TORONTO (AP) – Tim Thomas made 43 saves for his third shutout of the season, and Jason York scored his first NHL goal in three years, leading the Boston Bruins to a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.

P.J. Axelsson and Stanislav Chistov also scored for the Bruins, who have won five of six to move back into the playoff hunt with 62 points.

Toronto, Montreal, and the idle New York Islanders began the day tied for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with 66 points.

Boston won despite being outshot 43-22. Thomas didn’t have to make any spectacular saves, but he rebounded from a 5-1 loss to Toronto on Jan. 1. He recorded his fourth career shutout and is 7-2 since Feb. 3.

He allowed 13 goals in his last 2 games against the Maple Leafs, but is 5-2 against them this season.

York, who played in Switzerland last season, scored his first goal since Jan. 8, 2004. He gave Boston a 3-0 lead at 17:41 of the second period with a one-timer from the blue line after Brandon Bochenski made a pass from behind the net following a Toronto turnover.

York didn’t return after taking a puck to the face early in the third.

Fans booed the Maple Leafs off the ice at the final horn.

Toronto backup Jean-Sebastien Aubin replaced Andrew Raycroft to start the third after Raycroft allowed three goals on 13 shots. Raycroft has struggled this season to make saves with his glove, but Toronto coach Paul Maurice might also have wanted to rest Raycroft, who started his 21st straight game.

The Maple Leafs – shut out for the second time this season – misfired on a number of chances, including a partial breakaway by Bates Battaglia and Hal Gill.

Battaglia also missed the net in the first period.

The Maple Leafs finished 0-for-6 on the power play.

Chistov’s shot deflected off the post and Raycroft’s glove before crossing the line at 7:13 of the first.

Axelsson scored a short-handed goal with a slap shot to the glove side at 14:14 of the second to give Boston a 2-0 lead.

Notes: Boston’s Glen Murray missed the game with a strained groin. … Toronto captain Mats Sundin needs three goals to tie Darryl Sittler for the most in team history (389).

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