The Leafs will host the Bruins in tonight's game 4 of the series, in the Air Canada Centre.
Only three games after tonight's very deciding game in Toronto where the Boston Bruins will play the Maple Leafs in the best of seven game series. The Leafs need to pull a win tonight to have a strong chance in advancing further in the playoff's as they trail 2-1 behind Boston after giving away home advantage this past Monday.
The Bruins face many technical problems in their game, getting away with a defensive meltdown in the third period in Monday's game where the Leafs were able to have numerous chances, and leaving themselves empty on attacking options.
Boston goalkeeper Tuukka Rask made 45 saves, only allowing two goals, so the Bruins will be looking into closing off their defense better and playing tighter on the Leafs attackers, while the Leafs will have to have better finishing and not waste chances if they want a chance to tie the series back up.
Leafs coach Randy Carlyle will have to rely on his offensive lines to put away the chances they couldn't on Monday night's game.
"In the playoffs, it's not about how, it's about how many." Carlyle said to the media this morning. "There's got to be more focus put on the production of offense and one of the ways is throwing the puck to the net and driving the middle lane. If you review the goals the Boston Bruins have scored, two of them have basically went off bodies."
The puck will drop at 7pm in the Air Canada Centre and you can watch it here.
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