Post-Game Talk: Battle of Ontario the Sequel - 6-2 win -- Game 1

[Commander Clueless]

I think this series ends next Tuesday.

And I hope you are very rich by the end of this playoff run.

 

[Gallagbi]

Hanging onto fruitless stuff like advanced stats in the playoffs is kind of pathetic. They can look at every advanced metric and try and find light at the end of the tunnel, the fact is Ottawa has no chance with being undisciplined and getting goaltending like that

...advanced stats would show their goaltending was awful and their PK was both too frequent and leaky

 

[GrizzLeaf]

These shows try heavily to not have any perceived Toronto bias, so it usually ends up being the opposite... pro whatever team we play.

This is why I watch YouTube highlights of Leafs games with Joe Bowen commentary. It's refreshing to actually hear praise when the Leafs dominate.

 

[hoglund]

The score sounds like a dominent win by the Leafs, but for the most part they were out played, Ulmark's poor play and penalty trouble for Ottawa were the reasons that the Leafs won, I know the score was 6-2, but this game could've gone either way in terms of game play.

 

[Evilhomer]

And I hope you are very rich by the end of this playoff run.

Ha, unfortunately I don't think my $1,000 bet will make me rich.

 

[ToneDog]

The score sounds like a dominent win by the Leafs, but for the most part they were out played, Ulmark's poor play and penalty trouble for Ottawa were the reasons that the Leafs won, I know the score was 6-2, but this game could've gone either way in terms of game play.

Lalonde says he pays attention to 5vs5 Ozone possession and said that the Sens were up 2 minutes on the Leafs. One positive but they have lots of work to do to avoid going down 2-0.

 

[Gabriel426]

The score sounds like a dominent win by the Leafs, but for the most part they were out played, Ulmark's poor play and penalty trouble for Ottawa were the reasons that the Leafs won, I know the score was 6-2, but this game could've gone either way in terms of game play.

Really? Thought Leafs was the better team even without those PP.

Sens was relentless in their forecheck and that’s about it.

 

[GrizzLeaf]

The score sounds like a dominent win by the Leafs, but for the most part they were out played, Ulmark's poor play and penalty trouble for Ottawa were the reasons that the Leafs won, I know the score was 6-2, but this game could've gone either way in terms of game play.

Previous Leafs teams often won the advance stats but not the game. It was a frustrating time reading all kinds of posts about our advance stats in post game loss threads.

I really think advance stats are very flawed when one team is playing a grindy, defensive game.

Last night, I was never anxious once about how the game was going. Leafs did what they've been doing since February. They played a simple north-south game. Stayed defensively responsible. Kept shots out of high danger areas. And capitalised on the Sens mistakes.

This style makes a team look like they're barely competing 5v5 but man it's an illusion. The Leafs have been doing this for 3 months with great success.

 

[Confucius]

Nice win, start to finish we were the best team out there, everyone came to play.

 

[rumman]

I think it's fair to say Ottawa isn't on our level and that the series isn't over

The way the Leafs lose this series is if they heavily underperform, which is obviously possible given history. It isn't like 2022 TB where you can play excellent and lose because you're up against an elite club

And Ottawa owned them this season regardless of being the inferior team………

 

[nuck]

JT and Mitch equaled their last playoff production in one game. So far so good. But no more 5 shot 1st periods please.

 

[Gabriel426]

The good news for Sens fans is can Ullmark play any worse?

Did he played bad though?

OEL walked into the slot uncontested
MM scored on a breakaway
Nobody even touched JT after he won the faceoff and he had two chances on goal 5-7feet from the crease.
Willie’s shot was just filthy
Reilly’s goal was a bounce that won’t happened again.
Knies goal was just a battle lost in front of the net.

He didn’t play great but don’t think he played bad.

 

[pdson]

The score sounds like a dominent win by the Leafs, but for the most part they were out played, Ulmark's poor play and penalty trouble for Ottawa were the reasons that the Leafs won, I know the score was 6-2, but this game could've gone either way in terms of game play.

Really? I thought the Leafs dominated them from start to finish

 

[rumman]

is it just me, or did the Post Game comments seem to be strictly about Ottawa, and how they can improve... its as though the Leafs ceased to exist, and have no impact on dictating the game or how Ottawa will play.

Leaf Nation butt hurt by the comments from hockey talking heads is too funny, do yourselves a favour and mute your TV’s before the game, between periods, and after the game………

 

[rumman]

Did he played bad though?

OEL walked into the slot uncontested
MM scored on a breakaway
Nobody even touched JT after he won the faceoff and he had two chances on goal 5-7feet from the crease.
Willie’s shot was just filthy
Reilly’s goal was a bounce that won’t happened again.
Knies goal was just a battle lost in front of the net.

He didn’t play great but don’t think he played bad.

I thought he played was poorly, doubt said play will continue, but you never know……..

 

[1specter]

JT and Mitch equaled their last playoff production in one game. So far so good. But no more 5 shot 1st periods please.

It's worth noting that the actual shot attempts were pretty close in that period, 23-18 favouring the Sens. Sens also had a lot of garbage from the outside, scoring chances were even while the Leafs won the xGF% share and also beat Ottawa 4-1 in high danger chances.

 

[1specter]

The score sounds like a dominent win by the Leafs, but for the most part they were out played, Ulmark's poor play and penalty trouble for Ottawa were the reasons that the Leafs won, I know the score was 6-2, but this game could've gone either way in terms of game play.

Ottawa only had a few grade A chances at 5v5, mostly when the game was already out of reach. It was also hard for either team to get much going at 5v5 when the flow of the game was constantly being disrupted by penalties.

 

[Commander Clueless]

Ha, unfortunately I don't think my $1,000 bet will make me rich.

There's still time

 

[Jojalu]

Ottawa only had a few grade A chances at 5v5, mostly when the game was already out of reach. It was also hard for either team to get much going at 5v5 when the flow of the game was constantly being disrupted by penalties.

The breakaway and the big save on Pinto when it was 2-1 were huge.

After that when it got to 4-1 you can pretty much throw out what happened. They rolled 4 lines and limited Tanev and McCabes mins

 

[Evilhomer]

There's still time

I think my market losses will dwarf my Leafs gains...

 

[Gabriel426]

JT and Mitch equaled their last playoff production in one game. So far so good. But no more 5 shot 1st periods please.

Not directing at you as I am just using your quote.

All last summer, there are folks here kept saying the core played well….they produced…just look at their advanced stats…..
Where are these people now, as all I read after last night is JT, MM, AM and Willie all having 2 or more pts and how JT and MM already equaled their last playoffs productions.

Real stats over advanced stats any day of the week.

 

[Sypher04]

Certainly seems to me like Green let his team off the hook with his post game comments. Loser mentality; and we should know, we saw it plenty with Keefe.

Definitely expect Sens will be better in game 2 but so will we. Let’s lock down 2-0

 

[Sypher04]

Not directing at you as I am just using your quote.

All last summer, there are folks here kept saying the core played well….they produced…just look at their advanced stats…..
Where are these people now, as all I read after last night is JT, MM, AM and Willie all having 2 or more pts and how JT and MM already equaled their last playoffs productions.

Real stats over advanced stats any day of the week.

Not sure what you’re remembering. It was pretty unanimous around here last offseason that most people believed we needed a hell of a lot more from the core guys.

Obviously a calamity of injuries set us back significantly last year.

I still maintain if Nylander & Matthews were able to play the whole series, we would have won against that Bruins team.

 

[Tak7]

Leafs scoring first definitely helped.

It wasn't that they were quiet before that, but it felt a bit tense before the first goal (or maybe it's just because I'm always tense during a Leafs game haha).


Brady sucks chants were louder than any Go Leafs Go chants which probably helps... It's good for fan energy to have a villain.

"Bradys ugly" and "Bradys hairline" were also pretty common if anybody couldn't hear them on the TV.

Was pretty disappointed with game ops last night - there were a number of hilarious chants and things that there sparking up, only to be drowned out by game ops blasting overbearing music over it, just crushing any sense of atmosphere the fans were trying to build.

They completely shut down a "YOU CANT DO THAT!" chant after the Sens went down 5 on 3. There was also a Stoll-y, Stoll-y chant that got disrupted, as well as numerous chants that were poking Brady, especially in the third when both he and Stutzle refused to leave the refs alone.

 

[garce]

Sportsnet boys seem almost consensus that the Sens were great, gotta love it

Had TSN Ottawa on this morning it just kept building, by the time it was over at 10 and a few guests they generally believed the Sens had dominated other than a few soft calls and not terrible, but average goaltending. learn something new everyday i guess. I thought the Sens were kept mostly to the outside and Stolarz was good but didn't have to be great. They didn't threaten that much. Seems around here at least the leafs were lucky and helped tremendously by officiating. head scratching