co-written by Alec Brownscombe & Anthony Petrielli
It wasn’t the first period the Maple Leafs and their fans were looking for in the home opener, but all’s well that ends well as the team recovered to take home the two points without John Tavares in the lineup.
While special teams remain a work in progress, the Leafs‘ goaltending depth is so far standing up to the early test without Joseph Woll, the revamped defense unit continues to look solid overall, and two of the Leafs‘ star forwards (William Nylander and Mitch Marner) broke through with their first goals of the season to move the Leafs to 2-1-0 through three games.