There was each motive to surrender on the Toronto Maple Leafs going into Recreation 5 towards the Boston Bruins on Tuesday evening.
They had been down 3-1 within the sequence and dealing with elimination. Boston had outplayed them within the sequence. They’d years of playoff failures weighing on then.
Even worse, their finest participant, Auston Matthews was not obtainable.
None of these causes ended up mattering because the Maple Leafs fought off elimination and despatched the sequence again to Toronto for Recreation 6.
Matthew Knies ended up being the hero with the sport profitable objective to raise Toronto to a 2-1 win.
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