A rather listless effort from the Canes is capitalized on by a very young Leafs team.
Toronto came out of the gates flying tonight, and hemmed in the Carolina Hurricanes through several shifts in the first half of the opening period, and as a result, they generated some great chances early on. Morgan Rielly made several impressive rushes and passes (one of which was flubbed by Michael Grabner), and Nazem Kadri looked good again.
One of those Staal brothers got a great chance alone on Jonathan Bernier as he was left uncovered in front of the net, but Bernier challenged well and came up with a toe save.