In 2019, SI‘s S.L. Value christened the Toronto Maple Leafs’ plight “one particular of the world’s final excellent championship droughts.”
That sentiment will keep true for yet another calendar year.
The Maple Leafs misplaced 2–1 in additional time Saturday to the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the two teams’ very first spherical collection, guaranteeing that Toronto will remain Stanley Cup-considerably less as it has every 12 months given that 1967.
Additional promptly, in extended the Maple Leafs’ notorious streak of Game 7 losses to six—four of which have appear to the Bruins in 2013, ’18, ’19 and now ’24.
All 4 of those people losses came in Boston.
Boston right wing David Pastrňák netted the winner at 1:54 of the additional time to send the Bruins to the next round, where they will satisfy the Florida Panthers. The objective came after a wild sequence wherever Toronto approximately received the match late in regulation.
The Maple Leafs’ very last triumph in a Sport 7 arrived versus the Ottawa Senators in the conference quarterfinals on April 20, 2004.
