On how Game 1 shook out:
The game went exactly according to script from the Leafs perspective.
They ratcheted up a notch as far as their competitiveness and physicality, they skated well through 60 minutes, and they outplayed them at 5v5 by outskating them, playing the game at their pace in their preferred style of play. Their transition game was going. They were able to get in behind the Bruins defense a number of times and stretch out the ice on them.
It’s what I said last week about how the Leafs have the ability to make this series be played at a pace that is uncomfortable for Boston if they execute their game plan, and while Boston certainly didn’t have their best stuff, I thought the Leafs did a really good job of that.