BOSTON -- The Boston Bruins comeback against Toronto last spring is a big part of a video highlight package shown on the Jumbotron before every home game. Bergeron cuts in and collects a rebound, finishing off an incredible rally to knock out the Maple Leafs in the Stanley Cup playoffs. And there he was again, scoring a similar goal for the eventual game-winner on Saturday night. Bergeron scored a power-play goal off a rebound early in the third period and Tuukka Rask stopped 33 shots, lifting the Bruins to a 3-1 win over Toronto in the teams first meeting since their playoff series. Try as they might, the Bruins werent going to be allowed to forget what happened last spring. "We talked about it before the game that we had to be in the present and not think about last year and realize theyre ahead of us in the standings and we have to get up each game," Bergeron said. "I thought, yes, we got away from our game a little bit in the second, but we showed some character to get back into it in the third and we got the result." Bergeron also added an empty-netter with 22 seconds to play, and Zdeno Chara also had a power-play goal for Boston. The Bruins won for only the third time in seven games. "We were not really focused on what happened last year," Chara said. "That was something that was behind us. We were focused on the present and, if you look at the standings, thats a team thats ahead of us and we want to get closer to them." Joffrey Lupul scored for the Maple Leafs, who lost for just the second time in six games. "The most disappointing part was Boston got two open power-play goals," Toronto coach Randy Caryle said. "We battled hard, but I thought we just ran out of gas in the third period." In Game 7 of the opening round of the last seasons Eastern Conference playoffs, Boston trailed by three goals with a little over 10 minutes left before forcing overtime -- with the final two goals coming 31 seconds apart in the closing 90 seconds of regulation. Bergeron scored the game winner in OT, capping an improbable comeback. On Saturday, skating during the closing part of James van Riemsdyks double-minor penalty for high-sticking Johnny Boychuk late in the second period, Bergeron jumped in on a rebound in front and fired it past sprawling goaltender James Reimer 1:06 into the final period. "I think he did a great job being in the right spot for that power-play goal," Boston coach Claude Julien said. Winger Carl Soderberg backhanded the puck on net from near the bottom of the right circle. Reimer made 31 saves. Boston killed off a penalty late in the game when Soderberg was sent off for holding the stick. The Maple Leafs went 0 for 3 on the power play. The Bruins had grabbed a 1-0 lead on Charas power-play goal off a rebound 15:27 into the opening period. David Krejci won the faceoff back to defenceman Torey Krug, who sent a cross-ice pass to Jarome Iginla. The winger slipped a backhand on net that Chara, positioned in front, banged past Reimer before two Maple Leafs defencemen could clear the puck. If it wasnt for solid play by Reimer it could have been a bigger deficit for Toronto. Boston outshot the Maple Leafs 14-7 in the opening period, keeping the puck in the offensive zone for long stretches. Bruins winger Chris Kelly fired a shot off the crossbar 90 seconds into the game and Reimer made nice stops on close bids by Krug and Iginla about 20 seconds apart 5 minutes into the game. "At the start of the game they were all over us," Caryle said. "In the second, we played better." But in the second, the Maple Leafs outshot Boston 18-10 and controlled play for lengthy stretches. Toronto tied the game at 1 on Lupuls goal late in the second. Paul Ranger sent a long clearing pass to Lupul, who broke in down the right wing before firing a shot that beat Rask over his left shoulder, slipping the puck just inside the right post. There were a fairly large number of blue Maple Leafs home jerseys sprinkled throughout the stands, and a big roar went up when Lupul scored. NOTES: Bruins D Adam McQuaid went down grabbing his right hip area midway into the opening period, had to be helped from the ice and didnt return. There was no update from the team on his injury other than an announcement early in the second that "he would not return." ... It was the first of four games between the teams. ... Torontos Phil Kessel needs two points to reach 400 for his career. ... The Bruins held Progeria Night, raising funds for research to help find a cure for the accelerated aging disease that affects one in every 4 to 8 million newborns. Sam Berns from Foxborough, Mass. dropped the ceremonial first puck. ... Former Bruin Terry OReilly watched the game from a luxury box.
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Eddie Lack stopped Dustin Sylvester to clinch the win. Lack made 19 saves in the victory, though he had to stop just five shots in the final 25 minutes. "He made some big saves for them," said Abbotsfords Ben Walter. "Especially in the shootout. Theres not much room on him. Hes the kind of goalie thats going to make the first save most of the time and weve just got to get to the rebounds." Rookie Brad Hunt recorded his first professional goal and added an assist, while Tim Miller also scored for the visiting Wolves (38-25-5), who increased their lead in the Midwest Division to six points, solidifying their hold on the third seed in the Western Conference. "Every game right now is huge," said Wolves defenceman Kevin Connauton. "The standings are so tight and every point counts. I dont even know if well clinch a spot until the last three games maybe. Those points are huge tonight and we need to continue and pick up another two tomorrow." Paul Byron, Hugh Jessiman, Joe Piskula and Krys Kolanos scored for Abbotsford (35-26-8). Leland Irving stopped 30 shots in the loss, but the single point allowed Abbotsford to hold on to fourth place in the Western Conference. The Wolves took the lead in the season series 4-2-1. The teams have developed a rivalry this season since Chicago is the Canucks farm club, just an hours drive from Abbotsford. The Heat opened the scoring on their first shot of the game at 4:02. Sylvester poked the puck away from Mark Matheson and went in on two-on-one with Byron. He faked a shot, held up and slid it over to Byron who easily redirected it past Lack for his fifth of the season. With the Wolves killing a too many men minor, Miller tied tthe game at 12:33 on a short-handed rush.dddddddddddd. He wired a shot past Irvings glove for his 18th goal of the season and his second short handed. "We cant give up short-handed goals this time of year and be an effective team," Ward said. The Heat regained the lead just as the Wolves penalty expired. Jessiman took a pass from Greg Nemisz, wheeled out to the face-off dot and wired a shot short-side on Lack at 13:16. Schroeder scored twice in 25 seconds in the second period to give Chicago their first lead of the game. Brad Hunts point shot was deflected by Schroeder in front at 5:51, then Schroeder took a feed from Michael Davies and slid a puck under Irving for his 19th of the season. "Sometimes you get lucky bounces if you go to the net," Schroeder said. "I was fortunate to get one off the leg and kind of got me going. That same shift my line mates made a great play and it ended up in the back of the net." The Heat stormed right back. Piskula threw a puck towards the net that snaked its way through bodies into the net at 11:43. It was the veteran defencemans third of the season. The Heat regained the lead on their third power play of the game. Off the draw the puck came back to Kolanos, whos one-timer slapshot at 14:17 gave him 23 on the season. With ex-Wolf J.P. Testwuide in the box for tripping the Wolves tied the game. Hunt redirected a pass from Steve Reinprecht in the slot at 12:37 for his first AHL goal. "It feels great," said Hunt, who played his minor hockey just across the Fraser River in Ridge Meadows. "It was a nice pass from Reinprecht. Its just good to get the first one out of the way and to get it at home in front of my family and friends." The Heat had just three shots on goal in the third period and none until Hunts power play goal, the second man advantage for the Wolves in the third. "If youve got a lead in the third period you want to stay out of the box," said Heat captain Quintin Laing. "We didnt do that and we paid a price for it." The two teams face-off again Friday night at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre. NOTES: Heat captain Quintin Laing returned Thursday after missing seven games with a cut on his foot...winger Jon Rheault is set to return from injury Friday and Roman Horak was reassigned to the Heat by the Calgary Flames Thursday morning and will join the team Friday...The Canucks farm team is 9-1-1 now playing in Abbotsford, dating back to when the affiliate was the Manitoba Moose.
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