It was just about a week ago that the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated their archrivals, the Montreal Canadiens, by a score of 5-1 in front of a raucous Air Canada Centre crowd.
At that point, the Leafs improved to 23-13-5 and were all but assured of a playoff position for the first time in nearly a decade.
Heck, with the Ottawa Senators (another bitter rival of Toronto's) just having come off a five-game losing skid, the Leafs were also comfortably holding down the fifth spot in the Eastern Conference and eyeing a potential run for home-ice advantage in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Yes, all was good in Leafs Nation.
Now, fast forward a week.
Toronto has lost two consecutive games, but has been badly outplayed in its last three games (the Leafs, led by James Reimer, robbed the New Jersey Devils of a win in their April 15 matchup).
Over the course of those three contests, the Leafs were out-shot 107-64. They were also outscored 10-6 (keep in mind, however, that one of the Leafs' goals was scored into an empty net).
So what happened?
Where did things go wrong fo ...
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