The Toronto Maple Leafs are at or near the top of the NHL standings on any given night, despite playing without William Nylander or Auston Matthews. That’s good.
You can see how this is gonna go, right?
The Leafs allowed 29 shots in the first period of last night’s game. That is really, really bad. I mean, not in the sense that it really matters – it doesn’t – but that is a terrible period. 29 shots is what you should be aiming to allow in 60 minutes, not 20. The Leafs lost and they deserved to.