The Toronto Maple Leafs fixed some problems from the first two games, but ran into new ones that cost them in a 5-2 Game 3 loss in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Adam McQuaid, Rich Peverley, Nathan Horton, Daniel Paille and David Krejci closed the game off for the Bruins and with one minute remaining scored on an empty net, and left the Air Canada Centre 2-1 up in the series.
''I think, as a team, we played a good road game,'' Krejci said. ''Maybe we didn't have as many chances in Game 1 (a 4-1 Boston win), but I think it was a perfect road game and I'm pretty happy about that.''
Toronto seemed to be in the driver's seat after getting a road at Boston last Saturday, but fell short of that performance, making many defensive errors and not being able to move the puck in their front lines.
The whole city of Toronto was outside watching on the big screen in Maple Leaf Square watching the first hockey playoff game in Toronto since 2004.
'The crowd was awesome,'' said Leafs forward James van Riemsdyk. ''One of the loudest I think I've played in front of in the NHL.''
'They made less mistakes than we did and their execution level was above ours,'' Toronto coach Randy Carlyle said.
''Mistakes just killed us tonight,'' said defenseman Jake Gardiner, who scored his first ever playoff goal.
Game 4 is Wednesday night, again in Toronto, and will be vital if the Leafs want to their continue their dream of Cup glory.
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