Your game in 10:
1. It was a second consecutive underwhelming start for the Leafs in this game.
From the micro perspective, they were playing two teams on this trip that were coming off a game less than 24 hours earlier, which sometimes leads to the tired team jumping on the rested team early in the game before fading over the 60 minutes. From the macro perspective, slow starts are a problem for this team in general as they’ve been outscored 21-15 in the first period this season (20-13 before today).
Shots were 5-0 Minnesota to start the game, and the 1-0 Wild goal came just three minutes into the game.