Semi-finals Game 1: Toronto 4 at Boston 7

Boston Bruins scored five goals in the second period on their way to a 7-4 victory over Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 1 of their semi-finals series at Boston Garden.

Bruins scored three goals within three minutes late in the second period to lead 6-1 after 40 minutes.

Six different Bruins scored. Boston leads the series, 1-0, with Game 2 Friday in Boston.

Dick Duff scored for Maple Leafs at 7:58 of the second period to make the score 3-1 Boston, but Bruins poured it on about six minutes later. Johnny Peirson (14:26), Cal Gardner (15:35) and Jerry Toppazzini (17:28) scored to essentially put the game away.

Maple Leafs did score the first two goals of the third period to draw within 6-3, but Boston's Don McKenney scored his second goal at 11:07 to end all doubt.

Neither goalie was particularly good. There were only 57 shots on goal combined, yet 11 found their way into the net.

Bruins scored seven goals yet didn't enjoy one power play opportunity all night. Maple Leafs were 0-3 with the man advantage.

1st Period
BOS- Mohns (Peirson, Stanley) 12:19

2nd Period
BOS- Stasiuk (Stanley, McKenney) 6:05
BOS- McKenney (Stasiuk, Regan) 7:06
TOR- Duff (Armstrong, Morrison) 7:58
BOS- Peirson (Gardner, Boivin) 14:26
BOS- Gardner (Peirson, Mohns) 15:35
BOS- Toppazzini (Armstrong, Beckett) 17:28

3rd Period
TOR- Barry Cullen (Kennedy, Thomson) 1:47
TOR- Baun (James, Brian Cullen) 2:26
BOS- McKenney (Regan, Stasiuk) 11:07
TOR- Armstrong (Migay, Reaume) 13:15

SOG
TOR 7-9-12 = 28
BOS 9-13-7 = 29

PP
TOR 0-3; BOS 0-0

Goalies
TOR- Chadwick
BOS- Sawchuk


McKenney scored twice and six other Bruins scored one goal each in Game 1 win