BOSTON – Ed Belfour made 25 saves in recording his second shutout of the season and the Toronto Maple Leafs won their seventh straight game, beating the Boston Bruins 6-0 Thursday night.

Joe Nieuwendyk scored two power-play goals for the Maple Leafs, who are on their longest winning streak since taking 10 straight in 1993-94. Five of Toronto’s seven victories have come on the road.

Nieuwendyk scored the first of three power-play goals for Toronto when he converted a pass from Mats Sundin and beat Felix Potvin at 16:23 of the first period for a 1-0 lead.

Nieuwendyk has three goals and seven points in the last three games for Toronto, which pulled within one point of Philadelphia for the top spot in the Eastern Conference.

Belfour is 13-4-3 lifetime, including four shutouts, against Boston.

Potvin has only one victory since Oct. 28, and is 1-4-2 in his last seven starts. The Bruins are 1-3-1-1 in their last six.

Tie Domi made it 2-0 when Karel Pilar’s shot deflected off Domi’s glove past Potvin at 12:19 of the second period.

Nieuwendyk and McCabe scored to make it 4-0, then Darcy Tucker capped off the scoring with two goals in a 28-second span in the third.

The Bruins’ struggles at home continued as they were shut out for the third time and fell to 4-3-3-1, including a three-game winless stretch.

Owen Nolan had three assists and Sundin and Ken Klee each had two for the Leafs, who have won three straight in Boston.

Notes: Sundin’s 27 game-winning goals leads the NHL since the start of 2000-01. … Bruins F Sergei Samsonov hasn’t scored in 11 games. … The Bruins’ top line of Joe Thornton, Glen Murray and Mike Knuble has combined for 70 points this season. … Nieuwendyk has 35 points in 33 career games against Boston.

AP-ES-12-04-03 2132EST