How things went from bad to worse for the Maple Leafs in Game 4: 5 takeaways

Season on the line, playing at home on Saturday night, with one of their stars making his series debut: If there was ever a time for the to change the narrative about them being playoff underachievers, Game 4 was it. Instead, the Leafs put up one of their most embarrassing efforts in recent memory in a 3-1 loss that deserved the boos that rained down in Scotiabank Arena. Advertisement This was a game the Leafs had to win and very few players up and down the lineup played like it.

Instead, the poor performances up and down the lineup made you wonder if some Leafs might have played their last playoff game in Toronto. Bad penalty sinks Leafs again There was no necessity whatsoever in laying a cross-check on in a scrum in their own zone in a one-goal game. Why do it when Domi and the Leafs have seen what bad penalties can lead to? Why give a power play that came into this game firing at a 50 percent clip a chance to whip the puck around.

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