The Leafs give up the first goal. They give up at least one powerplay goal. They badly out shoot the opposition. The Leafs lose. MLSE makes a healthy profit.
This might have been billed as the Battle for Taylor Hall...if they game had been played in Boston. Let's face it the Leafs are no longer playing for a playoff spot. They fighting off the embarrassment of having to hand over a lottery pick to the Bruins and failing miserably at that.
Incredibly the Leafs have now played 10 games this season in which they have had at least 40 shots on net and not won even one of those games. Only the most die hard Leaf fans can blame this on hot goaltending. The real explanation is bad goaltending - in the Leafs' end. It also proves that shots on net are a poor indicator of how well a team has played. A better indicator is scoring chances and giveaways. My guess is that the Leafs do not fair well in these areas. As far as the truculence indicator, well Carolina out hit our Maple Leafs 21-17.
SHOTS | OPPONENT | OUTCOME |
| 61 | | OT Loss |
| 50 | | Loss |
| 49 | | OT Loss |
| 46 | | OT Loss |
| 43 | | Loss |
| 42 | | Loss |
| 41 | | OT Loss |
| 41 | | SO Loss |
| 40 | | Loss |
| 40 | | Loss |
