Leafs pushed to the brink of elimination with their latest loss to Boston 3-1 at home, by Chris Pomay

Toronto, Ontario- (Scotiabank Arena)

20,816 days since a Cup win in Toronto (1967) and their last Stanley Cup Final Appearance in the original six league.

1,526 days since losing to an AHL Zamboni driver.

23,763 days since winning a playoff series against the @NHLBruins in 1959.

Maple Leafs only one playoff series win since 2004, (2023 beating Tampa Bay in 6 games)..

1-7 record vs the Bruins in the regular season and in the playoffs combined and have not beaten Boston in the playoffs since 1959. Can the Leafs win 3 straight games vs Boston to win this series in 7 games and win 3 straight games at TD Garden in Boston?

Boston goalie Jeremy Swayman is now 6-0 vs the Maple Leafs this season 3-0 in regular season, and 3-0 in this series.

Auston Matthews, 69 goals in the regular season has only 1 goal in 4 games vs Boston and Matthews did not return for the 3rd period of this game (apparent speculation suffering from food poisoning) and the Leafs switched goalies in the 3rd with back up Joseph Woll in for starter Ilya Samsonov.

The Maple Leafs have not played in the Eastern Conference Championship series (3rd round) since 2002 vs Carolina and losing in 6 games to the Hurricanes.

If the Leafs lose this series in game #5 to Boston or even 6 or 7? MLSE seriously has to make major changes to upper management, coaching staff and trade John Tavares and Mitch Marner, as this core 5 has been together since 2016 they are no longer rookies.

Note: Make that 6 straight playoff losses at home for the #Leafs (Scotiabank Arena) Last playoff home win was Thursday, April 20th, 2023 defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-2 in game #2 of their first round match up. The Leafs at the Scotiabank Arena since 2023 in the post season have now lost 7 out of their last 8 games, not much of a home ice advantage for the Toronto Maple Leafs these days.

Game #5 vs Boston is on Tuesday, April 30th at 7pm EST at the TD Garden in Boston, where the Leafs did win game #2, (3-2) on a Auston Matthews 3rd period goal.

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