The Maple Leafs had a hammer cocked and aimed at the final nail in the Senators’ coffin. But this is an elimination game and these are the Leafs, and nothing comes easy in late April.
Luke Fox digs into Toronto’s missed chance at a clean sweep.
KANATA, Ont. — The Toronto Maple Leafs had a hammer cocked and aimed at the final nail in the Ottawa Senators’ coffin.
But, alas, this is an elimination game, and these are the Maple Leafs, and nothing comes easy in late April.
Even when the second round — and a week’s rest — is so close you can taste it.
And so, when the visiting side battled back from 0-2 and 2-3 deficits in Game 4 at Canadian Tire Centre to trigger a third straight next-goal-wins nailbiter, a Drake Batherson double minor for high-sticking Chris Tanev some 200 feet from the Senators’ net was the chance to finish the job.
The hottest power-play in hockey had 240 seconds to punch its ticket to Round 2. Eight shots and one pinged post were not enough, however.
The brooms remained in the closet, and those pesky Senators won the special-teams battle and reversed momentum.
Jake Sanderson sifted a point shot past a well-screened Anthony Stolarz to seal a 4-3 overtime victory and force this sucker back to Toronto.
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