Recreation 6 of the best-of-7 collection might be at Toronto on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, NESN, TBS, MAX).

Jake McCabe scored, and Joseph Woll made 27 saves in his first begin of the collection for Toronto, the No. 3 seed from the Atlantic Division.

“You wish to construct optimistic momentum your personal method,” Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe stated. “And yeah, you wish to make them be uncomfortable. You wish to make them must pack up and head out to Toronto.”

Trent Frederic scored, and Swayman made 31 saves for Boston, the No. 2 seed from the Atlantic.

“We weren’t adequate,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery stated. “Simply easy as that. Toronto got here out able to play. They took it to us. We weren’t able to match their desperation.”

The Maple Leafs have been with out middle Auston Matthews, the NHL objectives chief within the common season with 69, who missed the third interval of Toronto’s 3-1 loss in Recreation 4 due to an sickness. There was no replace on him after the sport.

The Maple Leafs outshot the Bruins 11-2 within the first interval, however the sport was tied 1-1 getting into the second.

McCabe gave the Maple Leafs a 1-0 lead at 5:33 of the primary, taking pictures by means of visitors from the purpose.

“They get a purpose decently early off the face-off after I misplaced it,” Frederic stated. “That provides them momentum. Anytime you get the primary purpose, it helps.”