Stanley Cup Playoffs - Round 1 - Gm 5. Bolts @ Leafs; 7:30 pm EST | ESPN2, Sportsnet, CBC, TVA Sports

[PromisedLand]

Summary of past 4 games:

1. Gm 1: Tampa sucked, Leafs ruled (scored first)
2. Gm 2: Leafs sucked, Tampa ruled (scored first)
3. Gm 3: Tampa sucked, Leafs ruled (scored first)
4. Gm 4: Leafs sucked, Tampa ruled (scored first)
5. Gm 5: ???

Tampa hasn't lost 2 in a row. Tampa's record after a loss is incredible. What does that mean for the Leafs?

Have to win Game 5

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Line up: (will update as recent updates become available)

Leafs
Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Mikheyev-Tavares-Kerfoot
Engvall-Kampf-Nylander
Spezza-Blackwell-Kase

Rielly Lyubushkin
Muzzin Brodie
Giordano Holl

Campbell
Kallgren


Bolts
Palat-Stamkos-Kucherov
Killorn-Cirelli(?)-Point
Hagel-Paul-Colton
Maroon-Bellemare-Perry

Hedman Cernak
McDonagh Bogosian
Sargachev Foote

Vasilevskiy
Elliot

GO LEAFS GO

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[PROUD PAPA]

Well i can't score first but i can post first.
Done my part.
GLG

 

[Rob Brown]

 

[PROUD PAPA]

That's so me today.

 

[Seras]

Keep winning the odd numbered games GLG!

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

go tampa!

 

[CupsOverCash]

It means whoever scores first means their fans can feel like they won the game right? Right??

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Is it time to break up Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner?​

MAY 10, 2022, 6:00 AM | KYLE CUSHMAN
Heading into Game 5, the series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning is exactly where many expected it to be: tied 2-2 coming back to Toronto.
There has been plenty to take away from the first four games of the series, but one of the biggest points of interest coming out of the two games in Tampa Bay is the dominance of the Alex Killorn, Brayden Point, and Anthony Cirelli unit. That line, along with the pairing of Victor Hedmanand Erik Cernak, were matched against the Maple Leafs top line of Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner, and quite simply smothered them.
In Game 4, Matthews and Marner generated just one shot attempt against Tampa Bay’s shutdown unit. Despite the Maple Leafs win in Game 3, it was much of the same story, with Matthews and Marner coming in at a sub-30 per cent Corsi-for against Killorn, Point, and Cirelli.
With Toronto’s top line being shut down by Tampa’s matchup line and the Leafs failing to generate much at 5v5 from their second line, that begs the question: Is it time to break up Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner?

 

[M2Beezy]

Impossible to predict series, think Ive got one of four games right so far. Therefore I believe Toronto will win this 5-3 AINEC

 

[CupsOverCash]

Buck the trend!!

 

[AvroArrow]

go tampa!

Damn you hate us that much eh can't blame you.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Damn you hate us that much eh can't blame you.

I actually don't hate the leafs but misery loves company and what not you know how it is.

 

[GM Armchair]

I just hope there isn’t a penalty called every 2 minutes of this game

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

LETS GOOOOOOOO BOLTS!!!!!!!

 

[RuthlessLieutenant]

Pattern says leafs win and tampa sucks tonight

 

[HockeyVirus]

Basically if the Leafs lose tonight, it's GG's. They are not beating Tampa twice in a row, and certainly not in a game 7. They need to win tonight and then hope they get lucky in game 6.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Tampa never sucked, they just chose to let the Leafs win according to these threads.

 

[Pink Mist]

Ah shit here we go again

Tampa never sucked, they just chose to let the Leafs win according to these threads.

And Jon Cooper

 

[D Wakaluk]

So, first goal wins?

 

[thegr8one66]

C'mon Leafs! Your arena/crowd is electric and awesome to watch/hear! Hope you can take down the Lightning!

 

[missionAvs]

Go Bolts!

 

[missingjibbsclub]

Bandwagoner ^

 

[CDN24]

So, first goal wins?

no this one goes to OT- Last one wins

 

[StammerHammer]

My predictions for tonight.

Tampa wins. Refs suck.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Go refs! Errr Bolts!