BOSTON (AP) -- The Toronto Maple Leafs have had plenty of players

help keep their winning streak going.

Ed Belfour made 25 saves in recording his second shutout of the

season as Toronto won its seventh straight game, beating the

Boston Bruins 6-0 Thursday night.

"When you win seven in a row, you are getting contributions

from different guys each night," Leafs defenseman Ken Klee said.

"When guys like [Joe] Nieuwendyk and [Mats] Sundin are out on the

ice, you know good things will happen."

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.

"We may have caught them on an off night," Nieuwendyk said.

"They had a tough one last night against Atlanta, and they looked

flat early."

Nieuwendyk scored the first of three power-play goals for

Toronto when he converted a pass from 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 and three points ahead

of Boston in the Northeast Division.

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

Boston.

"We are riding high and playing with a lot of confidence right

now," Leafs forward Owen Nolan said. "We can't let our heads get

swollen and need to just keep doing the small things that are

helping us win."

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.

"They took it to us pretty good," Potvin said. "We had a

pretty good stretch at home before the last three games, and we have

to get it back."

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 Bryan 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.

"Toronto is a good team, the type of team that gives you a

chance to see where you're at, and we're not there yet," Bruins coach

Mike Sullivan said.

Nolan had three assists and Sundin and Klee had two apiece for the

Leafs, who have won three straight in Boston.

Game 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.