TORONTO (AP) — Anthony Stolarz made 29 saves for his first shutout of the season in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 4-0 win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.

Morgan Rielly had a goal and two assists as Toronto connected three times on the power play. William Nylander and Matthew Knies added a goal and an assist each. Mitch Marner had two assists. Steven Lorentz completed the scoring into the empty net.

The Leafs played without captain Auston Matthews, which is listed as day to day with an upper body injury.

Jeremy Swayman made 23 saves for Boston, which was coming off back-to-back shutouts last weekend. Philadelphia Flyers And Seattle Kraken.

Toronto’s porous 31st-ranked power play scored for the second time in as many games at 8:44 of the second period when Rielly shot through a screen. Nylander scored his team-best 10th goal of the season on another power play 1:14 later for a 2-0 lead.

The Bruins entered the game 8-0-0 in the regular season against their Atlantic Division rival since January 14, 2023.

Takeaways

Bruins: After shutting out the Flyers and Kraken, the Bruins’ shutout streak was snapped at 156 minutes, 47 seconds when Rielly scored.

Maple Leafs: The NHL’s second-worst power play went 4-for-40 in 2024-25, but connected three times without its best player.

Key moment

With no score in the second period, Swayman first tried to freeze the puck before changing his mind. This forced Boston defenseman Nikita Zadorov to take an interference penalty, leading to Toronto’s first goal.

Key statistic

The Leafs improved to 36-19-2 without Matthews – the No. 1 pick in the 2016 NHL draft – during the all-time regular season.

To be continued

The Bruins host the Flames on Thursday. The Maple Leafs host the Red Wings on Friday.

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