The Kings and Hurricanes are the top two teams in the NHL at five-on-five when it comes to controlling shot attempts, shots, scoring chances, and expected goals. The Leafs are middle of the pack in all of those categories, but their biggest issue of late has been the tendency to make big, untimely mistakes defensively and the dearth of big saves to bail them out.
Carolina has suffered a goaltending crisis of their own this season, with Frederik Andersen (.894 SV%) injured and Antti Raanta (.855 SV%) experiencing his own Ilya Samsonov-style meltdown that inspired a trip to the minors and back (which increasingly looks like the only remaining course of action for Samsonov at this point).