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Tyler Bertuzzi, Maple Leafs vs. Bruins

Maple Leafs vs. Bruins Series Preview: The Matchups, Special Teams, and Storylines to Watch

Well, here we go again—another year of Leafs playoff hockey and another first-round matchup against the Boston Bruins. At this point, you have likely heard...

Game in 10: Familiar playoff flaws haunt Maple Leafs in Game 1 loss to...

Heading into this game, the Maple Leafs were 2-6 in Game 1s under this core. Make it 2-7. There were a lot of familiar themes...
Maple Leafs vs. Bruins, game 1

Game 1 Analysis: The song remains the same in another frustrating loss to Boston

For the second straight year, the Toronto Maple Leafs opened the first round of the playoffs with a near-worst-case scenario.  The Leafs allowed the first...
Auston Matthews wins game 2 vs. Bruins

Game in 10: Dominant performance from Auston Matthews and his line powers Maple Leafs...

The Maple Leafs earned their split, and we have ourselves a series.  Auston Matthews and his line were fantastic. The Leafs got a penalty kill...
Auston Matthews, Maple Leafs

Game 2 Analysis: Auston Matthews drives the Leafs to victory

In need of a big win to even the series, the Toronto Maple Leafs leaned on the brilliance of their best player and got...
Calle Jarnkrok, Maple Leafs

Game in 10: Special-teams struggles, home-ice woes continue in Maple Leafs’ Game 3 loss

The Maple Leafs stealing home-ice advantage was short-lived. Despite finally scoring first against Boston, the Leafs' special-teams struggles are starting to prove too difficult to...
David Kampf, Maple Leafs

Game 3 Analysis: Familiar special teams failures doom the Leafs

It's pretty hard to win in the playoffs when you have the worse goalie and are massively outplayed on special teams.  For the second time...
John Tavares, Danton Heinen, Maple Leafs vs. Bruins

Leafs Notebook: Series comeback hinges on Toronto’s offensive strengths coming through

After three playoff games, the Maple Leafs are down 2-1 in the series and face some lineup uncertainty around one of their best players,...
Maple Leafs vs. Bruins

Abject Game 4 loss leads to more soul searching at playoff time for the...

Throughout the season and playoffs, we generally write post-games in a “Game in 10” format, breaking down the game into 10 digestible points that...

Game in 10: Joseph Woll comes up huge, Matthews-less Maple Leafs pick up deserved...

The Toronto Maple Leafs lived to fight another day. Amidst all the turmoil and vitriol hurled their way, the Leafs went into Boston, dug in,...
Matthew Knies, Maple Leafs vs. Bruins

Game 5 Analysis: Marner, Woll, and Knies keep the series alive for the Maple...

With their backs against the wall and without Auston Matthews, the Toronto Maple Leafs played their best game of the series in Game 5...
William Nylander, Jeremy Swayman, Maple Leafs vs. Bruins

Game in 10: Maple Leafs lock it down defensively, William Nylander delivers offensively to...

The Maple Leafs needed to break the losing streak at home to keep their season alive. They delivered.  Joseph Woll was excellent again, the Leafs...

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