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

[Rschmitz]

Cool, that's in the past, only the present and future are important to me. I'd never be ok with my team losing that game.

When you're consistently in the postseason, you lose more frustrating games than that. This reminds me of game 6 against the Isles last year

 

[More 2004]

Leafs will win the next game.

Tampa will look at that 2-0 blown lead and see that's where it fell apart for them

This is the most resilient hockey team I have ever watched. We aren't going to fold because of a 2-0 lead we gave up. Book that.

 

[bukwas]

Wow what a game. The emotional low from Tampa’s fast start to the euphoria of completing the comeback.
I thought for sure some OT was on tonight’s menu.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Leafs will win the next game.

Tampa will look at that 2-0 blown lead and see that's where it fell apart for them

The Leafs have always played down after a win this series and always getting their 3rd win.
Winning next game, would help in so many ways.

 

[Cotton]

Imagine trying for cup #3 to cement a dynasty and instead we let Toronto escape the 1st round for the first time in a generation

Let’s got nothing to do with it. If you haven’t caught on yet, they are pretty evenly match besides goaltending.

 

[Bedards Dad]

id forget about the past if i were a Leafs fan too lol. Our boys are tired. We will be right back in the mix next year. Truth be old Vasy hasn't looked right for months. Do I want to win? Of course.

It's not over yet. Buy all I hear is excuses. It's not like they won either of their cups in full seasons. No team that has won 2 modern cups has done it in less games.

 

[MLSE]

Nothing about the last game has anything to do with the next game.

There's a good chance this is going to 7 games, I just hope not haha.

 

[McSuper]

Thanks. I hope you lose tonight! .

Well I hope you lose the next 2 .

 

[pcruz]

He was the one guy who scared the crap out of me. Every time he had the puck he was dangerous. Far better than Matthews. Marner at times looked like he was playing for us instead of TO.

Nylander has a little bit of Kovalev syndrome.

He has all the tools.
All of them.
Better skater, puck handler, passer and play-maker than Matthews.
Better shot, puck handler, skater than Marner.

Yet he can't seem to convince himself of these facts on a regular basis.

I mean, he's not the best defensive player, but his defense stems from having the puck on his stick and creating.

Just keep him off the blue line FFS.

 

[Video Nasty]

What else can be said? Matthews scored the game winner and put his team up 3-2. Some Leafs fans on this site are some of the most wretched humans you could come across, but hats off to a huge effort and exciting validation to what the more palatable ones have been preaching.

If Toronto can bounce the two time champs in 6 games, they have as good of a shot as anyone remaining to hoist the Cup.

 

[Deadly Dogma]

Well I hope you lose the next 2 .

well I hope you lose the next......................................................................................all

 

[MLSE]

What else can be said? Matthews scored the game winner and put his team up 3-2. Some Leafs fans on this site are some of the most wretched humans you could come across, but hats off to a huge effort and exciting validation to what the more palatable ones have been preaching.

If Toronto can bounce the two time champs in 6 games, they have as good of a shot as anyone remaining to hoist the Cup.

"Most wretched humans you can come across"



Love you too my friend.

 

[dbieon12]

Cannot count on a Leafs series win until we see it happen. They have disappointed too many times.

Agreed but this one 'feels' different.

1. TOR is flying.
2. TOR series win would be poetic for them to close it out on the road against the 2-time Cup champion, breaking their 16-game non-losing back to back games in the postseason streak, and ending their own drought.

 

[Divine]

Tavares showed up today

His goal was the turning point. What a pass to Rielly to tie the game too

 

[zeke]

Thought the Leafs started the game well and then a nice bounce for Tampa gets them a goal and then a string of poopy penalties calls and suddenly the Leafs were in a tailspin.

Good on them for righting the ship and dominating the last two periods because imo that 1st period effort was nowhere near as bad as the scoreboard or shotclock said.

 

[Transplanted Caper]

Biggest win the Leafs have had in 18 years. Yeah, it's one game, and the last mountain still needs to be climbed, but after getting their teeth kicked in on Sunday night, to go down tonight, come back, and win that way is massive. Silent screaming watching it at my parents' place.

 

[AvroArrow]

Best game of the series by far. Let's GOOO!

 

[HabbyGuy]

I hate the leafs and in no way want them to win, but that was a helluva victory for them tonight, great, GREAT game. Honorable mention to the home crowd, in all my time watching the leafs they've never really enjoyed home ice adavantage when playing at home. The crowds were always just meh. But the crowd are definitely making a difference this year. I don't think the leafs win this game on the road. Kudos to them.

 

[Acesup]

For the love of God just win big in game 6 Toronto. Please no more deciding games my PTSD can't handle it.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

It's not over yet. Buy all I hear is excuses. It's not like they won either of their cups in full seasons. No team that has won 2 modern cups has done it in less games.

The Lightning take half the regular season off anyways, I don't see your point.

 

[FinnLightning26]

Let’s got nothing to do with it. If you haven’t caught on yet, they are pretty evenly match besides goaltending.

Yeah, Campbell has definitely outplayed Vasy. Then again, it shouldn't be a surprise after Vasy was shit for three months before the playoffs.

 

[BayStBullies]

Nylander has a little bit of Kovalev syndrome.

He has all the tools.
All of them.
Better skater, puck handler, passer and play-maker than Matthews.
Better shot, puck handler, skater than Marner.

Yet he can't seem to convince himself of these facts on a regular basis.

I mean, he's not the best defensive player, but his defense stems from having the puck on his stick and creating.

Just keep him off the blue line FFS.

Nylander needs a Marner

 

[34]

Well I hope you lose the next 2 .

I hope the Oilers lose the next 2 games and get turfed.

 

[Jmo89]

Cannot count on a Leafs series win until we see it happen. They have disappointed too many times.

It's been a mental thing for the Leafs for a awhile. As a Leafs fan in cautiously optimistic but also holding my breath a bit.

 

[MLSE]

For the love of God just win big in game 6 Toronto. Please no more deciding games my PTSD can't handle it.

This is exactly what I thought.