TORONTO — There was little chance for the young Maple Leafs to beat the rather deep Washington Capitals in a playoff series before yesterday. The Leafs led 2-0 on Sunday night and then mysteriously stopped playing, lost Zaitsev and lost the game. First, the Leafs called it in a lower-body injury, in the quaint terminology invented by the late Pat Quinn. Morgan Rielly and Jake Gardiner are exciting, unpredictable and flawed on the Leafs defence. There were 23 points between those teams back then, just as there are 23 points between the Leafs and Capitals now.

Source: National Post April 13, 2017 14:37 UTC