Post-Game Talk: BATTLE OF ONTARIO GAME 2 - LEAFS WIN IN OT 3-2!

[Torontonian]

Up 2-0 in the series I'll take it after a bad second and a mediocre 3rd... I would swap Robertson for Patches for game 3. Soft plays and bad pens from him.

 

[ChurchOfMatthews]

He’s played really well in the playoffs. I heard his wife is Italian and he got a boost eating Nonna’s pasta on the weekend. Gotta like a guy who loves Italian pasta.

My wifes Italian too and I know all about the pasta and Nonna's cooking. It's the best!

 

[weems]

He read the play well, intercepted the puck, noticed that Sens were on the change, so he took the space, passed to Domi and went to the net and blocked Ullmark vision with 3 other Sens there. Great play!

The screen

 

[BertCorbeau]

Taking Robertson out next game basically guarantees he scores in the following game when he returns to the line up.

It always happens.

 

[SprDaVE]

Leafs blocked an insane amount of shots, which helped a lot I think. They probably need to find a way to have the puck more, not less. But it's nice that everyone is buying in.

With 2.5 minutes left in the third Matthews' was tripped which would have been a clear regular season penalty, which was right before the near puck over glass penalty.

Some additional context: the Leafs only had 1 PP in this game and it was in the first.

Crazy...

 

[BertCorbeau]

The screen

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It's the left leg kick for dramatic effect that sealed it

 

[HolyCrap]

I'd like to point out Domi was caught out on a defensive draw that he won that started the sequence on the playoff winner.

I’d like to pint out I was too drunk to notice but he scored. So I I’m pretty jacked I noticed that. Hahaha. GLG.

 

[BertCorbeau]

I’d like to pint out I was too drunk to notice but he scored. So I I’m pretty jacked I noticed that. Hahaha. GLG.

I told myself I wasn't going to drink tonight .. but after the tying goal in the third I needed it.

 

[Kazparov]

I dunno if you all could notice this on the TV but Knies looked really slow and completely out of it tonight. Made me wonder if he's hurt already.

 

[PromisedLand]

Credit where credit is due. What a shot by the cameraman

 

[BertCorbeau]

I dunno if you all could notice this on the TV but Knies looked really slow and completely out of it tonight. Made me wonder if he's hurt already.

I wonder if he's reeling from that blocked shot in game 1

 

[BertCorbeau]

They also need to get on Stutzle. They're looking a bit like a deer in headlights right now when he gets the puck and giving him a lot of space to make a play.

 

[Warden of the North]

Up 2-0 in the series I'll take it after a bad second and a mediocre 3rd... I would swap Robertson for Patches for game 3. Soft plays and bad pens from him.

Aside from the goal Leafs carried the play in third. They didn't allow a shot until like 16 minutes in.

 

[TorMapleJays]

I wonder if he's reeling from that blocked shot in game 1

All the more importance to finishing it in 4.

 

[stats1]

He’s played really well in the playoffs. I heard his wife is Italian and he got a boost eating Nonna’s pasta on the weekend. Gotta like a guy who loves Italian pasta.

I’m sorry I’m not over the Euro’s I love my biscuits and gravy and mass immigration. My brother in law is Italian and a Habs fan. Just ask how I’m still alive lol

 

[Burnie97]

They also need to get on Stutzle. They're looking a bit like a deer in headlights right now when he gets the puck and giving him a lot of space to make a play.

Fair enough but he looks like a poor man's Nylander

 

[PromisedLand]

If Pacioretty is healthy, I would put him in the lineup over Robertson for next game.

Would be interesting to see if Ottawa goes with checking line against Knies-Matthews-Marner line or they go their 1st line agaisnt our 1st line

with no last change won't be easy for us to dictate match ups in that scenario I would be hesitant to play mcmann-domi-robertson as a line

 

[Squiffy]

I told myself I wasn't going to drink tonight .. but after the tying goal in the third I needed it.

Bud you can't be making early calls like that in the playoffs

 

[ashs]

This is a story as old as time. Joe wanted to do all Leaf games. TSN was fine with it, SN said no. So he said, well, then I want to do ALL Leafs games on the radio. And so it is.

Give him what he wants, he's an icon

 

[Ianturnedbull]

Good game from Benoit. Really good on that OT winner sequence.

 

[Squiffy]

Knies looked fine I thought? He's fine.

Except for the part where they generally out-played us on the game I do like that the Sens aren't actually good enough to beat us in a series.

 

[Donnie740]

Has anyone sifted through the “advanced stats” yet to see if little brother got the expected win tonight?

 

[Leafs98]

I dunno if you all could notice this on the TV but Knies looked really slow and completely out of it tonight. Made me wonder if he's hurt already.

Had some really good power forward shifts early

 

[WillyC]

This dude won the Vezina?

Let’s Go!

 

[SprDaVE]

If Pacioretty is healthy, I would put him in the lineup over Robertson for next game.

Berube doesn't change his lineup very often after winning, so I'll be surprised if he does. Pacioretty hasn't played in 2 months and half, so it would be a bit of a risk. Robertson had a tough one but I think he's earned another look to redeem himself.

Pacioretty was a hitting machine early in the season and had success with JT and Nylander, so maybe it could be worth the look. It's a tough call.