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Game 7, if necessary, would be back at Boston's TD Garden on Tuesday.and wired a one-timer beyond Rask for his fourth of the playoffs with 8:27 left in regulation., but the call on the ice stood after video review. The goal was also the fourth in the three games for Matthews, who, with his head down, pounded the dasher board on the bench in celebration when the goal was confirmed.
But Toronto held firm and will go home with a chance close out the Bruins for the franchise's first series win since 2004.Sean KuralyThe Leafs got their first power play — after getting whistled for three against — when the Bruins were called for too many men on the ice, but couldn't get anything through despite some good pressure before Matthews broke the deadlock.
But the only real opportunity came when Kapanen, who entered with three points in his last 19 games, fired high over Rask's net on a short-handed breakaway. The winger scored on a similar play while killing a penalty last spring — a goal that gave Toronto a 4-3 lead in Game 7.
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