The Leafs got off on the wrong foot in Brooklyn, conceding a goal on the second shift. After Tyler Bozak lost a defensive zone faceoff, the Leafs were scrambling and wound up collapsed down on the slot before Travis Hamonic’s shot from the top of the right circle took a deflection off of JVR’s stick and snuck in on Enroth’s short side.
JVR’s stick detail on the play was poor; he would’ve been much better off letting the shot go through clean than extending his stick into the lane with the blade angled like so:
The Leafs got their feet under them and responded reasonably well to the goal, taking nine of the next 13 shot attempts, until another bad shift by Bozak and JVR led to the 2-0 goal just seven minutes into the game.