TORONTO — Auston Matthews summed up life under the microscope in hockey's biggest market with a few succinct sentences.
"The highs can get real high here," he said Saturday. "And the lows can get real low.
"Sometimes you've just got to take a step back and take a breath."
The Maple Leafs did that in the midst of an early swoon. Now they're reaping the benefits.
Matthews and John Tavares had two goals apiece as Toronto picked up a fifth consecutive victory with an impressive 5-2 win over the Boston Bruins.
The Leafs had lost four straight, were sitting with a 2-4-1 record, and trailed the lowly Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 on the road after the first period Oct.