Mission one for a Leafs team that has conceded the first goal three games in a row is a good start against a Devils team that has been most vulnerable on home ice so far this season, sitting 7-6-2 overall at the Prudential Center and conceding the first goal in 11 of those 15 games (a league-worst mark on home ice). One of those 11 games came against the Leafs in the second game of the season, as Toronto ran up a 3-0 lead in the first period en route to a 4-2 victory.
The Leafs have been one of the best teams in the league at playing from in front this season; they’d be wise to manufacture more urgency and sharpness in their execution from the drop of the puck to set themselves up for success on the road, where they are a paltry 4-5-2 so far this season.