Bruins fans conducted their second annual “Thank You, Kessel” chant in October as Tyler Seguin and the Bruins destroyed the Phil Kessel and the Maple Leafs, 6-2, at TD Garden on Thursday night.

While Seguin, the team’s leader in points, was one of the night’s stars with a goal and two assists, the Bruins were able to go from trailing, 1-0, to leading thanks to a strong first period from defenseman Andrew Ference. The Bruins’ alternate captain assisted the Bruins’ three goals in the first period, tying a career high in both assists and points. The Bruins received goals from Nathan Horton, Zdeno Chara, Chris Kelly, Milan Lucic, Patrice Bergeron and Seguin.

Tim Thomas picked up the victory for the Bruins. The reigning Vezina winner has been between the pipes for all three of the Bruins’ victories this season. Jonas Gustavsson allowed all six goals for Tortonto, who suffered their first regulation loss of the season (4-1-1).

With the win, the Bruins improved to 3-4-0 on the season. The B’s will next play Saturday, when they host Joe Thornton and the Sharks at TD Garden.

WHAT WENT RIGHT FOR THE BRUINS

- Shawn Thornton got in his first regular-season fight in a long time, as his bout with Colton Orr marked the first time since February 5 that he dropped the gloves in the regular season. Thornton and Orr’s fight lasted a while and was evenly matched before eventually being broken up.

Thornton’s lack of fighting this season hasn’t been for lack of trying. The Bruins’ fourth-line forward has tried to engage players all season to no avail.

- The Bruins had their best night on the man advantage with a pair of power play goals. Chara took a feed from Ference after a Bruins’ face-off win and put a slapshot on net, yielding an easy rebound for Horton to capitalize on. The Bruins’ captain then sniped one of own from the top of the circle on the power play.

The Bruins’ power play has now scored in consecutive games for the first time this season. It’s the first time they’ve gotten power play goals in two straight games since Games 3 and 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Flyers last May.

- A couple of Bruins who needed to have bounce back nights did. Horton’s goal and assists will help fans forget the fact that his roughing double-minor cost the Bruins the game Tuesday night. Lucic scored, had the primary helper on Kelly’s goal and assisted Seguin’s tally. The two still have a way to go before they’ve returned to their 2010-11 forms, but any production from the Bruins’ power forwards has to be taken as a sign of progress at this point.

- Another big night for Seguin, who skated through a Dion Phaneuf hook to complete his rush with Lucic and set up the Bruins’ left wing for the team’s fourth goal. With two assists on the night, Seguin now has two multi-point games this season. He had three in the regular season as a rookie.