Paul Maurice on the difference in the Leafs' game from Game 5 to Game 6: "Not nearly as much as everybody in [the media] is going to write... They got killed for the last game, but they didn't deserve to"

In the aftermath of the Panthers’ 2-0 loss to the Maple Leafs, head coach Paul Maurice analyzed his team's struggles in capitalizing on offensive opportunities. He noted that the team was often late in getting shots off and acknowledged the effectiveness of Toronto's defense, including their 31 blocked shots. Maurice emphasized that despite the scoreboard, the game was tightly contested, with limited offensive chances on both sides. He also praised the Leafs' strong penalty kill, which stifled the Panthers' scoring attempts throughout the game.

We didn't get the puck there early enough. We launched it a bunch of times - we were in the 80s - but I thought we were just late with the puck.

It was a pretty tight game. It didn't feel like that on the scoreboard, but when you watch the game... this one will look a lot like that.

We were late getting it off our stick, or we were looking for something maybe slightly better. They did a good job of it, for sure.

They worked hard and played hard tonight. I thought that in the last game... they didn't deserve to, in my opinion.

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