left.<\/p>\n
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The Bruins announced late Monday that they signed 2025 first-round draft pick James Hagens from Boston College to an amateur tryout agreement and assigned him to Providence of the AHL. Boston selected the 19-year-old Hagens seventh overall last year in the draft.<\/p>\n
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