Saturday began with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens in line to meet each other in the playoffs if the regular season would have ended Friday night. There won’t be much love lost if the Canadiens and Leafs meet in the playoffs, as Zach Hyman, left, discovered in a run-in with Montreal’s Brendan Gallagher. ( Graham Hughes / THE CANADIAN PRESS )“Absolutely,” said John Tavares, the Maple Leafs centreman who beat Carey Price with a top-shelf backhand on the game-winning goal, speaking of the prospect of a Leafs-Habs best-of-seven. It was so long ago that when the Maple Leafs beat the Flames in the first round that year, the Flames were from Atlanta. The Maple Leafs missed for 10 years out of a 11 before finally making it the past two seasons.

Source: thestar February 10, 2019 03:45 UTC