Saturday night was the Bruins’ sixth game in nine days, and the first at TD Garden after their five-game road trip. Friday’s 4-1 win at Buffalo included four unanswered tallies, creating some momentum into the battle with Toronto.
“I’d like to call every game a must-win game,” Claude Julien said pregame. “Last night was a good win for us and something to build on. We’re going to need to do the same thing against this Leafs’ team.”
That they did.
At 9-11-2 overall at TD Garden, only four of the other 31 NHL teams had fewer home wins coming into Saturday night.