Tonight was the 80th game of the season for the Maple Leafs, and with their playoff spot cliched, the team would need to win the final three to have a shot at home ice in the playoffs against the Boston Bruins.
The Leafs don’t take any chances at the start of the game, trying to play it safe and not give up anything easy to the Hurricanes. Nothing big happens until six minutes into the period when John Tavares retaliates for an uncalled penalty on Dougie Hamilton by giving the Hurricanes defender a cross check to the back.