It was a very informative night for the Maple Leafs for defense and coaching reasons, but at the end of it all, they failed to come away with any points. The Colorado Avalanche used two goals on special teams to sneak past the Leafs in a close game that ended 3-1 in the road team’s favour.
Frederik Andersen was in net for the second game of the back-to-back and stopped 27 of 29 shots in the loss, including some ten-bell saves. He was not the problem. The problems that cost the Leafs came in the forms of mistakes by the fourth line.