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Game 3 Analysis: Familiar special teams failures doom the Leafs

For the second time in three games, that was the case for the Toronto Maple Leafs against the Boston Bruins, and it’s put the Leafs in a 2-1 series hole. Home-ice advantage has been ceded back to Boston, and the Leafs now have to regroup before dealing with a hugely important Game 4 on Saturday night. They’ll need to figure out how to solve Jeremy Swayman and fix the special teams to avoid a 3-1 hole.

Turning Points

Our turning points in Game 3 were two of the three goals scored by the Bruins, both occurring when control of the game and momentum may have been tilting Toronto’s way.