Semi-finals Game 3: Boston 3 at Toronto 6

Bob Pulford scored a hat trick, including two power play goals, as Toronto Maple Leafs climbed back into their semi-finals series with Boston Bruins with a 6-3 victory at Maple Leaf Gardens.

Two of Pulford's goals were deflections of shots by Ted Kennedy.

Bruins lead the series, 2-1 with Game 4 in Toronto on Monday.

Maple Leafs badly needed a victory, and they played like it, jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Rudy Migay and Gary Aldcorn.

Pulford netted two goals in the second period to give Toronto a commanding 4-1 lead, but Bruins fought back. Larry Regan scored at 19:28 to make the score 4-2 and 2:25 into the third period, Don McKenney scored off a nifty pass from Leo Boivin to bring Bruins to within 4-3.

But Pulford finally gave Maple Leafs some insurance at 13:18 on the power play with his second deflection and Tod Sloan tacked on a goal with 25 seconds remaining.

Bruins, as they did in Game 1, had no power plays, while Maple Leafs connected on two of their four chances.

1st Period
TOR- Migay (Baun) 9:45
TOR- Aldcorn (Armstrong, Brian Cullen) 17:08

2nd Period
BOS- Stasiuk (Gardner, Peirson) 4:40
TOR- Pulford (Horton, Kennedy) PPG 10:15
TOR- Pulford (Kennedy) 17:56
BOS- Regan (McKenney, Chevrefils) 19:28

3rd Period
BOS- McKenney (Boivin) 2:25
TOR- Pulford (Kennedy, Morrison) PPG 13:18
TOR- Sloan (Baun, Morrison) 19:35

SOG
BOS 9-8-9 = 26
TOR 11-11-9 = 31

PP
BOS: 0-0; TOR: 2-4

Fights
Horton (TOR), Labine (BOS) 11:36 2nd; Boivin (BOS), Duff (TOR) 9:26 3rd

Goalies
BOS- Sawchuk
TOR- Chadwick


Pulford's hat trick led Maple Leafs to victory in Game 3