The series shifts to Boston for Games 3 and 4 on Friday and Sunday.

Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo was there for his son’s birth Monday morning, then flew to Florida and scored a goal in Boston’s 5-1 win

Boston recovers quickly from a 1-0 deficit, Jeremy Swayman makes 38 saves, new dad Brendan Carlo scores and the Bruins take a 1-0 series lead over Florida.

After ousting the Maple Leafs in overtime in Game 7, Boston now takes on Florida, which upset the record-setting Bruins a year ago.

David Pastrnak scores 1:54 into overtime to give Boston a 2-1 win over Toronto in Game 7 of their first-round series.

Jim Montgomery says the Bruins need more production and consistency from their top offensive threat.

Boston is trying to avoid blowing a 3-1 series lead in the first round of the playoffs for the second straight year.

Toronto wins its second straight game and will play Game 7 at TD Garden on Saturday night.

Boston is in a similar position to last year, when it led Florida 3-1 before losing the first-round series in seven games after the best regular season in NHL history.

Toronto, playing without the ill Auston Matthews, gets the win on Matthew Knies’ goal in OT to cut its series deficit to 3-2.