Craig Berube on the Leafs receiving zero power plays in Washington: "I don't think it's on us... We worked and competed... We had good offensive-zone time"

"I don't know if it got away from us. If you look at scoring chances, we out-chanced them in that period, but in the defensive zone, they had the one goal where we just didn't seal up. We got stick lifted, first of all, and then they made a play up the wall to Ovi. We have to have that backdoor sealed up."

"They got roaming around on that next goal, and again, a seam pass got us. It is a couple of seam passes they got us on there. We need to have better sticks and better coverage. And we have to finish. We had some opportunities to finish on some plays; I mean, we had three breakaways, and we have to finish. We didn't finish."

The Maple Leafs took an early lead, killed penalties, and scored off one of those opportunities, while generating several offensive looks. Defensive breakdowns in the third period allowed Washington to score twice on seam passes and a backdoor chance created after a stick lift. The team out-chanced the opponent late but failed to finish on high-quality opportunities, including three breakaways. The Leafs received zero power plays despite sustained offensive-zone time. Lineup adjustments included scratching Max Domi for a reset and returning Dakota Joshua and Matias Maccelli, with Joshua playing well and Maccelli showing mixed puck-management results.

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