The night ended with some significant positives to draw on as well: William Nylander and Auston Matthews are now one-two in NHL points scoring six games into the season.
This is a difficult game to analyze by the numbers. Overall, the Leafs had a massive edge in shots (43-22) and shot attempts (59-31), but the score-close sample is only seven minutes long and the Leafs carried a slim 8-6 edge in shot attempts in that time.
The 2-0 goal was a bit of a backbreaker for the Leafs; they had played a strong four or five minutes after conceding the opening goal, with a good series of successive shifts from Matthews/Nylander, Marner and Kadri lines.