The Boston Bruins will look to take a commanding 3-1 lead in their playoff series against the Toronto Maple Leafs when the two meet Wednesday night for Game 4 at 7 pm ET.
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Via ESPN:
The day after a punishing playoff game that featured 99 hits, burly Maple Leafs defenseman Mark Fraser was feeling it.
Not that he was complaining. Still it had to hurt a little more, given that Boston won Monday night's game 5-2 to regain the upper hand in the series. The Bruins lead 2-1 going into Game 4 Wednesday night.
Despite the pain, the 26-year-old Fraser was in a good mood at Tuesday's skate.
"Sometimes you might feel a bump or a bruise and you're not even sure how you got it," the 6-foot-4, 220-pounder said after practice.
After a night when Boston outhit Toronto 51-49, Fraser was asked if he leapt out of bed Tuesday to head to the rink.
"Actually, today I did," he said with a grin. "A big part of that has been the significant change of the weather, the sunshine."
For Toronto coach Randy Carlyle, the summer-like day was a welcome reminder to his players that all is not lost, despite a second defeat in three games in their first playoff experience since 2004.
"I used to say everybody's in doom and gloom, but the sun did come up today," the coach said. "It was sunny out there.
"That would be the way we'd want to flush things and turn the page on it. Today's a new day. Let's start. Let's build. Let's focus. All those things are things that we try to provide."
