Maple Leafs top Bruins in OT, stay alive with Game 5 win
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BOSTON -- Matthew Knies scored at 2:26 of overtime, and the Toronto Maple Leafs avoided elimination with a 2-1 win against the Boston Bruins in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference First Round at TD Garden on Tuesday.Knies put in a rebound at the edge of the crease after Jeremy Swayman stopped a driving John Tavares at the right post. Game 6 of the best-of-7 series will be at Toronto on Thursday. Jake McCabe scored, and Joseph Woll made 28 saves in his first start of these Stanley Cup Playoffs...

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