Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock uttered the same phrase to each and every staff member at Verizon Center as he strode to the team bus following an overtime loss that put his team on the brink of elimination. All five games, most tellingly, have been decided by a single goal with four of the five finishing in OT. Leafs eager to respond"I don't think we're hanging our heads on this," Auston Matthews said. The club had successive opportunities after the Matthews goal, but failed to score or even generate a shot. Generally though, the Leafs played the kind of responsible, even-handed game that's required with the stakes so high.

Source: CBC News April 22, 2017 02:36 UTC