Maple Leafs' Craig Berube Calls Out Team's Performance In Front Joseph Woll In Loss To The Blues
After a pair of wins during the annual mentors' trip, the Maple Leafs fell back to their listless ways in an uninspired loss to the St. Louis Blues.
ST. LOUIS — The Toronto Maple Leafs played their first game without their mentors present since rattling off back-to-back wins against the Boston Bruins and New York Rangers , and their effort on the ice made it look like they needed them back. The Maple Leafs fell 5-1 to the St.
Louis Blues . It looked like it was going to be one of those nights for the Leafs early on, when a four-minute power play for Toronto midway through the first period generated no shots on goal for the man-advantage. From there, things snowballed.
Justin Holl , playing in just his sixth NHL game this season, scored his second goal since 2024 when he departed the Leafs; notably, both of those goals occurred against Toronto. Although Jake McCabe scored early in the third period to cut St. Louis’s lead to 2-1, Pius Suter scored a shorthanded goal shortly after, deflating any hopes of a Toronto comeback.
It was a listless effort by Toronto’s skaters. "We had one player show up tonight, and that was our goalie. That's really what it boils down to," Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube said after the game.