Post-Game Talk: What Home Ice Advantage? | Leafs Beat LA in LA 3-1

[weems]

One of the best wins of the season when you factor in LA's dominance on home ice.

This is the kind of win that could really get this team playing some good hockey.

Need to show up ready to play against ANA and not think the job is done after this win.

 

[Aashir]

Most exciting finish standing wise in years. Big win!!

can't remember the last time we were actually in 1st this long ago, we maybe might've touched 1st for like maybe an hour or two back in 2021-2022 sometime in feb.

 

[HellasLEAF]

Great win tonight. Gives more weight to the point vs SJ imo.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Mike Myers team > Will Ferrel's team!

 

[Fogelhund]

Kings play a strong home game, and will be a force in the playoffs.

Great effort for our boys to come back, and solidify the victory. They showed some grit and quality coming back and winning this one.

 

[Brown Dog]

 

[Lightsol]

Great playoff style win tonight.

Really impressed with how they stuck to their game plan and didn’t allow themselves to get frustrated when it looked like they had nothing going.

This is a game where in the past the Leafs would have stopped playing defense and started to press for goals, and then LA would have scored a few on the breakout.

 

[Aashir]

One of the best wins of the season when you factor in LA's dominance on home ice.

This is the kind of win that could really get this team playing some good hockey.

Need to show up ready to play against ANA and not think the job is done after this win.

Anaheim needs to be a win and honestly the 1st florida game too. Dropping the sharks game made it that way IMO, even if it was just a point.

 

[DarkKnight]

Professional effort and quality W against a solid team.

Good word, we played with structure in our zone and kept it calm and professional.

 

[cyris]

Great playoff style win tonight.

Really impressed with how they stuck to their game plan and didn’t allow themselves to get frustrated when it looked like they had nothing going.

Yeah that game was great preparation for what’s coming in a couple weeks.
I hope we have a lot more games with that kind of intensity in the next few weeks.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Big win! the guys cam through. Playing these meaningful games now will help them once the playoffs start, imo. In previous years, they didn't have that and were just coasting.

 

[Lightsol]

can't remember the last time we were actually in 1st this long ago, we maybe might've touched 1st for like maybe an hour or two back in 2021-2022 sometime in feb.

They've been this high in the standings a few times, but never this late into the season.

 

[1specter]

Classic Leafs. Lose to San Jose x2 and f***ing Nashville but beat a top ten team with the best home record in regulation.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Solid road win. Had a playoff vibe to it at times.

Please don't die in Anaheim. Make it a successful Cali trip!

 

[BraveCanadian]

Lucky win but we'll take it.

 

[pdson]

Matthews was an absolute beast tonight

 

[Brown Dog]

Glad they didn't reverse that Matthews goal (obviously). High sticks that don't directly lead to the puck going in the net should not be challengeable plays.

 

[DarkKnight]

Why I hate instant replay. They're still debating it after the game on HNIC, so nothing is solved, comes down to humans being. Enough, ref made a call, deal.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

not saying they didn't playb hard, they absolutely did.

But do you see what happens when you get a save?

 

[pdson]

Lucky win but we'll take it.

Nothing lucky about it they deserved to win.

 

[Confucius]

Official 3 stars
JT
Mathews
Leferrier

 

[PromisedLand]

So damn close LMAO

 

[Nineteen67]

LA wasn’t great all night but man did they ever fold like a cheap tent after the missed high stick review. Got to be able to pick it up after a controversial call.

 

[thewave]

Matthews was an absolute beast tonight

HoBoy was he ever a beast out there..he was skating as good as he can, looking full of energy and wanting to win. That's what we needed from the C let me tell ya

 

[LeafalCrusader]