"This Toronto Maple Leafs team seems incapable of capitalizing on momentum of any kind, and it's getting more painful to watch by the day. On Thursday night, they were shut out 4-0 by the Washington Capitals and limited to only 22 shots, going 0-for-5 on the power play with Auston Matthews and William Nylander kept from the scoresheet and from making any sort of impact."
"There was the blowout win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. There was the feel-good win over the Utah Mammoth that Matias Maccelli (who, at this point, probably deserves another look) scored the game winning goal in. And there was the thrilling comeback at home against the Chicago Blackhawks on the night they honoured Joe Bowen. All opportunities where the Leafs could have taken the moral points and used it to spark some positive momentum, and failed to."
"The Leafs failed to get any sort of offensive zone time both at even strength, and embarrassingly enough, on the power play. They seemed to lose any sort of footspeed they carried on their zone entries, and it resulted in countless giveaways and no real threatening chances with the man advantage. It got to a point where, on their fifth power play, head coach Craig Berube sent the second unit out while down 3-0."
The Toronto Maple Leafs were shut out 4-0 by the Washington Capitals, limited to 22 shots and went 0-for-5 on the power play with Auston Matthews and William Nylander ineffective. Several recent wins offered chances to build momentum — over the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Utah Mammoth where Matias Maccelli scored the winner, and a comeback versus the Chicago Blackhawks — but the team failed to string wins together and has not won more than three straight. Offensive zone time has been scarce at even strength and on the power play, zone entries have lost footspeed, causing giveaways and few genuine scoring chances. Responsibility for the uninspired, uncreative play is shared between the coach and the players.
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