BOSTON (AP) - Patrice Bergeron scored the only shootout goal and the streaking Boston Bruins improved their playoff chances in their home finale with a 2-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.
Boston and Pittsburgh hold the two Eastern Conference wild-card spots with 95 points each, but the Penguins have played one fewer game. The Bruins have three games remaining.
The Bruins took a season-high 50 shots on goal but scored only when Bergeron converted his own rebound 19 seconds into the second period. James van Riemsdyk tied the game at 14:31.
The first three shots of the shootout missed.
Bergeron skated in slowly, held the puck and got goalie James Reimer to drop to the ice before lifting it over his left pad. Boston goalie Tuukka Rask followed by stopping Nazem Kadri.
