Toronto Maple Leafs: What needs to change going into Game 3 vs. Bruins

Stop being careless with the puck

The worst thing the Leafs can do is give the Bruins free chances. For example, the giveaway by William Nylander on the third goal in Game 2 is something that cannot happen especially that easily.

Give Boston credit for bucking down defensively giving the Leafs no room to breathe but Toronto didn’t help their case by handling the puck like a grenade. This was something Babcock alluded to after the game.

"“It’s nothing we didn’t talk about or prepare, for but we didn’t execute,” Babcock told Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun. “Instead of getting the puck in and getting on their defence, we turned it over. In the end, that cost us.”"

The Bruins had an easy time getting prime especially with Toronto giving them opportunities like Jake Muzzin missing the pass attempt that led to the Brad Marchand goal.

If the Leafs want to avoid that in Game 3, they will need to buckle down and play with more backbone which doesn’t mean playing more physically, rather, they need to be more aggressive on the forecheck and not be careless with the puck.