TORONTO — Secondary scoring — check.
Their best second period of the season — check.
Quality scoring chances — check.
The Bruins found their groove following a rough stretch in the middle of the first period after Charlie Coyle set up Jake DeBrusk to cut the deficit to 2-1 with his first goal of the season at 19:39. But a lucky bounce on Morgan Rielly’s first of the night at 5:55 and a costly turnover by Sean Kuraly leading to Dmytro Timashov’s first career tally at 15:54 put the Bruins’ in the rare spot of catch-up mode.