What we learned from the Maple Leafs’ Game 1 loss: 5 takeaways

BOSTON — With the ghosts of past playoff failures against the lingering over the , nearly everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong in Game 1. Missing proved costly as the Leafs got no offence from the top of their lineup, took costly penalties and didn’t get the kind of stable goaltending they needed in a 5-1 loss. Advertisement Save for a third-period goal from that only came after the game was all but decided, there weren’t many bright spots for the Leafs.

Bruins puck pressure a problem Aside from the physicality and how intimidating the TD Garden faithful made it for the Leafs, the most notable takeaway from the first period? The Bruins ability to pressure the puck and create turnovers is second to none. That allowed the Bruins to hit multiple posts in the first period alone. While they had far too easy a time getting close to Samsonov, the Leafs didn’t enter the first intermission with many, if any, Grade A chances.

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