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BOSTON – Tyler Seguin is enjoying the love of the Boston fans and seeing what can happen when things go the other way.
Seguin scored his first goal at home Thursday night in Boston's 2-0 victory over Toronto, the team that traded the Bruins the pick they used to select him No. 2 overall in the NHL draft. The Maple Leafs got Phil Kessel, who was mocked and booed by the crowd as he fell to 0-4 in Boston since the trade, with just a single assist in seven games against his former team.
"He must be doing something right if they're doing that," Seguin said. "I like to say I hope I'll get booed in an arena. But hopefully it won't be Boston."
So far, so good. Bruins coach Claude Julien said after the game that Seguin would stay with the team for the rest of the season; Boston had the option to send him back to juniors after nine games.
"I just found out," Seguin said in the hallway after Julien spoke to reporters.
Patrice Bergeron scored his first goal of the season for the Bruins. Tim Thomas stopped 20 shots to earn his second shutout and remain unbeaten for the season, improving to 5-0 with a 0.60 goals-against average; Tuukka Rask was in goal for the Bruins' only two losses.
"I feel good. It's fun to play right now," Thomas said. "It was easier to focus on a shutout because we couldn't afford to give up a goal and let them back in."
Jonas Gustavsson stopped 30 shots for the Maple Leafs, but he didn't get any help from an offense that has scored just seven goals in its last five games.
"Their goalie made some good saves," Leafs defenseman Dion Phaneuf said. "He was hot. We threw everything at him we could."
No sooner had Seguin beaten Gustavsson to give Boston a 1-0 lead with 41 seconds left in the first period than the sold-out crowd broke into a mocking chant of "Thank you, Kessel!"
"I could care less. Doesn't matter to me one bit," Kessel said, shrugging his shoulders and scrunching up his face. "I just couldn't bury my chances. What can you do?"
Seguin scored his first goal at home Thursday night in Boston's 2-0 victory over Toronto, the team that traded the Bruins the pick they used to select him No. 2 overall in the NHL draft. The Maple Leafs got Phil Kessel, who was mocked and booed by the crowd as he fell to 0-4 in Boston since the trade, with just a single assist in seven games against his former team.
"He must be doing something right if they're doing that," Seguin said. "I like to say I hope I'll get booed in an arena. But hopefully it won't be Boston."
So far, so good. Bruins coach Claude Julien said after the game that Seguin would stay with the team for the rest of the season; Boston had the option to send him back to juniors after nine games.
"I just found out," Seguin said in the hallway after Julien spoke to reporters.
Patrice Bergeron scored his first goal of the season for the Bruins. Tim Thomas stopped 20 shots to earn his second shutout and remain unbeaten for the season, improving to 5-0 with a 0.60 goals-against average; Tuukka Rask was in goal for the Bruins' only two losses.
"I feel good. It's fun to play right now," Thomas said. "It was easier to focus on a shutout because we couldn't afford to give up a goal and let them back in."
Jonas Gustavsson stopped 30 shots for the Maple Leafs, but he didn't get any help from an offense that has scored just seven goals in its last five games.
"Their goalie made some good saves," Leafs defenseman Dion Phaneuf said. "He was hot. We threw everything at him we could."
No sooner had Seguin beaten Gustavsson to give Boston a 1-0 lead with 41 seconds left in the first period than the sold-out crowd broke into a mocking chant of "Thank you, Kessel!"
"I could care less. Doesn't matter to me one bit," Kessel said, shrugging his shoulders and scrunching up his face. "I just couldn't bury my chances. What can you do?"