David Pastrnak scored on a feed from Hampus Lindholm 1:54 into overtime and the Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 in Game 7 to clinch their first-round series and advance in the NHL playoffs

Toronto wins its second straight game and will play Game 7 at TD Garden on Saturday night.

Boston is trying to avoid blowing a 3-1 series lead in the first round of the playoffs for the second straight year.

William Nylander scored twice, Joseph Woll made 22 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Thursday night to force a seventh game in the first-round Eastern Conference series

Boston is in a similar position to last year, when it led Florida 3-1 before losing the first-round series in seven games after the best regular season in NHL history.

Toronto, playing without the ill Auston Matthews, gets the win on Matthew Knies’ goal in OT to cut its series deficit to 3-2.

Boston failed in three opportunities to close out its first-round series last season and hopes to avoid the same feat this year.

Van Riemsdyk had gone 21 games without a goal, but gave Boston the lead in its Game 4 win over Toronto.

Boston is one win away from advancing to the second round after a 3-1 victory in Game 4.

After an up-and-down regular season, Boston forward Jake DeBrusk has recaptured his scoring form in the early stages of the playoffs.