On the surface, that’s a terrible outcome, but the Toronto Maple Leafs didn’t get crushed last night. They were in a 2-1 nail-biter until there were ten minutes left in the game. They lost a 3-1 game, not a 6-1 game, by which I mean the final score is extremely misleading about the kind of game the Leafs played.
They had a strong first period (a huge problem under Babock) and once again, were victims of a hot goaltender. Like the other game they lost under Keefe, last Friday after Buffalo, no one in the arena would have blinked an eye if the Leafs were winning by multiple goals after the first.