It’s a disappointing weekend, losing at home to a good Capitals team and then on the road to a bad Penguins team, collecting zero points in the process. It doesn’t get easier on Tuesday against Sheldon Keefe and the New Jersey Devils.
Results aside, the Leafs have to get back to controlling games at five-on-five. Washington tilted the ice against them, and they were barely above even against a fairly middling Penguins team in this one.
Rather quietly, the Leafs are now 4-5-2 on the road overall and have had some real stinkers against mediocre teams in the process.