After Monday night’s dramatic third-period comeback, the Leafs followed it up with a more one-sided affair on Tuesday evening. The score was 4-0 after one period, 6-0 after two, and 7-1 by the final buzzer.
As someone who loves diving into the nitty-gritty, whether it’s tactics or the numbers, this game was so lopsided it makes it difficult to really analyze. One team showed up; the other didn’t. Ray Ferraro put it best when he described it as New Jersey conceding “easy ice” to Toronto and not being hard on pucks, which made them an easy team to play against, especially in the offensive zone.