Game 26: Toronto 2 at Boston 6

Vic Stasiuk scored a hat trick, Leo Labine tallied two goals and Fleming MacKell had a goal and two assists as Boston Bruins routed Toronto Maple Leafs, 6-2 at Boston Garden.

The loss prevented Maple Leafs (5-3-1) from at least temporarily leaping over Montreal for first place.

Stasiuk scored a goal in each period, raising his season total to six.

Toronto opened the scoring when Tim Horton's slap shot eluded Don Simmons at 4:41 of the first period. Simmons had been pulled from his last two starts, and Horton's goal hinted that the Bruins goalie might be in for another rough night.

But Bruins (4-5-0) scored the next four goals before Dick Duff cashed in during a Maple Leafs' power play at 12:24 of the third period.

Stasiuk completed his hat trick about two minutes later and Labine added his second goal with 20 seconds left in the game.

1st Period
TOR- Horton (Sloan, Stewart) 4:41
BOS- Stasiuk (Regan) 5:35
BOS- MacKell (Labine, Flaman) 7:49

2nd Period
BOS- Labine (Boivin, MacKell) 3:14
BOS- Stasiuk (Flaman, McKenney) PPG 4:52

3rd Period
TOR- Duff (Armstrong, Horton) PPG 12:24
BOS- Stasiuk (J. Toppazzini, Armstrong) 14:21
BOS- Labine (MacKell, Stanley) 19:40

SOG
TOR 12-10-9 = 31
BOS 13-10-14 = 37

PP: TOR 1-2; BOS 1-4

Goalies
TOR- Chadwick
BOS- Simmons


Stasiuk was Bruins' hot hand in win over Maple Leafs