The Leafs and Bruins had their final meeting of the season tonight, in a game heavy with implications for the third seed in the Atlantic division. The game began with technical difficulties with the game clock, which impaired the NHL’s stat-keeping and, by consequence, the advanced stat trackers who rely on those gamesheets to pull data. Hope you like the eye test!
The Bruins came out loaded for bear (heh), clearly aware of the importance of the matchup, led by their dynamite first line. Brad Marchand just kept zooming away full-speed, and the Bruins had the better of the early play even when his line was off.