While the Maple Leafs could savour their first win against the Tampa Bay Lightning — the sheer ferocity of it — come the morning after those emotions have to be set aside swiftly. Opinion by RDiManno
— the sheer ferocity of it — come the morning after those emotions have to be set aside swiftly, just as the Leafs parked their utter Game 1 discombobulation a couple of days earlier. They’ll use this version of themselves to propel what comes next on Saturday night in Tampa, though the Lightning will have something to say about that.said Friday, before the Leafs set course for Florida. “Obviously they’re going to be ready to go. We’ve just got to find another level.
They know this stuff in their bones. It isn’t reinventing the wheel. But a playoff game can careen off the rails in the blink of an eye, a turnover, a blocking pad unaligned with the goalpost. Then chasing the game becomes an exercise in high-leverage gambits that come to roost in the back of your own net.
There was redemption for Aston-Reese, too. “Personally, that first goal in Game 1 , I felt fully responsible for. So to be able to respond with a goal in Game 2 takes the weight off your shoulders a little bit. Our whole line knew that we didn’t have the best Game 1, so it was a relief for everyone.”
“The goal they scored is a great example of what we need and can be a major difference-maker for us. You put them out in the defensive zone against the opposition’s best players and they drive the play down the ice, bring it to the net and put one in for us that essentially puts the game away for us. When the Kämpf line is going like that, it allows a lot of other things to happen for us. And it’s going to have to remain that way in Tampa.
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