TORONTO – Ron Hainsey broke a tie with 1:23 left to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a franchise record-tying ninth straight home victory, 4-3, over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night.

Hainsey’s one-timed William Nylander’s pass past goalie Tuuka Rask for his fourth goal of the season, which helped Toronto move a point ahead of Boston for the second seed in the Atlantic Division.

Nazem Kadri scored twice, Mitch Marner had a goal and three assists, and Nylander had two assists. Frederik Andersen made 23 saves to improve to 10-1-0 against the Bruins.

Brad Marchand scored twice and Jake DeBrusk also connected for Boston. Rask made 32 saves.

Marchand opened the scoring, taking a Pastrnak pass and beating Andersen glove-side at 6:11 of the first. Toronto responded just over a minute later when Marner took a Nylander’s feed and beat a sprawling Rask for his 16th at 7:15.

Kadri gave the Maple Leafs a 2-1 lead on a power play, tapping in James van Riemsdyk’s pass at 10:30 for his 22nd of the season.

Boston tied it 2-2 on Marchand’s second of the period. Marchand beat Andersen from close range for his 23rd of the campaign.

DeBrusk gave the Bruins a 3-2 lead at 1:55 of the second, re-directing Ryan Spooner’s pass over Andersen for his 12th.

With Charlie McAvoy serving a tripping minor, Kadri one-timed Marner’s pass over Rask’s glove for his 23rd of the season with 55.9 seconds remaining in the second to tie it at 3.

Notes

Leafs center Auston Matthews missed his first game with a shoulder injury suffered Thursday night in a victory over the New York Islanders.

Up next

Bruins: At Buffalo on Sunday.

Maple Leafs: At Tampa Bay on Monday night.