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The Bruins have now beaten the Maple Leafs in seven straight playoff series.
Maple Leafs fans once again didn’t have much to cheer for in Game 7 against Boston. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP)
The TD Garden video team just couldn’t resist.
The Bruins once again ended the Maple Leafs’ season in dramatic fashion Saturday night, with David Pastrnak’s overtime goal securing Boston’s seventh straight playoff series against its foe Original Six.
Toronto hasn’t beaten Boston in a playoff series since 1959, with the Maple Leafs holding a third-period lead in three of their four Game 7 losses at TD Garden since 2013.
But as if Maple Leafs fans weren’t already unhappy enough after Pastrnak fired a backhand shot past Ilya Samsonov, the giant TD Garden twisted the knife by broadcasting footage from Toronto.
As the Bruins and Maple Leafs took part in the customary handshake line after a hard-fought series, the TD Garden video board showed a dejected Toronto fan base exiting Maple Leafs Square near Scotiabank Arena.
Maple Leafs Square has served as a gathering place for Toronto fans over the years and has often been the epicenter of some of the most painful (and viral) reactions from a fan base that has regularly been tormented during the playoffs playoffs – especially in the hands. of the Bruins.
As shown in The Boston Globe Garden Party Daily Bulletin: “The Maple Leafs last won the Stanley Cup 20,823 days ago. They did it the same year Carl Yastrzemski won the Triple Crown and the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl I.”
There’s always next year, I guess.
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