Toronto Maple Leafs Outplay Boston Bruins But Still Lose

Last night at the Air Canada Centre, the Toronto Maple Leafs were defeated by a score of 3-1 by the Boston Bruins.

I’ll be blunt, as a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, I’m disappointed in the squad. I’ll give the Maple Leafs credit though as they did out-shoot the Bruins 32-21. It wasn’t enough though.

The biggest issue last night was turnovers in the neutral zone and shooting from far off on Tuukka Rask. Still, the Leafs had over 60% of the possession and teams mostly win when that happens.

Unfortunately, I had the privilege of listening to NESN’s broadcast last night. After the first goal, Jack Edwards and Andy Brickley of NESN reminded me that the team that has scored the first goal in this series…