It wasn’t their worst performance of the season, and it wasn’t really a game they let slip away due to poor play. Instead, it was a poor performance from their starting goaltender, combined with timely rookie-level mistakes.
The tone of the match was set in the first few minutes of the game. Nick Robertson scored on the power play to continue his hot streak since being promoted to the top six, and by the time a minute elapsed from goal, the Bruins were up 2–1. The first was just a poor effort from Stolarz – one of those moments where you wish you had a save.
Morgan Geekie equalizes it 18 seconds later
Seconds later, the Leafs seemingly punished Stolarz for allowing a soft goal by horribly misplaying the puck in front of his net and leaving Bruins forward Viktor Arvidsson with an easy tap-in past Stolarz. The penalty line was meant to be a bit ironic, but you can’t ignore the irony of such a terrible defensive play immediately after a bad goalkeeper defeat.
Viktor Arvidsson gives Boston the lead twenty seconds after the equalizer
The Bruins added a pair of goals in the second period, giving Stolarz the tug and Dennis Hildeby coming on for him, but the Leafs fought back before the end of the period with a power-play goal from John Tavares. The Bruins kept the game close in the third, and near the end, William Nylander came as close as he could to scoring a goal without doing it.
Not long after, who else but Fraser Minten would score the backbreaker to put things in order and secure the two points for the Bruins. The same Mintens the Leafs drafted three years ago and traded to the Bruins at the deadline last season. Yes, that one. It’s unfortunately poetic.
Head coach Craig Berube won’t be happy with the way things turned out tonight, but they don’t have much time to dwell on it as they stared down the drain with the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.
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