Boston Bruins forward Danton Heinen has played his way into a spot on the top forward line and first power play unit. With his team carrying a 1-0 lead over the Toronto Maple Leafs entering Monday, he shared some details that went into getting the win, which he hopes carries over into Game 2.

The Boston Bruins are set to take on the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference First Round on Monday, looking to extend their series lead after winning 5-1 on Monday.

Jeremy Swayman made 35 saves, and Jake DeBrusk scored twice on the power play to earn the resounding victory, but it took contributions from the entire group to fend off Auston Matthews and Co.

“I liked our physicality, that’s gotta be repeated,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said after Monday’s morning skate. “I liked how we got over top of people. Didn’t give up too much off the rush. That’s really important against such an electric offensive team.”

Danton Heinen, who plays alongside Pavel Zacha and David Pastrnak on the top line and first power-play unit, shed some light on his in-game assignments after Monday’s skate. His line commonly matched up with Toronto’s line with Matthew Knies, John Tavares and Mitch Marner on Saturday.

Marner and Tavares were the third- and fourth-highest scoring players on the Leafs this season, respectively. Meanwhile, Knies was eighth with 35 points (15 goals, 20 assists) in 80 games at just 21 years old.

Against what that line can do, the key for Heinen and his linemates was simple:

“You want to make them defend,” Heinen said. “You want to break the pucks out quick and not [be] spending time in your end, and be down in their end making them defend. It sounds simple, but it’s not always easy.”

Heinen’s line had a 71.43 Corsi For Percentage at 5-on-5 in Game 1 (5-2), and the Bruins generated five scoring chances to Toronto’s two with Heinen on the ice, according to Natural Stat Trick. He was on the ice for Toronto’s lone goal, but it was scored by the fourth line and with Boston leading by four goals.

Heinen will look to keep containing the Tavares line on Monday, as well as continue the power play’s positive momentum. 

The Bruins ended the season 3-for-32 (9.4 percent) on the man advantage. After carrying over their new two-unit ‘platoon’ from the end of the regular season -- with a more evenly distributed set of talent in each group -- into Game 1, Boston went 2-for-5. The goals increased Boston’s lead from 2-0 to 4-0, putting Toronto out of reach. Needless to say, Heinen is pleased with the new plan.

“Especially if guys are tired or something, you throw out the other unit. I think that’s good, and [at] this time of year, if you get two units going, that’s ideal. So hopefully that’s something we get going.”

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