The coach had a few words for his goaltender on the evening, Joseph Woll, who let five pucks go past him on 24 shots to wrap up the loss with a putrid .791 save percentage. No need to mention (because Keefe already did), Woll let the first shot he saw in.
“You can’t let in the first shot of the game,” Keefe said. “That is two in a row now. But the chances we gave up tonight were egregious. There are lots of issues in front of him.”
The Leafs haven’t won more than two consecutive games since they put up a seven-game winning streak from mid to late February. That being said, they haven’t lost more than two straight either, alternating two-game winning and losing streaks from March 9 through March 26.
As things stand, Toronto is the third-best team in the Atlantic Division having 89 points in 71 games. The Maple Leafs should not have a problem holding onto that place, as they lead the Tampa Bay Lightning by four points, let alone dropping outside of the postseason picture.
The Washington Capitals follow the Lightning as the second wild-card seed but the Caps have a much lower 81 points and the next team in the read, the Detroit Red Wings, have just 79 points and one more game played through Tuesday’s slate.
