5 Keys: Bruins at Maple Leafs, Game 6

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Boston leads best-of-7 series 3-2
TORONTO -- The Boston Bruins will try again to eliminate the Toronto Maple Leafs when they play Game 6 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Air Canada Centre on Monday.

Toronto pushed the series to a sixth game with a 4-3 win at Boston on Saturday.
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The Maple Leafs are 1-14 all-time when trailing a series 3-1; their only win was in the 1942 Stanley Cup Final against the Detroit Red Wings, a series they trailed 3-0. The Bruins are 18-2 all-time when leading a series 3-1.
Here are 5 keys for Game 6:

1. Goaltending battle

Toronto's Frederik Andersen outplayed Tuukka Rask in Game 5 by stopping 42 of 45 shots, while Rask was pulled after allowing four goals on 13 shots. Andersen made 19 saves in the third period, when the Bruins outshot the Maple Leafs 20-5.
"You can normally get a pretty good feeling going on how he's going to play pretty quickly, and he was sharp the whole night," Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly said. "He was outstanding."
Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said he expects a bounce-back effort from Rask, who could tie Roberto Luongo for seventh among active goaltenders for playoff wins (34).

2. Toronto's penalty-killing

The Maple Leafs went 5-for-6 killing penalties in Game 5 and were led by defenseman Ron Hainsey, who played 8:06 while Toronto was shorthanded. He was on the ice for 3:02 straight, from 12:51 to 15:53, to help the Maple Leafs kill off two penalties including a 5-on-3 for 1:34.
"Who would you want out there instead?" Babcock said when asked if he worried about using Hainsey that much.
Hainsey also played 2:39 of the final 3:08, including the last 1:39, and finished the game with 26:06 of ice time, his second-highest amount this season.

3. Scoring first

The team that has scored the first goal has won each of the first five games.
"Just getting started on time [is important] and you can be above the puck and you don't have to chase it and you don't feel like you have to chase it which leads to poor decisions," Babcock said.

4. Bergeron's line

In Boston's three wins, the top line of Patrice Bergeron between Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak has produced 23 points. In the two games won by the Maple Leafs, Bergeron's line has been held without a point.
"It matters when your top players don't score," Cassidy said. "It was well documented when Toronto left after Game 2, some of their guys hadn't scored and it was one of the reasons they lost. We do believe we can win without them scoring. It happened all year for us. We had good secondary scoring and played good team defense."

5. Embrace the moment

The Maple Leafs avoided elimination once in Game 5 and are hoping to handle the pressure as well in Game 6.
"I think everybody is. We just have to go out there and play hockey and have fun," Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews said of feeling pressure. "Hopefully the future will be in the other spectrum, the other way around. It's just like Game 5, backs against the wall. We just have to get another win here and force Game 7."
Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy said Boston has regrouped after missing a chance to close out the series at home.
"We know that their backs are going to be against the wall. They came out strong in Game 5 and good for them but we've refocused," McAvoy said. "We come into their barn with an opportunity to play really hard, play our style and put them in an uneasy position."

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk -- David Krejci -- Rick Nash
Danton Heinen -- Riley Nash -- David Backes
Tim Schaller -- Sean Kuraly -- Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara -- Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug -- Kevan Miller
Matt Grzelcyk -- Adam McQuaid
Tuukka Rask
Anton Khudobin
Scratched:Tommy Wingels, Ryan Donato, Brian Gionta, Nick Holden
Injured:Anders Bjork (shoulder), Brandon Carlo (ankle)

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Zach Hyman -- Auston Matthews -- Connor Brown
Patrick Marleau -- Tomas Plekanec -- Mitchell Marner
James van Riemsdyk -- Tyler Bozak -- Kasperi Kapanen
Andreas Johnsson -- Nazem Kadri -- William Nylander
Morgan Rielly -- Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner -- Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott -- Roman Polak
Frederik Andersen
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched:Dominic Moore, Matt Martin, Josh Leivo, Connor Carrick
Injured:Leo Komarov (lower body)

Status report

Cassidy said everyone is available but that he might tinker with the lineup. Changes will not be confirmed until game time. ... Komarov took part in the morning skate but Babcock said he's not healthy enough to play