Maybe this year really will be different for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Despite being outplayed by the Tampa Bay Lightning in game 3 of their opening round playoff series, the Toronto Maple Leafs refused to back down, and came away with a 4-3 overtime victory.
Outshot 28-16 after 2 periods (stats from nhl.com), theLeafs were down 3-2 and Ilya Samsonov was the only reason the game was still close.
It’s not that Toronto was playing terrible hockey, but they were struggling to counter the Lightning’s energy level and had trouble generating much offense.