Music: {allcanada} Bolland, Reimer lead Maple Leafs past Penguins

Saturday, October 26, 2013

{allcanada} Bolland, Reimer lead Maple Leafs past Penguins

TORONTO - Dave Bolland had two goals and James Reimer stopped 37 shots to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.

Bolland tied the game at 1-1 late in the first period with a shorthanded goal and capped Toronto's three-goal third period by hitting the empty net, giving him six goals in 12 games for the Maple Leafs (8-4-0).

The Penguins opened the scoring at 6:52 of the first period on the power play when Evgeni Malkin fed Kris Letang, who beat Reimer through the five-hole for his first of the season.

Pittsburgh got another power-play chance when Carl Gunnarsson went off for hooking at 14:59, but Bolland tied the game when he got to the high slot and blasted a high slap shot that beat Marc-Andre Fleury at 16:33.

The period wouldn't end without incident as Toronto's David Clarkson hit Pittsburgh defenseman Rob Scuderi along the boards with 16.8 seconds to play, dropping him to the ice. Scuderi needed help to the locker room and did not return.

The second period saw the Penguins turn up the pressure outshooting the Maple Leafs 16-4, but Reimer stopped all of them, including a pair of key leg saves on Pascal Dupuis.

Nazem Kadri put the Maple Leafs ahead for good when he scored his fourth goal of the season at 1:26 beating the Penguins' defense and deking Fleury. Phil Kessel's power-play goal at 17:05 provided some insurance before Bolland hit the empty net.

Fleury, who sat out Friday night's 4-3 home loss to the New York Islanders, finished with 26 saves.

The Maple Leafs hit the road on Tuesday night to face the Edmonton Oilers. The Penguins will go to Raleigh to face the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday.

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