Want to win in the NHL playoffs? All you have to do is score three goals. JohnKryk breaks it down for you.
The moral of the numbers is obvious: Unless your goalie stands on his head, or the opposing team bounces too many pucks off the iron, or the breaks and officiating calls just go your way for a night, you’re likely not winning if you can’t score at a goal-per-period rate, minimum.The Leafs find themselves trailing their Round 2 series against the Florida Panthers 3-0. Why? Because the Leafs have scored exactly two goals in each of the first three games.
In Round 1, the Leafs failed to score as many as three goals against the Tampa Bay Lightning in only their last two games, losing 4-2 in Toronto in Game 5, but winning 2-1 in overtime in the deciding Game 6 in Tampa.Article content For those keeping score at home, the Leafs have now failed to score as many as three goals in each of their past five playoff games — the three against a Panthers team that has scored four, seven, four, four, three and three goals in its current six-game playoff win streak, dating back to Game 5 of their victorious Round 1 series against the Presidents Trophy-winning Boston Bruins.
So, yeah, doesn’t bode well for the Buds. Sure wasn’t a good time of year for Toronto’s offence to dry up.
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