The Toronto Maple Leafs suffered one of their worst playoff losses in franchise history on Monday when they blew a 4-1 third-period lead in Game 7 of their first-round series against the Boston Bruins and lost in overtime.
When Nazem Kadri put the Leafs up 4-1 with about 15 minutes remaining in regulation, Toronto was very close to becoming the 25th team in NHL history to win a Game 7 after being down 3-1 in the series.
But the young Leafs, many of whom lacked playoff experience prior to this season, were unable to seal the deal and will now start looking at vacation plans instead of preparing for the New York Rangers.
"It was a bit of a heartbreaker how they came back and scored three goals, especially a couple in the last 1:30 or whatever it was," said Kadri after the game.
"At the end of the day, we proved a lot of people wrong and not many people gave us a fair shake in the series, and we pretty much gave Boston all they could handle. They are a good group, they battled back and never gave up for a second, and that’s how they came out with the win."
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