The Toronto Maple Leafs are once again facing playoff doubt and past ghosts after dropping back-to-back games to the Ottawa Senators and missing another chance to close out a series. Tuesday’s 4-0 loss at home trimmed the Leafs' lead to 3-2 in the first-round playoff matchup and extended a franchise trend of postseason letdowns.

Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews is once again under tremendous heat from the fans following a playoff loss. On The post “He is the problem,” Auston Matthews under TREMENDOUS heat from fans following Maple Leafs’ Game 5 loss against Senators appeared first on FirstSportz.

Suddenly, after winning the past two games of the best-of-7 series, the Senators have momentum in their favor as they’ve narrowed the Maple Leafs’ lead in the series to 3-2 heading into Game 6 in Ottawa on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TBS, MAX).