TORONTO - The Maple Leafs kids were more than all right during the 2016-17 season.
Exhilarating, excellent, exciting — but, in the end, not quite strong enough to take the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Washington Capitals to seven games in the first round of the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Caps won 2-1 in overtime on Sunday night at the Air Canada Centre, taking the best-of-seven series 4-2, and will meet Sidney Crosby and the rest of the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round.
The winning goal was provided by Marcus Johansson, who scored at 6:31 of the extra period.