In the beginning, Game 1 resembled similarities to Game 2.
The trends began with speculation around Boston’s starter in net and continued with William Nylander’s status.
But even without one of the cogs from Toronto’s core five, the Leafs compiled multiple quality looks against Linus Ullmark throughout Monday’s tilt. They eventually took advantage of a golden opportunity when Max Domi pounced on multiple rebounds to tie things up at 1-1 just 14 seconds after Morgan Geekie’s power play marker.
The Leafs established momentum for the first time in the series. But the Bruins grabbed it back with less than eight seconds left in the opening frame after Pavel Zacha connected with fellow Czech David Pastrnak for a highlight-reel sequence.