Watch: Marchand takes baseball swing at JVR

Brad Marchand.

The first game of the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs playoff series was a chippy affair.

Boston Bruins defenceman Andrew Ference drew a lot of attention after his elbow to Mikhail Grabovski and could hear from NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan.

Later in the game, Brad Marchand was caught taking a huge swing at Leafs forward James van Riemsdyk. To be fair, van Riemsdyk did poke Marchand in the gut with the butt of his stick, provoking the home run swing.

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The Bruins dominated the Leafs in all phases in what the first game of what is sure to be a physical best-of-seven series.

Boston leads 1-0 and Game 2 will take place Saturday night at TD Garden.

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