Your game in ten:
1. The highlight of the night came before the game started:
Mike Babcock is not impressed with @markhmasters' shoes. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/whwCLNUgfD
— Maple Leafs Hotstove (@LeafsNews) February 2, 2019
It pretty much went downhill from there. Late tying goal plus 3-on-3 aside, this was not a good hockey game (no doubt it had a lot to do with the break for both teams).
2. It’s hard to know how much to read into the first game after a break of this size, with a huge delay in the start time due to the pre-game ceremony to boot, but the somewhat concerning part is it’s not like it was a one-off lately as far as watching this team be outworked by lesser opposition.