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When the Boston Bruins took a commanding 3-1 sequence lead over the Toronto Maple Leafs after a sport 4 win in Toronto on Saturday, I believe most NHL followers thought the sequence would quickly be over.
In spite of everything, the Leafs star-studded core just isn’t precisely identified for his or her resilience. Plus, it’s by no means straightforward to win in Boston.
However, the Leafs fought again. They gained sport 5 on a Matthew Knies time beyond regulation winner, regardless of star ahead Auston Matthews lacking the sport with sickness. That introduced the sequence again to Toronto.
And, on Thursday evening, the Leafs did it once more. They gained 2-1, and so they took a late 2-0 lead on an superior help by Knies to William Nylander, who scored each Toronto objectives. They as soon as once more did it with out Matthews, who led the NHL with 69 objectives within the common season.
So, the Maple Leafs have evened up the sequence, 3-3, and are heading to Boston on Saturday for Recreation 7 of their first-round Japanese Convention sequence.
This needs to be excellent news! However, I’m certain Toronto followers have a number of scar tissue that’s making them fairly nervous heading into this do-or-die sport.
Toronto has misplaced their final FIVE sport 7’s. At this level, Leafs followers getting their hearts crushed on the finish of a playoff sequence is a meme.
The Leafs have made the playoffs eight years in a row, counting this season. In these previous seven years, the Maple Leafs have gained only one sequence, a 4-2 victory within the first spherical over the Tampa Bay Lightning final 12 months. And, they haven’t gained the Stanley Cup since 1967, the longest drought in NHL historical past!
So, historical past tells us that Toronto will get its coronary heart damaged on Saturday evening in Boston. For the sake of their followers, I hope that doesn’t occur.
