The opportunity at hand is not lost on Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares. And he says it's a great one for his team to rise to.
Toronto holds a 3-1 lead in its first-round playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning heading into Game 5 on Thursday at Scotiabank Arena. The Maple Leafs have not won a playoff series since 2004 and are 2-17 over their last 19 post-season contests when leading a series.
“We're up against a tough opponent, it's a tough challenge, so it's a great opportunity to rise to that and go out there and play well.” “I think, obviously, finding ways to win those two games, not playing our best, shows us that, 'Hey, we're a good team here, we could find a way,”' said forward Ryan O'Reilly. “Over the course of a seven-game series, there are ones that you got to steal and that's what we did.
Despite having a much different roster from that 2020-21 season, Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe says the collective memory from that collapse still lingers.
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