Toronto Maple Leafs bring back free tailgates for Saturday playoff game against Boston
Fans can register for the tailgate at Maple Leaf Square starting 1 p.m. on the day before a game.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are bringing back their free tailgates for fans ahead of the Stanley Cup playoffs when the Leafs face off against the Boston Bruins on Saturday.
Registration for a free mobile pass is required for entry to the tailgates at Maple Leaf Square. The non-transferable mobile passes will be distributed on the Toronto Maple Leafs app.
Passes will be available for registration at 1 p.m. before each confirmed games and each individual can register for up to two passes per game.
Ontario residents signed up to be a Maple Leafs Insider can register for early access to a limited quantity of passes.
Programming at the tailgate before the 8 p.m. puck-drop on Saturday includes giveaways, live DJ and more, the Leafs said in a press release Thursday.
Gates to Maple Leaf Square will open for fans at 6 p.m. and will close at the end of the second period.
On-stage programming at the tailgate will begin at 6:30 p.m., lasting until the puck-drop when Toronto opens the post-season Saturday night.
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He is, in many ways, the Bruins’ centrepiece, although he doesn’t play centre.
Leafs killers of the past, Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci, have moved on to retirement, leaving the mercurial Pastrnak as Boston’s surest thing.
Pastrnak led the Bruins this season with 110 points — 43 more than any other player, which in this case means 43 points more than the nefarious Brad Marchand. Last year, he was 46 points ahead of Marchand.
Everybody else in Boston lines up after them offensively.
If the Leafs can’t find a way to deal with Pastrnak, they have little chance of winning a series between two very differently built and stylistically different teams — although they do have rather similar records.
