The Maple Leafs lost this game on special teams. Their PK was a hot mess, and they gave up a back-breaking shorthanded goal that Jonathan Bernier needs to stop from who else but his Achilles heel, Max Pacioretty.
That accounts for three goals and is the difference in this game. At 5v5, the Leafs did more than enough tonight to get a result of some sort. Score effects be damned, the Leafs carried the even-strength edge in each and every period.
People say special teams are the most coachable areas of a team, and there is no excuse for how out of sorts the penalty kill is at the moment.