Leafs limp home after Beantown Beatdown: ‘We can try and change the story’
The Toronto Maple Leafs had designs on a long playoff run when they boarded Wednesday’s flight to Boston, confident of their chances ahead of a first-round series with the Bruins after a record-breaking regular season.
Now they’re simply looking for a way — any way, really — to slow down a juggernaut that’s bashed them around in two crushing defeats to open their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal.
Losses of 5-1 and 7-3 at TD Garden have the Leafs in an 0-2 hole as they prepare to host what amounts to a must-win Game 3 at Air Canada Centre on Monday.
Toronto isn’t done yet, but a lot has to change in 48 hours following an embarrassing beatdown in Beantown.