Auston Matthews's perseverance against the Bruins in Game 5 paid off with a big victory which leaves the Leafs one win away from Round 2. (reporterchris)
Recently the Leafs franchise centre lamented “my review percentage is terrible. I’m just banking on if my goal is getting reviewed, it’s just automatically no-goal.”“A lot going through my mind there,” said Matthews. “I haven’t had the best of luck as far as those go, I think, in my career. It’s nice to kind of get one back. I’ll take one in the playoffs any day of the week, instead of the regular season.
The fact Toronto could come into TD Garden on Friday and play such a patient, structured game is a sign of its maturity. Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy has remarked more than once he never saw the Leafs play defence like this in the regular season.
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