The Toronto Maple Leafs played an outstanding game of hockey Sunday night at the Air Canada Centre, and forced the series into the final Game 7 to decide who will go on to the semifinals. The final game of the series will be played tonight at 7pm, you can watch the action live from the TD Center here.
Last night's game started slow, with no goals scored in the first two periods, but as the minutes went by the action went up. James Reimer was once again the star of the night with 30 saves.
Dion Phaneuf made an error four nights ago that cost the Leafs a victory, but more than made up for his mistake last night as he controlled the game for all three periods.
The Leafs captain scored the first goal that saw the Leafs force the Bruins into game 7 in a game that ended 2-1.
"Obviously with our last game in here, I didn't feel great about the outcome and my decision that was made," said Phaneuf afterward, the goal marking his first in the postseason as a Leaf. "I felt that I owed it to the guys ... it definitely felt good."
"I saw Naz get the puck and I thought I should probably stay there," he explained, his pick-pocket attempt in the defensive zone beginning the sequence. "He's a very skilled player that finds ways to get the puck through and it was a great shot to get it through and luckily I tipped it."
The Leafs will play the Bruins in the TD centre tonight, a game which will decide who gets eliminated.
"We know that we're going into a hostile building tomorrow night in Boston," Phaneuf said. "We know the passion of their market and with their fans.
"We know what we're heading into."
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