While the Leafs received stellar goaltending, solid defensive contributions all throughout their lineup, and more production than expected from their second line (despite John Tavares missing basically the entire series due to injury), their top two players — namely Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner — did not pull their weight on the scoresheet.
Matthews only scored one goal through seven games. Marner didn’t score at all. It’s pretty hard to evaluate this series for the Maple Leafs without coming to the conclusion that both players needed to be better. As such, neither should be absolved from criticism.