Like many Toronto Maple Leafs games, there were both positives and negatives to take away from the game.
If I’m being honest, I didn’t have many expectations coming into this game. The Maple Leafs came into this game on the second half of a back to back playing a well rested Capitals team.
On top of this, they were starting Michael Hutchinson. I disagreed with this move right from the start and I don’t understand the logic in always starting Hutchinson on the second half of the back to back regardless of the opponent, but that’s a topic for another article.