The Bruins won back-to-back games in Toronto pretty decisively, so conventional knowledge would’ve said to stick with what was working as the first-round Stanley Cup playoff series shifted back to Boston.
That’s now how Jim Montgomery saw it, however.
The Bruins head coach made a pair of lineup changes for Game 5 at TD Garden. Matt Grzelcyk, who hadn’t played since Game 2, replaced Kevin Shattenkirk on Boston’s third defensive pairing.