Your game in ten:
1. The Leafs turning their home-ice struggles around had to start with better starts to games and they got that in the first period tonight, scoring first for just the second time in nine games at Scotiabank Arena. The difference was the early urgency as opposed to wading into the game.
Mike Babcock mentioned in the post-game that he hopes the win tonight — as unglamorous as it may have been — “loosens” the team up going forward at home. Mitch Marner said after the Pittsburgh win on the road that the team just needs to relax and have fun more on the home rink.