This is (perhaps) the game that will decide who the Leafs will play on Monday, and yet the lineups look almost like preseason. Let’s just enjoy this for what it is.
First Period
There’s a nearly instant goal while the Leafs are putting in a preseason sort of effort.
1-0 Boston
Mark Giordano gets whacked with a stick, and the Leafs get a four minut power play. It takes about three for a not very clever zone entry to turn into a goal:
Tie Game
This is the third SOG for the Leafs over halfway into the period:
William Nylander creates a similar rush to Engvall’s above, but the result is very different:
2-1 Leafs
Man amongst boys there.