Frederic put the Bruins forward 3-2 at 13:10 of the third interval when he poked home a rebound for his sixth after Derek Forbort took the preliminary shot.
Toronto tied it within the dying seconds of regulation when Matthews scored his second of the evening, and sixteenth total, off a go from Mitch Marner earlier than Marchand gained it.
Woll made a breakaway cease on Pavel Zacha in OT and Ullmark denied Marner from in near arrange Marchand’s dramatic clincher.
The groups met for the primary time since Boston’s 3-2 shootout victory Nov. 2 at TD Garden when Marchand and Toronto defenceman Timothy Liljegren have been concerned in a sequence that resulted within the latter struggling a excessive ankle sprain.
The Leafs held a workforce assembly following the incident — which went unpenalized and didn’t end in a suspension — with Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe telling reporters within the aftermath he “hated everything” about his workforce’s lack of a bodily response with Liljegren, who hasn’t performed since, down on the ice in apparent misery.
There wouldn’t, nonetheless, be any fireworks.
Boston opened the scoring at 10:45 of the primary interval when Pastrnak dashed over the Toronto blue line and rifled his 14th purpose over Woll’s shoulder to turn out to be the primary participant to attain 50 occasions in 2023.
Leafs enforcer Ryan Reaves, who together with Marchand had the most important scrums following the morning skates, took a boarding penalty on Matthew Poitras later within the interval that his workforce killed off.
Matthews hit the put up early within the second earlier than Pastrnak discovered a pinching Shattenkirk with an ideal diagonal go within the offensive zone for the defenceman to roof his first with the Bruins at 7:31.
Toronto had a few good probabilities earlier than Boston doubled its lead, however Matthews received the home facet again inside one at 12:06 when he scored his fifteenth with Ullmark out of position and Boston defenceman Charlie McAvoy making an attempt to play purpose on a scramble.
Domi, who’s father Tie was a Toronto fan favorite, then scored his first with the Leafs at 2:11 of the third after taking a go from Nick Robertson and shifting in on their own on the Boston goaltender.
SAMSONOV SICK
Leafs goaltender Ilya Samsonov sat out with an sickness. Martin Jones was recalled from the American Hockey League on an emergency foundation to function Woll’s backup.
TAVARES CLOSING IN ON 1,000
The Leafs captain entered play with 995 profession factors, however only one over his final 5 video games.
“Just trying to keep my head down and going to work,” Tavares mentioned earlier than the sport. “No doubt a special milestone.”
MISSING BERGY
Marchand was requested about life with out Patrice Bergeron after the previous Bruins captain retired in the summertime.
“Lonely,” Marchand quipped. “We spent a lot of time together … it’s different.”
UP NEXT
Boston visits Columbus on Sunday, whereas Toronto is off till Thursday’s recreation in Ottawa.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Dec. 2, 2023.
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Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press
