The Boston Bruins tied their best-of-seven series after they defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 in Game 2 at TD Garden in Boston on Saturday night.

Charlie Coyle, Danton Heinen, Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron all scored for the Bruins, who outshot the Leafs 14-7 in the opening period. Nazem Kadri scored Toronto’s only goal, which came in the third period.

Coyle opened the scoring just 4:44 into the opening frame when he scored on a pass from David Backes. Marchand made it 2-0 later on in the first. David Pastrnak and Torey Krug got the assists on the second goal. Heinen scored unassisted 10:39 into the second period after William Nylander had an odd giveaway right next to his own net. Bergeron’s second goal of the series came late in the third period, which sealed the win for Boston.

Tuukka Rask bounced back after a rocky Game 1. The Finnish goaltender made 30 saves in the win. Frederik Andersen didn’t play as well as he did in Game 1, allowing four goals on 41 shots.

Toronto’s offense was slowed down by Boston’s defense on Saturday night, after the Leafs scored four in Game 1. The Bruins offense rebounded after scoring just one goal on Thursday night.

Although Boston played much better than Toronto for most of the game, the Leafs are now in a better position than they were in last year’s playoff series versus Boston, as the Bruins dominantly won the first two games a year ago.

Toronto returns home with a 1-1 series tie. It is now a best-of-five and the Leafs have home-ice advantage for the rest of the series. Game 3 is Monday night at Scotiabank Arena.

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