Another historic night for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and another disappointing loss. First it was the team's first playoff game in nearly a decade, and now it was the team's first playoff game in front of their home crowd in nearly a decade. Neither went as planned.
After prying home-ice advantage from the hands of the Boston Bruins with a Game 2 victory, the Leafs relinquished home ice to the Bs, dropping Game 3 by a score of 5-2.
Plagued by nonsensical mistakes, as well as a red-hot Tuukka Rask, Toronto fell behind early and just couldn't climb its way back into the game.
There were some important takeaways from the third contest of this series, however.
For starters, the Leafs learned, once again, that giveaways do come back to haunt you.
Though the Buds got away with some iffy turnovers in Game 2, Monday night showed them just how costly giveaways can be.
The much more experienced Bruins were able to capitalize on Leafs mistakes multiple times, netting easy goals. One glaring example that comes to mind is Ryan O'Byrne's senseless giveaway behind his own net to Jaromir Jagr, who ...
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Toronto Maple Leafs: Lessons Learned from Game 3 Against the Boston Bruins
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