TORONTO — Unlike their season-opening win in Columbus where the Bruins came back from a pair of two-goal deficits, the Black and Gold were behind the 8-ball from the get-go.
The snowball effect started at 2:14 of the first when Connor Brown notched his first of his NHL career. It continued with a soft goal given up by Anton Khudobin via the stick of Mitch Marner at 11:56 — his first of his NHL career — and sloppy D that led to James van Riemsdyk avoiding a diving Colin Miller and easing his way to his first of the season 1:17 later.