"Old friend Nazem Kadri shouldn't have been able to cleanly slice through both Easton Cowan and Dakota Joshua in the neutral zone before laying it off to Jonathan Huberdeau inside the line, and you'd like to see one of Nic Roy or Oliver Ekman-Larsson's sticks take away the passing lane to the weakside forward, Morgan Frost, who made it 1-1 with a nice finish at the back post."
"Despite the slow start - and with the assistance of a good kill around the midway point - the Leafs should've benefited from the Flames' parade to the penalty box (three penalties) in the second half of the opening frame by tying the game, at a minimum. They fired 13 shot attempts but couldn't get anything to go; the zone time, puck movement, and battle to win pucks back after the shot attempts were reasonably solid, but they couldn't find their breakthrough."
Toronto overcame a slow start and earned two points after stronger play in the final 40 minutes. Early in the game the Flames controlled play and scored on a rush created when Nazem Kadri sliced through the neutral zone, which led to a Morgan Frost finish. Toronto's rush defense showed vulnerabilities and allowed open seams in its defensive zone. Despite a solid kill and sustained pressure that produced 13 shot attempts during a stretch of Flames penalties, Toronto could not capitalize. Tactical experimentation with Nylander down low and Matthews skating downhill generated promising looks and contributed to an eventual five-on-five breakthrough early in the second period.
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