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RSS FeedsBruce Arthur: Leafs find new ways to blow Game 7 in Boston
(The Star Environment)

 
 

26 april 2018 08:47:57

 
Bruce Arthur: Leafs find new ways to blow Game 7 in Boston
(The Star Environment)
 


BOSTON—Jake Gardiner looked like he wouldn’t sleep for a long time, like his stomach would feel hollow and bottomless through some long summer nights. The defenceman ran his hand through his hair, stared into space, tried to say it honestly. Tough night.“Yeah, it was not the way we saw it going,” said Gardiner, after the Toronto Maple Leafs blew their third lead of the night in the third period and lost Game 7 to the Boston Bruins, 7-4. “Had a lead going into the third period, and personally I got to be better. A lot of this game is on me. And it’s just not good enough, especially in a game like this. It’s the most important game of the season, and I didn’t show up. There’s not much I can say, really.”It wasn’t all Gardiner’s fault, even if that’s what some people will howl. In the biggest game of the season, goaltender Frederik Andersen failed as well: the first two goals in the third period weren’t goals a Stanley Cup goaltender should let in, and his save percentage for the series was .860.All season, this team relied so heavily on the big Danish goalie. He made 120 more saves than any other goaltender in hockey, and is among the streakiest netminders there is. He packed all his selves into Game 7 and blew up, and the Leafs didn’t give him enough help to overcome it. On the goal to make it 6-4, David Pastrnak was left alone in front one last time for old time’s sake, with Gardiner standing in the wrong part of town at the end of a nightmare night for him. Gardiner has been a big part of this rebuild, but he was on the ice for five Boston goals, three at five-on-five, including two of the first three in the third.“Disappointed, because we were set up perfect going into the third,” said head coach Mike Babcock. “I thought we really played well the last 10 minutes of the second. We used all our people. We were fresh. I thought we were the fresher tea ...


 
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