The Leafs began this game by screwing things up early. At just 17:07 in the first, Brooks Laich came streaking down the wing and into a dangerous scoring chance, ranging the puck off both posts, before Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau buried the rebound.
Andrew Campbell was caught standing still handling the puck with his head down in the Leafs' zone and got drilled by Steven Santini. On the replay, it appeared that the initial point of contact may have been Campbell's head, and so Santini was sent off for roughing. The Leafs did nothing with the power play - fortunately.