"We didn't think this will be easy series for us." "This is just one game for us," said Samsonsov, who showed his frustration by dropping a couple expletives in his post-game media availability. The rookie netminder finished with four stops. Ilya Samsonov allowed six goals on 29 shots before getting replaced by Joseph Woll to start the third period. Tavares has gone 0-5 since signing on in 2018. The Leafs have lost seven straight series dating back to 2013, including six in a row with the talented core led by Matthews, Marner and Nylander. "It's pretty simple: a bad start and then a lot of penalty trouble." "They stepped up their level and we didn't quite do that," Matthews said. Ryan O'Reilly, William Nylander and Calle Jarnkrok replied for Toronto. "We have a plan, we stuck to it," Perry said. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 28 saves in his 100th playoff start. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare also scored for the Lightning, who connected on four power plays. Anthony Cirelli and Ross Colton chipped in with a goal and assist each. "We were on our heels a bit early on," Keefe, in his fourth post-season as Leafs head coach, said of his team's disastrous start.īrayden Point scored twice, while Nikita Kucherov and Corey Perry both added a goal and two assists for Tampa. There wasn't much desperation in their playoff curtain-raiser. The Leafs are looking to end an ugly string of post-season failures that have seen the Original Six franchise fail to advance since 2004 or hoist the Stanley Cup since 1967. "It's a hard one to explain, no doubt," said Tavares, Toronto's captain. The Tampa Bay Lightning built a 3-0 lead in the first period and survived a brief scare on the way to humiliating the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-3 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Tuesday.
The other froze at the first opportunity to once again - finally - flip its long playoff script. Once the puck dropped, however, one team was confident in its battle-tested, championship pedigree. TORONTO - John Tavares didn't have an answer.
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