They are the favoured, the Bruins, by virtue and by execution, although their chokehold on this first-round siege has loosened a tad. “In that situation, I don’t think it’s fear.” Meaning the arduous penalty kill, with Boston smelling blood. “We got a little bit tense,” Rielly conceded, revisiting the chaotic third period, the Leafs outshot 20-5 and outchanced by the fistful. First time he’d ever got the hook in a playoff game. But he gets this part, about this city and this hockey team: “They’re proud of their Leafs but they don’t know if they’re quite good enough yet.

Source: thestar April 22, 2018 23:25 UTC