New York – New York. Toronto can get out.
Because last night the Maple Leafs got revenge right after a failed Tuesday and won a chaotic comeback against Tampa by a score of 7-2.
“We weren’t ourselves on Tuesday, but we were tonight,” says coach Sheldon Keefe.
Panic was about to break out in Canada’s largest city when the Maple Leafs were around luffaThis is the spring when all curses are broken – the playoffs began with a miserable 7-3 defeat against Tampa.
But last night, the Torontoians slept better, because the blue and white champions bounced back quickly. Already in the first period they led 3-0 and in the end won 7-2.
– I had more fun than last time. It was interesting to watch goalkeeper Ilya Samsonov.
Coach Sheldon How thinks so, too.
– I was surprised by the effort in the first match. We were not ourselves. But he notices we’ve been tonight.
– We needed a good evening and we got a good evening.
Captain John Tavares, who was responsible for a hat-trick, and defender Morgan Riley, who played up to four goals, had a particularly good night. William Nylander also scored—for the second time in the playoffs this year—and was credited.
Tampa was without injured running backs Victor Hedman and Eric Cernak and it showed, but coach John Cooper didn’t want to take the blame for their absence.
– It wasn’t about us missing someone, that would be a cheap excuse, he says.
– But if you’re worried? no. It was exactly the same as last year. Then it was also 1-1 after two matches. Now we go to Tampa and see what happens.
The end of the night game was messy and furious, the fights were back and forth and Tampa special instigators Corey Perry and Pat Maron didn’t make new friends at the Scotiabank Arena.
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