Boston Bruins Too Much For Maple Leafs Again

Pretty soon the Boston Bruins will have to make some tough decisions regarding their goaltending. On Thursday night Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask continued to show management that he is NHL ready as he stopped 32 shots in helping Boston to a 5-2 win against their divisional rivals the Toronto Maple Leafs. Rask who was also dominant in a 7-2 win last Saturday night against these same Leafs has on the season registered a 1.97 GAA and .932 save percentage. Along with the 22 year-old Rask the Bruins who are 8-1-1 in their past ten games also have as part of their goaltending tandem the reining Jennings Trophy winner in veteran Tim Thomas. This veteran has also been solid this year in putting up a 2.48 GAA and .914 save percentage. For now Boston fans and management alike are just hoping that these two could lead Boston to a Stanley Cup victory this coming spring. Besides for the reliable Rask stepping up on Thursday against Toronto the Bruins also got a great performance from veteran forward Mark Recchi who put the game away with two goals in the final three minutes. “We’ve only got one win in our division, which is awful,” Leafs defenceman Ian White said. “We got spanked by these guys not even a week ago. We were expecting to come in here and have a different showing.” The only consolation for the Leafs is that after falling behind 3-0 entering the third Toronto scored the next two goals but couldn’t complete the comeback. “The third period we went back on the attack and did the things we needed to do,” said Leafs coach Ron Wilson.. “Obviously, scoring 18 seconds in got our team fired up and them back on their heels a little bit so it opened up the game.” As with last Saturday’s game the Boston crowd booed Leafs forward and former Bruin Phil Kessel every time he had the puck. This 22 year-old was once again shut out by his former team who drafted him first round back in 2006. Besides for Recchi’s two goals other Bruins to score were Derek Morris, Mark Stuart and David Krejci. Meanwhile scoring for Toronto was Mikhail Grabovski and Nikolai Kulemin.