Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs preview: Why so many goals?

Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs: Game 6

Time: 7:30 pm Eastern Time

Location: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

Broadcast/Streaming: Lightning Radio, Fox Sun Sports, 970 WFLA, TVAS, SN1

Opponent SBNation Site: Raw Charge

When last we saw the Maple Leafs, they'd just lost a game to the Chicago Blackhawks in a shootout by the surprisingly hefty score of 5-4. A few days earlier they lost in overtime in Winnipeg by the same score, and a week before that, in Ottawa, starting the trend. Why have these games been so high scoring?

Uncle Bob compared last year's first 80 games across the league to this year's, and found a significant increase. "Comparing the first 80 games of this season to…