TORONTO — Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner were having an animated discussion on the bench. William Nylander was caught by cameras muttering to himself during the second-period exchange. Marner then took off his gloves and slammed them on the ground.
William Nylander was caught by cameras muttering to himself during the second-period exchange. Marner then took off his gloves and slammed them on the ground.
To make matters worse, Matthews didn't play the final period due to an illness that forced him to miss Friday's practice.James van Riemsdyk and David Pastrnak had the other goals for Boston, which can close out the best-of-seven series in Tuesday's Game 5 at home. Jeremy Swayman made 24 saves. Marner, meanwhile, denied frustration was creeping into the group when asked about that sequence with Matthews and Nylander.
Toronto was unable to connect on two first-period power plays — dropping to 1-for-13 in the series — with the crowd buzzing before the visitors pushed ahead. After Matthews, Marner and Nylander had their chat, the Bruins, who topped Toronto in seven games in the opening round of the 2013, 2018 and 2019 playoffs, went up 3-0 with 41.6 seconds left in the period on another series of Leafs mistakes that led to a 2-on-0 where Marchand fed Pastrnak for his second.
The Leafs made the goaltending change and were without Matthews when Ilya Lyubushkin rattled Swayman's crossbar three minutes into the third.
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