TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs‘ season has come down to one game, and head coach Mike Babcock says they should embrace it.
The Leafs defeated the Boston Bruins 3-1 on Monday night to tie their best-of-seven opening round series at three games apiece.
The deciding game will be played Wednesday in Boston.
There’s obvious pressure involved in a deciding game, but Babcock feels it’s chance for a team to prove it’s capable of winning big contests.
Toronto should have momentum heading into the deciding contest, having won the last two games to erase an early 3-1 series deficit.
Toronto will try to win its second series after trailing 3-1 in its history. The Leafs rallied from a 3-0 deficit against Detroit in the 1942 Stanley Cup final.
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