Three Takeaways From Maple Leafs Big Win Over The Defending Champs
By Jim Lynch
The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Tampa Bay Lightning played their first game of the opening round yesterday.
The Toronto Maple Leafs could not have asked for a better first game of the postseason beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-0 at home. Toronto looked like a team ready to take that next step, while Tampa looked like a defending champion a little tired.
It was all Leafs all night long. Toronto outshot the Lightning 33 to 24 on the game, and they had the puck a heck of a lot more than the Lightning did driving play most of the night. This was a terrific game one.
Auston Matthews scored a pair of goals and the other goal scorers on the night included Jake Muzzin, David Kampf and Mitch Marner. The nail in this game had to be David Kampf’s short-handed goal in the second to give the Leafs a three to zero lead.
Jack Campbell pitched a shutout on the night stopping all 24 shots he faced, and for a goalie, you cannot ask for a better start to a series than a shutout.
Kind of crazy that there were two shutouts on the first day of the postseason. Just something to think about as we enter day two of the playoffs. Without further ado let’s jump in with the three takeaways from this epic game between the Lightning and Leafs!