Rookies Mitch Marner and Connor Brown both scored as the Toronto Maple Leafs rolled over the Boston Bruins 4-1 for their first win of the season at Air Canada Centre on Saturday evening.
James van Riemsdyk and Milan Michalek also added goals for the Maple Leafs (1-0-1), while Frederik Andersen turned in a 24-save performance for his first win in a Toronto uniform.
Anton Khudobin surrendered four goals on 20 shots for Boston (1-1-0), David Pastrnak scoring his third goal already this season in defeat.
One of six rookies in Toronto's lineup, Brown opened the scoring with his second career goal just over two minutes into the first. The 22-year-old Toronto native pounced on a Matt Hunwick point shot that caromed off a pile of bodies in front of Khudobin, shooting it high for the 1-0 lead.
A Toronto-area native himself playing in front of the hometown fans for the first time, Marner added the Leafs second goal about 10 minutes later.
The fourth overall pick of the 2015 draft, Marner took a pass from Tyler Bozak just outside the Boston blue line, gained the offensive zone with time and space before firing a shot far-side beyond the Bruins goaltender. It was the first career NHL goal for the 19 year old and sixth straight goal scored by a rookie to start the season following Auston Matthews' four-goal NHL debut on Wednesday night.
Marner, Brown help Leafs light-up Bruins in centennial opener
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