In Toronto, Frederik Andersen made 20 saves and the Maple Leafs shut out the Columbus Blue Jackets, 3-0, in Game 2 of their series.
“I thought we played pretty well in the first period, and the second period I think we just tried to stick with it,” the Leafs’ Austotn Matthews said. “And [Hyman] made a great play, and I just tried to deflect it toward the net and it just happened to go in.”
Matthews broke through in the middle frame to give the Leafs a 1-0 lead.
“It’s the postseason, so everything is tight out there and obviously goals are hard to come by,” Matthews said. “It was nice to get that one and kind of jump-start a nice push.”
John Tavares struck on a breakaway for a 2-0 lead
“I think we were just quicker tonight, and that’s not just necessarily the way we’re moving our feet, but I think just our execution and the way we moved the puck,” Tavares said.
Morgan Reilly added an empty net goal in the final minute to seal the win.
“You know what guys, I’m not going to break the game down at all,” Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella said. “Toronto played a really good game, we [stunk]. But I’m not interested … it doesn’t help our club right now to break it down with you guys, so I hope you can understand that.”
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Joonas Korpisalo made 35 saves in the loss, one game after shuting out the Leafs in Game 1.
“I just don’t think we were sharp tonight as we have been,” the Blue Jackets’ Nick Foligno said. “I think that was the biggest difference. I mean, you can dissect it any way you want, but it ultimately just came down to we didn’t play a very good game. And it’s unacceptable. I’m not making excuses for it, but we have a great opportunity to come back and play the right way and try to get the lead in the series again.”
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