One Mike Babcock quote I love and have brought up a few times is, “The good teams always eat up the other team in the second period.”
This is all about puck management and the long change; a team can tilt the ice against an opponent and really bury them if they can’t push back. In saying that, let’s take a look at the Leafs splits by period:
| Shots/period | Goals/period | Shots against/period | Goals against/period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Period | 10.68 | .96 | 10. |