The Blue Jackets did what they do best in Game 1. To turn things around, the Maple Leafs must do the same. (lukefoxjukebox)
Well aware that Keefe’s Leafs want to feast on the man-advantage, Columbus has elected to win the special-teams battle by avoiding it altogether.
“There’s been a lot of penalties called in these games here. We’ve really put an emphasis on playing the right way — skating, keeping our sticks down and just checking the right way,” Tortorella said.In the two minutes the Leafs did have 5-on-4, they registered just one shot. The highest-priced forward corps in the bubble couldn’t weasel through the layers of frustration Columbus stacks up.
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