Auston Matthews, Maple Leafs killing Canucks confidence
Auston Matthews and Wayne Simmonds scored a pair of goals each as the Maple Leafs beat the Canucks 5-1, making it four straight losses for Vancouver. | February 7, 2021, 1:02 AM
February 7, 2021, 1:02 AM
TORONTO – Perhaps even more than boosting their own stock during back-to-back routs, the Toronto Maple Leafs are crashing the Vancouver Canucks .
Prior to arriving this week in the East, land of the 4 p.m. PT start, the Canucks were riding a four-game win streak. That spike of good fortune now feels like GameStop mirage, propped up by defeating the rebuilding Senators and abruptly pounded down to earth, first by Tyler Toffoli’s Canadiens and now even more fiercely by a Maple Leafs squad that has learned to hammer the gas pedal.