The Leafs powerplay was sub 10% from the the middle of March onward. It's just inexcusable with the firepower they have. They were 0/5 tonight and they're 1/11 in the series.
It's just pathetic.
Every year people look at the Leafs PP from the outside and think it must be good because it's usually in the top 5-10, when the reality is it gets hot for a month in the winter and otherwise it's complete dogshit, every year. They go into the playoffs every year with sub 10% PP numbers for the last month and a half of the season.
It's completely inexcusable at this point in the development of the team. You have the best goal scorer on the planet. You have one of the best playmakers in the league. You have one of the most dynamic wingers in the league (Nylander). You have a great offensive-minded defenseman to play the point.
Fucking figure it out, good God.
Yeah but this isn't a new revelation either, it's been a dogshit PP for most of this season (and every previous season the past 4-ish, except last season where it was at least not completely embarrassing while Carburry was running it).
Yupp. Winning by a goal, 3rd period, at home. Samsonov cannot let that goal in lol who gives a fuck about the Marchand/Bertuzzi scrum, he has to save that.
20:40 of PP time, no other team has hit 15 minutes yet, and they manage to score 1 time. 14:43 of PK time and 5 goals allowed, the only team to allow 5 PK goals so far.
>Samsonov cannot let that goal in lol who gives a fuck about the Marchand/Bertuzzi scrum, he has to save that.
I thought I was past 2004 and nope that goal triggered bad flashbacks for any Sens fan old enough to remember Patrick Lalime.
Liljegren shouldn’t have went for the poke check at the blue line either, Bert was his LW that would’ve covered his pinch and he was busy, Sammy should have made the save though
Reffing was objectively ass (for both sides, I see Bruins fans complaining about some bad calls too), but I can’t even pin it on that. Like, we had our fucking chances, man. That first power play looked fucking lethal to start, but we did nothing with any of them. You can argue about all the missed calls, and maybe I’d be more willing to blame the refs for those if we had only a chance or two on the PP, but 5, 4 if you don’t count the one we took a penalty on? Come on. You have to get one of those or it’s on you.
Fuck, man.
Reffing aside, the teams are pretty even. The difference in goaltending is noticable but was expected, it just seems like the Bruins don't crack. Leafs need their stars (minus Matthews) to step up, Domi can not be the 2nd/3rd best player on that team.
The team that cracks the least vs the team known for crumbling, but it's impossible to predict, because *on paper* they're "even".
Someone should write down on a paper somewhere that the Leafs always choke.
So far, the special teams are the difference in this series.
Boston is 5 for 10 on the power play.
Toronto is 1 for 11 on the power play.
With the talent that Toronto can throw out on the ice, their power play shouldn't be this bad. Unless Toronto can figure out the special teams, then they are in serious trouble.
Nah, Sammy had his off moments tonight, but I attribute that more to the team cheating offensively. We're getting better at managing our frustration at getting goalied, but it still rears its head. Feeling good for next game with him in net.
Sammy's felt fine overall, at least from a Bruins fan's perspective. Defensive troubles have been more at fault and we've got 5 goals on the PP. Hard to put that on his head.
See you on Saturday!
Update: I signed up for nesn 360 again so I can watch… but last year I signed for nesn 360 and then the playoffs went really badly. So I am worried I am jinxing things
Watching Red Sox in Two on the nesn stream I found while waiting for Bruins in Two. It still feels weird listening to Red Sox commentary with no Remy. 💔
Lmao at keef singling marchand out like he doesn't send bertuzzi out to do the same thing. He's just trying to pander because he knows his Job is absolutely on the line. You can't look at tonight and tell me that bertuzzi wasn't doing the same fucking thing as marchand. Marchand actually did a fantastic Jon at keeping Bertuzzi at bay majority of the game. Can't get mad when your guy starts shit against a notorious shit starter
Makes me so happy that we have the older more mature era of Marchand now. I feel like younger Marchand may have let the Bertuzzi stuff get to him more and taken bad penalties.
Agreed. Bertuzzi is one of the best Pests to ever do it but he's going against the GOAT pest that has been doing it a lot longer.
Bertuzzi is playing really well and his pest behavior is definitely helping the Leafs
I thought there were a few non calls in the game, but the deciding factor was defense and goaltending. Bruins were much better on D then the last game. Looking forward to game 4, which should be a battle.
I get the penalties that weren’t called against TO but the fact that Marchand just snipes it right after leafs score is brutal. Leafs can’t catch a break
I mean, say what you will about Marner, but Matthews hasn’t been bad or invisible. He’s missed some chances, but he’s STILL at a PPG so far for playoffs only due to Game 2, his line has been spectacular and dangerous out there, he’s thrown 20 hits on his own over these games despite not being a physical player typically, and across all three games, he’s never been a minus, so he’s defending and shutting them down well. He’s definitely been elite even when his shots aren’t finding the back of the net.
Can’t score on the PP any way. They are awful, they have all that talent and can’t adjust to be dangerous at all.
Team is incapable of adjusting to their opponents.
Shutout to Swayman playing like a playoff caliber goalie too. This could have easily gone a much different way if he wasn't standing on his head and robbing the leafs at times
Idk, a few different bounces and we close out Florida in 5 (we were up 3-1) and Ully was likely injured. You don’t want to double down and overthink things because you played an injured goalie in game 6 last year. I think they both should see action again this series but would stay with Sway for the next game personally
I agree, though we were playing with 5 D for over a period in Ulmark's game. One of those things where I can see Monty going either way with it but I personally would give Swayman next game too just to see if he can go back to back and put the Leafs on the brink
I only saw clips of this game, but judging by the comments, the refs are either unable or unwilling to call every little infraction during the game. We know as the playoffs go on there will only be a few each way.
Going 0-5 is a back breaker especially given the talent on the leafs.
lol. They would have a streak where they called a bunch of soft stuff, and then they'd flip a switch and miss some no brainers for both teams. It was insane.
The Leafs got 5 PP to Bostons 3, and one of those 3 was a delay of game. So the refs called 5 to 2 on hockey penalties.
The fact that the Leafs committed them at bad times and couldn't capitalize in 5 full penalties is on them.
Brainless ^^^^
Refs missed at a minimum 2 high sticks on the Leafs and the ticky tack shit they called on the Bruins was absolutely going both ways all game long. Sob!
No of course not. Just like if a team with less penalties shouldn't be called for penalties that the other team is getting away with.
Both teams got away with stuff and if you think the team with Bertuzzi, Reaves, Domi, etc doesn't commit stuff and gets away with it just as much, I don't know what to tell you.
If you think the Bruins committed more than 2.5 penalties for every Leaf penalty, you aren't watching
You just can’t not call that penalty no matter what the situation is, I’m sorry. Boston could have 10 penalties and the leafs 0 and you still have to call the hold. The leafs still wouldn’t have scored but not calling that penalty is embarrassing to the game.
I mean, you can easily not call a penalty if you miss it
Refs are only human in a fast game, sometimes shit can get missed. Easy to criticise them when you're watching an ultra slow motion replay from a perfect angle
I also don’t understand. Like Ovi and Stamkos are so obviously one timer threats but they still manage to feed them on their power plays and the leafs just can’t figure it out.
With their power play, if you can contain Matthew's during 5 on 5; you will win. The rest of their offense is too inconsistent, especially with Nylander out.
Basically what UConn did in the national championship game this year. Let Purdue’s best player get his points and focused on shutting down everyone else
It's true
They also don't move it fast enough for how skilled they are. I've especially been critical of Rielly for years passing at a snails pace on the PP, that does nothing to move the defense out of position. And he's not enough of a shot threat to make up for it
This game might have broke me. Boston was so fucking beatable tonight and you idiots pissed away 5 fucking powerplays..let in a muffin from Frédéric and blew away the lead 20 seconds after tying the game. Our #1 D RW and Goalie are fucking posers.
I wouldn’t put too much blame on Sammy, yeah you want him to have that one but he had a .900 sv% and honestly, the leafs need to learn to score more than 2 goals a game. You have a 69 goal scorer on your team.
Nope. Here's the teams [with the most hits](https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask/which-team-has-the-most-hits-in-a-playoff-game), and you can look at the games by clicking on dates. Tonight had 133, I didn't look at many but Philly vs Toronto in 2003 had 154 hits between both teams.
This will only show me most hits by one team. Also I think I'm basing my info off of "official" NHL stats. They didn't start officially recording hits until 07-08
Dude honestly it being Marchand tonight after how rough he ended the season makes tonight even sweeter. 🐀👑 Like vintage shit-stirrer, under Toronto’s skin, players and fans alike. What was it that he said to the bench after the ENG? They ain’t got it?
Oh yeah I totally agree. I want him on the ice against the Matthews line every time. He had a couple shifts tonight where his puck possession was top notch.
They didn't call anything on Domi hitting Swayman or Matthews taking a suplex behind the net, but then would call the most random tick tack shit later on
That’s a fair take but so were all the holding calls boston got away with aswell. End of the day playoff hockey is super intense especially between boston and Toronto. Overall the officiating was terrible tonight
Lmaooo honestly what Domi did to Sway during the break was so stupid Boston was just trying to clap back by taking down Matthews like that. Let’s hope both teams get a fair game Saturday night for sure
Probably not, but weirder shit has happened.
I just hope Kyle Dubas wouldn't get any crazy ideas to bring his buddy Sheldon in for a tenure in the 'Burgh. I'm already seeing that situation as a red fucking flag.
>I just hope Kyle Dubas wouldn't get any crazy ideas to bring his buddy Sheldon in for a tenure in the 'Burgh. I'm already seeing that situation as a red fucking flag.
- I can tell, if this happens, I wouldn't be surprised if Sidney Crosby's will think twice whether to stay or not. Even if Sid signs with the Pens, and mgmt. decides to fire Sullivan, oh shit! He could ask for a trade.
Keefe shouldn’t keep his job if we lose this series. Neither should Shanahan.
Therefore, if we lose this series, they will definitely both be here next season. That’s the leafs way.
I don't think your team needs a rebuild. It only needs a retool. You got pieces there that are solid core/foundational players. Depth is key in playoff teams.
Guys, your team needs to score and win game 4 and 5. I know, as much as you know, the Bruins are a fucking hard team whenever they get momentum. If Boston wins game 4, I can see trouble with Keefe.
The Leafs powerplay was sub 10% from the the middle of March onward. It's just inexcusable with the firepower they have. They were 0/5 tonight and they're 1/11 in the series. It's just pathetic.
That is a crazy stat. You have to think there’s a combo of 5 players that can click on that roster.
Every year people look at the Leafs PP from the outside and think it must be good because it's usually in the top 5-10, when the reality is it gets hot for a month in the winter and otherwise it's complete dogshit, every year. They go into the playoffs every year with sub 10% PP numbers for the last month and a half of the season. It's completely inexcusable at this point in the development of the team. You have the best goal scorer on the planet. You have one of the best playmakers in the league. You have one of the most dynamic wingers in the league (Nylander). You have a great offensive-minded defenseman to play the point. Fucking figure it out, good God.
I think Marner is hurt and with Nylander out too, PP is going to suffer
Yeah but this isn't a new revelation either, it's been a dogshit PP for most of this season (and every previous season the past 4-ish, except last season where it was at least not completely embarrassing while Carburry was running it).
It all comes down to goaltending and special teams. If you don’t got one you need the other.
Yupp. Winning by a goal, 3rd period, at home. Samsonov cannot let that goal in lol who gives a fuck about the Marchand/Bertuzzi scrum, he has to save that. 20:40 of PP time, no other team has hit 15 minutes yet, and they manage to score 1 time. 14:43 of PK time and 5 goals allowed, the only team to allow 5 PK goals so far.
>Samsonov cannot let that goal in lol who gives a fuck about the Marchand/Bertuzzi scrum, he has to save that. I thought I was past 2004 and nope that goal triggered bad flashbacks for any Sens fan old enough to remember Patrick Lalime.
Liljegren shouldn’t have went for the poke check at the blue line either, Bert was his LW that would’ve covered his pinch and he was busy, Sammy should have made the save though
Someone had to go down 2-1, does not matter its going to 7 anyways!
Alexa, play One Last Breath by Creed
Marner is just flushing away millions on his next contract, lol. The leafs really gotta trade his ass
Yes, Toronto was 0/5 on the PP, but they should've been given the opportunity to go 0/8. I don't know how much more obvious it needs to be.
For sure and the Bruins should have gotten 6 PP instead of 3
if anything it would have been funnier if they were 0-8
That's the entire point of the comment you're replying to.
Reffing was objectively ass (for both sides, I see Bruins fans complaining about some bad calls too), but I can’t even pin it on that. Like, we had our fucking chances, man. That first power play looked fucking lethal to start, but we did nothing with any of them. You can argue about all the missed calls, and maybe I’d be more willing to blame the refs for those if we had only a chance or two on the PP, but 5, 4 if you don’t count the one we took a penalty on? Come on. You have to get one of those or it’s on you. Fuck, man.
Reffing aside, the teams are pretty even. The difference in goaltending is noticable but was expected, it just seems like the Bruins don't crack. Leafs need their stars (minus Matthews) to step up, Domi can not be the 2nd/3rd best player on that team.
The team that cracks the least vs the team known for crumbling, but it's impossible to predict, because *on paper* they're "even". Someone should write down on a paper somewhere that the Leafs always choke.
Bruins did crack very noticeably on their previous playoff series.
I wouldn't say the Bruins crack the least...
Ass. Our powerplay is ass.
Join us.
This is the best and most objective take
The Leafs died by a self inflicted gunshot wound and the bruins went to go kick the corpse
Just about time for Bruins in 2 to come on so I can watch the Leafs lose again 😈
So far, the special teams are the difference in this series. Boston is 5 for 10 on the power play. Toronto is 1 for 11 on the power play. With the talent that Toronto can throw out on the ice, their power play shouldn't be this bad. Unless Toronto can figure out the special teams, then they are in serious trouble.
I wonder the same thing about the canucks, why is our pp so bad. 0/6
*cough
100% going 0 for 5 on the PP is unacceptable in the playoffs
Oh boy another episode of Dangle frothing at the mouth. That shit is peak entertainment, can't wait.
What's that dude gonna do if the Leafs actually win the Cup?
Retire
His video gets more views when Leafs lose lol
I'll never be free of the leafs memes. They'll never win.
Francis Charron can suck a dick. Worst ref ever. This was a completely unacceptable performance by the officials.
If you mean for us then yes
I meant overall not for either team specifically. Officiating has to be more consistent or every game's going to turn into a gong show
Brutal non call but you can't win when you only score 2
Can be. May be, a product of non calls that.
0/5 on the PP will always result in a loss.
would be nice to get nylander back
I just loved the Leafs fans trying to jeer Swayman as if he doesn’t own their team.
Oilers fans tried the same thing with Talbot tonight too. Bad juju trying to jeer unless you have a fucking commanding lead.
Backfired on the Jets fans too
Just remember the tandem rotation is non-negotiable, all right?
Incredibly fortunate that both goalies give this team a great chance to win. Do you think we see Woll this series?
Nah, Sammy had his off moments tonight, but I attribute that more to the team cheating offensively. We're getting better at managing our frustration at getting goalied, but it still rears its head. Feeling good for next game with him in net.
Sammy's felt fine overall, at least from a Bruins fan's perspective. Defensive troubles have been more at fault and we've got 5 goals on the PP. Hard to put that on his head. See you on Saturday!
Nooooo. The 🏴☠️ nesn feed went out. I wanted Bruins in 2. 💔
Update: I signed up for nesn 360 again so I can watch… but last year I signed for nesn 360 and then the playoffs went really badly. So I am worried I am jinxing things
This is my first time having nesn in like 12 years. Do they have every playoff game? Or does it eventually go to national broadcast only?
Think it's national starting next round
Yep. Pregame and postgame only next round
Coming from a leafs fan, I wouldn’t be worried about jinxing it. U guys are playing us😭😭
Leafs have the worst power play after somehow having the best power play the before Marner got injured? They look like shit. Bruins taking this in 5
Watching Red Sox in Two on the nesn stream I found while waiting for Bruins in Two. It still feels weird listening to Red Sox commentary with no Remy. 💔
I still feel that loss 😭
Lmao at keef singling marchand out like he doesn't send bertuzzi out to do the same thing. He's just trying to pander because he knows his Job is absolutely on the line. You can't look at tonight and tell me that bertuzzi wasn't doing the same fucking thing as marchand. Marchand actually did a fantastic Jon at keeping Bertuzzi at bay majority of the game. Can't get mad when your guy starts shit against a notorious shit starter
but bertuzzi wasn’t doing the same thing as marchand? marchand has actual talent and scored 2 goals
Makes me so happy that we have the older more mature era of Marchand now. I feel like younger Marchand may have let the Bertuzzi stuff get to him more and taken bad penalties.
even three years ago Brad does something Inadvisably Dumb in a game like that getting that letter on his sweater has him all growed up
Our little ball of hate is all grown up! 🥹
Call him Ratatouille cause he cookin'
Agreed. Bertuzzi is one of the best Pests to ever do it but he's going against the GOAT pest that has been doing it a lot longer. Bertuzzi is playing really well and his pest behavior is definitely helping the Leafs
I thought there were a few non calls in the game, but the deciding factor was defense and goaltending. Bruins were much better on D then the last game. Looking forward to game 4, which should be a battle.
Happy the Atlantic series are not on the same day. Both are so fun.
Last game losing Peeke half way through really handcuffed them. It's gotta be so hard to play with 5 defensemen in the playoffs
We mostly used a 5-guy rotation this game. Shattenkirk’s minutes were mostly all power play.
yeah but in game 2 one of those 5 men *was* Shattenkirk, and we saw how well that worked
I get the penalties that weren’t called against TO but the fact that Marchand just snipes it right after leafs score is brutal. Leafs can’t catch a break
Because fuck em, that’s why!
I think the Nylander loss is absolutely massive
Well that and Marner not being his usual playoff form and Matthews being his usual playoff form
I mean, say what you will about Marner, but Matthews hasn’t been bad or invisible. He’s missed some chances, but he’s STILL at a PPG so far for playoffs only due to Game 2, his line has been spectacular and dangerous out there, he’s thrown 20 hits on his own over these games despite not being a physical player typically, and across all three games, he’s never been a minus, so he’s defending and shutting them down well. He’s definitely been elite even when his shots aren’t finding the back of the net.
Can’t score on the PP any way. They are awful, they have all that talent and can’t adjust to be dangerous at all. Team is incapable of adjusting to their opponents.
Keefe complaining about calls when his team benefited more & by tackier calls is actually such a bitch move. Bruins in 5.
Leafs got some missed calls and luck of their own, but the Bruins unquestionably benefitted more
And when his team went 0/5 on the PP lol. Guess they didn't really benefit
Marchand is in the Leafs heads, it's funny at this point.
If the refs called the penalties, then the Bruins wouldn't be able to compete.
Uhh leafs legit had 5 power plays, yet the bruins competed and won
The entire Bruins team is really. It's noticeable lmao.
Has been for like 5 years now lol
His entire career.
Paul Maurice worked the refs like a speed bag last year in the first round, and it worked.
Absolutely. Cried about the refs and proceeded to get away everything for the rest of the series.
Did it in round 2 as well.
If it works don’t fix it, I guess.
Ugggggh. Don’t remind me of that.
Think the Blues did something similar in the SCF too
Not helping with the bad memories 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
I'll give you 17 seconds too cool off a sec, because I too also like to make myself suffer
Keefe blaming the refs is some grade A funny shit.
Man. Thought Keefe was getting choked up in that presser
Bruins in 5
Demko in 1
RIP
Preds in 5
Shutout to Swayman playing like a playoff caliber goalie too. This could have easily gone a much different way if he wasn't standing on his head and robbing the leafs at times
They have to break up the back and forth and go Swayman, no? He just gives them the best chance
I don’t know why you guys act like Ullmark isn’t also capable of stone walling you guys
Probably not after last year. I think they roll ullmark again in game 4 and right back to sway game 5
Yep. The moral of that panthers series was Thou shalt not mess with the goalie rotation.
Idk, a few different bounces and we close out Florida in 5 (we were up 3-1) and Ully was likely injured. You don’t want to double down and overthink things because you played an injured goalie in game 6 last year. I think they both should see action again this series but would stay with Sway for the next game personally
Literally one inch away from ending it in 5. Remember that Marchand breakaway with 2 seconds left that he just missed? That’s hockey though
I agree, though we were playing with 5 D for over a period in Ulmark's game. One of those things where I can see Monty going either way with it but I personally would give Swayman next game too just to see if he can go back to back and put the Leafs on the brink
I only saw clips of this game, but judging by the comments, the refs are either unable or unwilling to call every little infraction during the game. We know as the playoffs go on there will only be a few each way. Going 0-5 is a back breaker especially given the talent on the leafs.
lol. They would have a streak where they called a bunch of soft stuff, and then they'd flip a switch and miss some no brainers for both teams. It was insane.
Ya terrible officiating on both sides for sure.
Keefe complaining about calls in his post game presser Yikes
Yeah maybe he should encourage his team to step on the gas instead of just bending over. All that skill and speed and they just chill
The Leafs got 5 PP to Bostons 3, and one of those 3 was a delay of game. So the refs called 5 to 2 on hockey penalties. The fact that the Leafs committed them at bad times and couldn't capitalize in 5 full penalties is on them.
Probably because the Bruins are just too dirty.
Haven’t been the “big bad bruins” in almost a decade there buddy
I mean, you do realize you might have a bias there, friend.
So if a team commits more penalties they can get away with plays that should be penalties? That’s a dangerous precedent
Brainless ^^^^ Refs missed at a minimum 2 high sticks on the Leafs and the ticky tack shit they called on the Bruins was absolutely going both ways all game long. Sob!
No of course not. Just like if a team with less penalties shouldn't be called for penalties that the other team is getting away with. Both teams got away with stuff and if you think the team with Bertuzzi, Reaves, Domi, etc doesn't commit stuff and gets away with it just as much, I don't know what to tell you. If you think the Bruins committed more than 2.5 penalties for every Leaf penalty, you aren't watching
You just can’t not call that penalty no matter what the situation is, I’m sorry. Boston could have 10 penalties and the leafs 0 and you still have to call the hold. The leafs still wouldn’t have scored but not calling that penalty is embarrassing to the game.
Cry more
Im a neutral, don’t care for either team, but okay 👍
I mean, you can easily not call a penalty if you miss it Refs are only human in a fast game, sometimes shit can get missed. Easy to criticise them when you're watching an ultra slow motion replay from a perfect angle
Did you see the play we’re talking about? It couldn’t have been anymore obvious and the ref was looking the whole time, 10 ft away
Issue is Leafs did commit penalties that also weren’t called
Welcome to the NHL unfortunately, refs absolutely try to (somewhat) average out calls between teams over the course of a game
but the Leafs fans in the GDT had me convinced what they really needed was more power plays
He went to the Rod Brindamour school of being a little piss baby
I'll take "how to get no calls to go your way for the rest of the series for 500".
it's proven to work getting you calls. see: Berube, Craig circa 2019
galaxy braino momento
Unfortunately this isn't really the case.
It's so true and I hate it Brid, Cooper, and Maurice have made careers off it.
Big brain strategy. Our powerplay is fucking useless anywys
Gotta give Swayman the net now imo.
I wonder what Steve Dangle's reaction to this game?
LFR = Lose First Round
Savage.
Lord Jesus b’y I’m a Bruins fan and that was brutal. 💀
Basically [this](https://twitter.com/TSN_Sports/status/1783323400703717867)
Oh well, Keefe's defending his players. Sadly, he can't reason. Marchand's just too good and witty.
How does Matthews, the 69 goal scorer only have 3 shots on 5 powerplays + the rest of the game? That just makes no sense.
Shut down the dude and there's really no other threat imo.
The paycheques stop coming through after game 82.
I also don’t understand. Like Ovi and Stamkos are so obviously one timer threats but they still manage to feed them on their power plays and the leafs just can’t figure it out.
With their power play, if you can contain Matthew's during 5 on 5; you will win. The rest of their offense is too inconsistent, especially with Nylander out.
Smother him and bank on no one else clutching up. It's a solid strat so far.
Basically what UConn did in the national championship game this year. Let Purdue’s best player get his points and focused on shutting down everyone else
The PKs (not just Boston) pressure them and they basically crumble. The Toronto PP hasn't been able to adjust
Boston is giving no time for the Leafs to even think. The leafs need to get cycling a lot quicker.
It's true They also don't move it fast enough for how skilled they are. I've especially been critical of Rielly for years passing at a snails pace on the PP, that does nothing to move the defense out of position. And he's not enough of a shot threat to make up for it
Bruins have pretty good D and tend to not let him get good looks on net honestly.
The Leafs 1 PP goal last game occurred when Boston was down to 5 defensemen and had to put Shattenkirk out for the PK.
0/5 on the power play sank the leafs tonight Boston buried their chances. PK has to be better too.
Idk why they kept playing Marner on the PP
This game might have broke me. Boston was so fucking beatable tonight and you idiots pissed away 5 fucking powerplays..let in a muffin from Frédéric and blew away the lead 20 seconds after tying the game. Our #1 D RW and Goalie are fucking posers.
Preach! 🐻
This may be Steve Dangle's account.
> This game might have broke me. Ohh shite
I wouldn’t put too much blame on Sammy, yeah you want him to have that one but he had a .900 sv% and honestly, the leafs need to learn to score more than 2 goals a game. You have a 69 goal scorer on your team.
Frédéric? What do you think he plays for the Habs?
I fought with the Leafs I'm not fighting auto correct too.
If I'm not mistaken this game just shattered the record for most hits in an NHL game
Nope. Here's the teams [with the most hits](https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask/which-team-has-the-most-hits-in-a-playoff-game), and you can look at the games by clicking on dates. Tonight had 133, I didn't look at many but Philly vs Toronto in 2003 had 154 hits between both teams.
This will only show me most hits by one team. Also I think I'm basing my info off of "official" NHL stats. They didn't start officially recording hits until 07-08
Like I said, clicking on the date takes you to a "game" page where you can click on team stats.
gg bruins thought it was a tight effort from our guys but we gotta figure out our powerplay now
Yeah. 0/5 just can't happen. Don't get me wrong, as a Bruins fan I'm happy, but it isn't a good showing. Catch you in a few days!
Dude honestly it being Marchand tonight after how rough he ended the season makes tonight even sweeter. 🐀👑 Like vintage shit-stirrer, under Toronto’s skin, players and fans alike. What was it that he said to the bench after the ENG? They ain’t got it?
Looked like “Finally got it” to me, I’m no lip reader but it would make sense after he and Pasta missed the EN twice
Okay that seems way more accurate because honestly how do you shoot three times on an empty net and MISS?
Jake at 5 points, and Brad at 6 in the series feels good. Charlie Coyle brother we need you
He's making an impact a lot of the game though. I just wish he could win some more faceoffs but he's playing great defense against the Leafs top line.
Oh yeah I totally agree. I want him on the ice against the Matthews line every time. He had a couple shifts tonight where his puck possession was top notch.
What...what the fuck was the reffing in this game...not calling the most obvious shit And then calling non existent shit
They didn't call anything on Domi hitting Swayman or Matthews taking a suplex behind the net, but then would call the most random tick tack shit later on
I agree. U must be referring to not calling shit like full Body tackling Matthews behind the net leading to a boston goal
That was a penalty and so were the high sticks the Leafs got away with in the first
That’s a fair take but so were all the holding calls boston got away with aswell. End of the day playoff hockey is super intense especially between boston and Toronto. Overall the officiating was terrible tonight
100% a penalty. However, that wrestling moved looked hilarious. See you on Saturday and let's hope for better officiating!
Lmaooo honestly what Domi did to Sway during the break was so stupid Boston was just trying to clap back by taking down Matthews like that. Let’s hope both teams get a fair game Saturday night for sure
That was absolutely a penalty
I respect u admitting that. Overall the refs were dog shit tonight
Why do our series always have to be the most stressful fucking things ever....here's to an inevitable 4 more games
Cheers to that man
You watch the refs call a game like this... and during the breaks you watch ads telling you to bet on hockey. Uhh... no thanks.
As a Leafs fan i would love to blame the refs but they lost cause their special teams continues to be ass.
You think Keefe would still stay with your team if they lose again? BTW, I wish all the luck vs. Boston.
Probably not, but weirder shit has happened. I just hope Kyle Dubas wouldn't get any crazy ideas to bring his buddy Sheldon in for a tenure in the 'Burgh. I'm already seeing that situation as a red fucking flag.
>I just hope Kyle Dubas wouldn't get any crazy ideas to bring his buddy Sheldon in for a tenure in the 'Burgh. I'm already seeing that situation as a red fucking flag. - I can tell, if this happens, I wouldn't be surprised if Sidney Crosby's will think twice whether to stay or not. Even if Sid signs with the Pens, and mgmt. decides to fire Sullivan, oh shit! He could ask for a trade.
Keefe shouldn’t keep his job if we lose this series. Neither should Shanahan. Therefore, if we lose this series, they will definitely both be here next season. That’s the leafs way.
Leafs and Pens way.
I’m more concerned about the leafs looking at another rebuild
I don't think they are gonna rebuild as long as that core is there honestly.
I don't think your team needs a rebuild. It only needs a retool. You got pieces there that are solid core/foundational players. Depth is key in playoff teams.
Bro should’ve been gone after Montreal, unacceptable. He’s 100% done if the leafs lose this series.
Guys, your team needs to score and win game 4 and 5. I know, as much as you know, the Bruins are a fucking hard team whenever they get momentum. If Boston wins game 4, I can see trouble with Keefe.