Despite cleaning up many of the defensive issues that plagued them Saturday in their embarrassing loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Toronto Maple Leafs remained without a winning formula for a sixth consecutive outing, losing 4-2 to the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night.
The Maple Leafs submitted a decent effort in desperation down the stretch, but the same factors ultimately led to their undoing in Vegas. They fell behind, again, couldn’t kill penalties, again, and made costly errors while pressing for an equalizer, yet again.
Toronto’s next chance to return to winning ways will come Thursday in Auston Matthews’ home state versus the Coyotes.