Aggression and assertiveness were qualities sorely lacking through the Maple Leafs' Game 4 disappointment at home, and thus positioned Game 5 as a referendum on the club's character. The Leafs certainly answered their critics. (@lukefoxjukebox) www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/playing-for-our-lives-maple-leafs-pass-character-test-with-ot-thriller/

Leafs lines in warm-up Bertuzzi - Domi - Marner Knies - Tavares - Nylander Robertson - Holmberg - Jarnkrok Dewar - Kampf - Reaves Rielly - Lyubushkin Benoit - McCabe Edmundson - Liljegren Woll starts Samsonov Game 5 in Boston @TSN_Edge

A reporter was asking John Tavares about potential excuses in the series with William Nylander & Auston Matthews both missing time Leafs captain cut off the question "We're focused on [Game 5] ... We just have to come out & bring our best" www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/tavares-cuts-off-question-about-potential-excuses-for-leafs~2912450

The Leafs chances of advancing have jumped up to 28% with that win. Still long way to go but some hope moneypuck.com/predictions.htm