2024-05-04 03:04:41
The Toronto hockey players beat Boston 2:1 in their home game and forced a decisive seventh duel. Two goals by William Nylander decided the victory for the Maple Leafs. The Czechs did not score in the match.
Toronto – Boston | Video: NHL
David Pastrňák had a goal or an assist in the first four games of the series to help Boston take a 3-1 lead. In the last two battles, the Czech gunner was silent on points, and because of this, Boston did not use even one of the advancing match points. Toronto has won twice in a row 2-1 and is hoping to advance to the second round.
Coach Jim Montgomery also criticized his star in the post-game interview. “Your best players have to be their best players especially this part of the year. Pastrnak has to step up. He has to be the dominant player that we’re used to. He’s just been doing it in glimpses so far, not as consistently as he did in the regular season,” Montgomery said .
While in the fifth game the Maple Leafs only avoided elimination in overtime, in the sixth game they came close to winning in regulation time. For the third win in the series, the Maple Leafs were led by a responsible defense led by the great catching Joseph Woll and the two-goal Nylander.
The Swedish striker ended his thirteen-match wait for a goal just before the end of the second period. After a faceoff in the offensive zone, he tangled the heads of several opponents and his throw ended up behind Jeremy Swayman. The second, winning goal was scored by the Maple Leafs winger at 57:47, when he took advantage of Boston’s collapse in the offensive zone and matured to Swayman in a separate escape.
Goalkeeper Woll’s first clean sheet in the NHL was saved one tenth before the end of the game by Morgan Geekie. But the 25-year-old American didn’t have to be sad about the conceded goal. It is he who started the turnaround in the series. In the last two games, he got a chance as the team’s number one, and Toronto gained the necessary confidence with him in goal. The 25-year-old goalkeeper has so far conceded only two goals in his premier playoff and has a save success rate of over 96 percent.
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Eastern Conference – Game 6:
Toronto – Boston 2:1 (0:0, 1:0, 1:1)
Goals: 40th and 58th W. Nylander – 60th Geekie. Shots on goal: 26:23. Spectators: 19,471. Stars of the game: 1. Woll, 2. Nylander (both Toronto), 3. Swayman (Boston). Series standing 3:3.