TORONTO -- The Boston Bruins, in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons the
previous night, stuck to hockey Sunday.
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Shawn Thornton, awaiting his punishment for a red mist that saw him send
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Bruins rallied to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on the strength of three
second-period goals. Carl Soderberg, Torey Krug, Kevan Miller, Jarome Iginla and
Patrice Bergeron -- with an empty-net goal coming out of the penalty box with 11
seconds remaining -- scored for Boston, which came into the game under scrutiny
thanks to Thorntons meltdown at TD Garden. The Bruins tough guy is suspended
pending a league hearing into his sucker-punch attack. For Iginla, Sundays game
was a chance for the Bruins to get back to their game. "It was (good)," he said,
choosing his words carefully. "Just to get the focus on just winning a game and
playing. Because, yeah, it was pretty emotional. Everybody felt that from
(Saturday) night." Thanks to the ugly, violent win over Pittsburgh, the Bruins
(20-8-2) were also without the injured Loui Eriksson and Chris Kelly, among
others. Defencemen Adam McQuaid and Johnny Boychuk were sidelined with earlier
injuries. And the Bruins defensive woes were intensified Sunday when
Dougie Hamilton exited after the first period with a lower-body injury after a
collision with Leafs blue-liner Carl Gunnarsson. Boston coach Claude Julien said
Hamilton was to return home Monday for medical evaluation but was hopeful that
Boychuk might be close to returning to the lineup in his absence during the
remaining three games of the Canadian road trip. Peter Holland and Jay McClement
scored for Toronto (16-12-3) before an announced crowd of 19,165. The Leafs led
1-0 in the first and then cut the lead to 3-2 early in the third before Boston
scored two insurance goals. Julien attributed his jury-rigged teams success to
the organizations focus on playing a two-way game, whether it be wearing a
Boston or AHLs Providence jersey. "The way we play is a very demanding way of
playing but we feel our scouts and upper management have done a good job of
giving us the types of players who can play that game," he said. "So even with
the guys being called up, they play a very similar style back in Providence. And
were asking them to do the same thing here. "Its about believing what your teams
all about. Going out there and doing it, whether youre a young player or an
older player. Our game can never change." The Leafs, who beat Ottawa 4-3 in a
shootout Saturday, controlled the early going and led 1-0 after the first. But
the Bruins three-goal outburst in the second period, including a pair of
power-play goals in a 94-second stretch, left the Leafs in their wake. "The
first period it seemed like we had our legs, we were doing a lot of things,"
said Toronto coach Randy Carlyle. "Then we take the one penalty and their
(tying) goal kind of flattened us and the next thing you know were killing (a
penalty) again right after. And it was bang-bang, all of a sudden they scored
two goals and the life went out of our hockey club." Toronto, which also gave up
two power-play goals against the Senators, went 0 for 4 on its power play
Sunday. The Bruins, who had to kill off a pair of penalties in the third,
outshot the Leafs 39-32. The focus before the game was on Thorntons moment of
madness. "I agree, he did cross the line," said Julien. "He got caught in the
emotions. Theres nobody thats proud of what happened (Saturday) night.
Absolutely not. So hes going to suffer the consequences and so will we." "Thorny
did cross the line and some others did too," Julien added. "But sometimes you
have to man up to those things and I think he did." Julien saw a woozy Miller
leave the game later after being crunched into the boards by Leafs captain
Dion Phaneuf. The Boston coach admitted he asked the referee whether it was a
penalty. "Its very minor and should impact him playing for us next game but it
was a close call -- head first into the boards," said Julien. The Leafs faced
Chad Johnson, who was filling in to give Bruins star goalie Tuukka Rask a night
off. Jonathan Bernier started for Toronto, after James Reimers 47-save
performance in Ottawa. It took the Leafs almost five minutes to get a shot on
Johnson but they still showed jump and went ahead at 12:20 when Holland jammed a
David Clarkson redirect of a Jake Gardiner shot into a gaping net for his third
of the year. Toronto, outshot in 26 of its first 30 games, outshot the Bruins
11-10 in the first period. It took a while before shot No. 12 came, however. And
Boston pulled even on the power play at 5:14 of the second period after
Reilly Smith found Soderberg alone on the edge of the crease. Torontos
Carter Ashton was in the penalty box for delay of game. For Smith, who grew up
in nearby Mimico, it was a point in his first appearance at the Air Canada
Centre. Twenty seconds after the goal, the Leafs went a man-down again with
Gunnarsson sent to the box. And Krug made the Leafs pay with his eighth goal of
the season at 6:47, beating Bernier with the hulking Zdeno Chara blocking the
goalie in front. Ten of the Bruins 15 power-play goals this season have come
from their defencemen. Boston outshot Toronto 8-0 in the second period before
the home side finally put a shot on Johnson at 9:57. Defenceman Cody Franson had
a good chance from in close with seven minutes remaining but the Bruins goalie
made the save. Phaneuf and sniper Phil Kessel ran into each other on a line
change, flooring Kessel. It was that kind of period for the Leafs. Smith hit the
Toronto crossbar late in the period. Seconds later, Millers wrist shot from the
blue-line slipped through Bernier at 15:58. It was his first NHL goal. Boston
outshot Toronto 17-9 in the second period. McClement closed the gap to 3-2 just
37 seconds into the third, winning a faceoff in the Bruins end and then driving
the Boston goal and slapping in his own rebound for his first of the year. The
Bruins had to kill off consecutive penalties to maintain their lead. The Leafs,
meanwhile, needed a huge save from Bernier on Jordan Caron to stay within one as
the clock wound down. But he was powerless to stop Iginla after Milan Lucic
accelerated past Phaneuf and fed Iginla in the crease for his sixth goal at the
16:00 mark.
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injuries.CHICAGO -- Chicago Fire forward Mike Magee has been selected Major
League Soccers Most Valuable Player, capping a career season with the top
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