In truth, it was a disappointing performance from Toronto on home ice against a Cleveland team that was playing its third game in as many days, but at this time of year, the “how” becomes a little less important than adding two more to the points column.
“We were terrible in this game,” said Sheldon Keefe. “The first period was probably worse than the third, but we scored two goals on two chances that we had. It wasn’t a good game from our guys from start to finish. Clearly, it was a poor coaching job done here today as the team wasn’t prepared to play after two practice days.