By the time the Maple Leafs’ goal song sounded in the third period, it was too late to be heard above the 40-minute funeral dirge. “They’re hungry, they’re fighting for a playoff spot,” a sour Auston Matthews said of the Hawks taking it to the Leafs from puck drop. “It’s the end of the season, pretty much playoff hockey now, we have to step up our game. After Andreas Johnsson’s 20th of the year late in the second, Matthews scored in his 200th NHL game, then assisted on a Morgan Rielly power-play effort. Saad was alone in front on the fourth goal, four Leafs following the puck.

Source: National Post March 14, 2019 01:59 UTC