Game 20 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 5 vs. Lightning 2
If the last eight days have taught us anything, it's that this is an inconsistent Leafs team.
After a terrible performance against Nashville, they came...
Game Review: Game #20, Maple Leafs 5 vs. Lightning 2
Win or lose, the Maple Leafs haven't done anything half way in the past couple of weeks.
It goes without saying that this was a...
Game Review: Game #21, Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Detroit Red Wings 1
The Maple Leafs played a patient, disciplined game en route to a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings.
They were certainly out possessed in...
Game 21 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 4 vs. Red Wings 1
The Maple Leafs played a strong, low-chance game against a Red Wings team that dominated them in chances in two previous meetings.
Toronto had more chances...
Game 22 Scoring Chances: Penguins 4 vs. Maple Leafs 3 (OT)
Toronto finished its season series with Pittsburgh, ending up clearly second-best in chances in all three games.
In this one, though, they managed to earn...
Game Review: Game #22, Pittsburgh Penguins 4 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (OT)
A point out of a visit with the league's best and highest-scoring team (15-4-2 with a +27 goal differential after this win) is something any team...
Game Review: Game #24, Toronto Maple Leafs 5 vs. Dallas Stars 3
The high-scoring Maple Leafs won a game over a reeling opponent in mostly-convincing fashion, extending their points streak to five games and improving their...
Game 24 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 5 vs. Stars 3
The Leafs started December with another strong performance, which was similar to their game against the Capitals.
The first period was even in chances at...
Game Review: Game #25, New Jersey Devils 5 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 3
A decrepit and depleted Devils squad trotting into the Air Canada Centre with the Leafs on a roll? A classic trap game that ended...
Game 25 Scoring Chances: Devils 5 vs. Maple Leafs 3
Toronto had a bad start against a short-handed Devils team, falling behind 8-4 in ES Chances, and 1-0 on the scoreboard.
However, they seemed...
Game Review: Game #26, Toronto Maple Leafs 5 vs. Vancouver Canucks 2
Games like these are tough to judge (i.e. tough to write about).
There’s the game that saw the Leafs build a 4-0 lead over one of...
Game Review: Game #27, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 vs. Calgary Flames 1
If you're Randy Carlyle, in terms of process, you're probably only really happy with the middle 20 minutes in this game (and of course...
Game 27 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 4 vs. Flames 1
If you've been following my scoring chance wrap-ups, there's a lot familiar in the story of tonight's game.
The Leafs managed to take the lead...
Game 28 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 2 vs. Red Wings 1 (SO)
The Toronto Maple Leafs had one of the worst chance performances I've seen, almost as bad as the game that Buffalo played against them...
Game Review: Game #28, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 vs. Detroit Red Wings 1 (SO)
The Leafs deserved to lose this game 4 or 5 to 1.
Enter James Reimer.
In somewhat of a thrown-to-the-wolves situation, low on game reps and...
Game 29 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 4 vs. Red Wings 1
Over the last couple of seasons, these types of games from the Leafs have been rare; they were the better team and carried the...
Game Review: Game #29, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 vs. Detroit Red Wings 1
With the chance to flip Wednesday night’s script, the Maple Leafs showed some killer instinct by outplaying a tired Wings team.
Even a hot goalie...
Game 30 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 4 vs. Kings 3 (SO)
Through the first half of this game, the Leafs looked in great shape, especially given it was the second half of a back-to-back; they...
Game 31 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 6 vs. Ducks 2
While the score line was different, there was a lot similar between the Leafs' back-to-back wins against the teams from Southern California.
Much like Sunday, the...
Game Review: Game #31, Maple Leafs 6 vs. Anaheim Ducks 2
The opponent doesn’t seem to matter; no team has an answer for the Leafs’ four-line attack at the moment.
Tonight it was the League’s hottest...
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