Craig Berube after the Leafs' ugly loss in Montreal: "Until we decide to dig in and play the right way for 60 minutes on a consistent basis, it is going to be hard to pull yourself out of anything"

"Right off the first draw, we had an easy breakout, and we just don't make the easy play. We turn it over. When they're in our end, they make a couple of plays and passes. They got a couple of looks. That is basically what the period was, and then you take penalties because you're in your end too much, so we're killing. What did we kill? Three in a row? Basically, that was the second period."

"Well, he was excellent. I pulled him there because we were just giving freebies to them. I just said I'd had enough. Both. We're down a goalie already, so both. It was a tough one. Stecher kind of spun him. The shot was off. Woll probably wouldn't have got there. It was close. It was a tough one. I'd go back to probably the last three games. I thought we made good strides. I didn't mind our first period."

The Maple Leafs fell 5-2 to the Montreal Canadiens, dropping to 9-10-3. Joseph Woll performed well but was pulled after the team repeatedly gave the opponent freebies. The goalie removal aimed both to wake the team and conserve a netminder amid injuries. The loss stemmed from an early second-period turnover, sustained pressure, and multiple penalties that required three consecutive penalty kills. The goaltender-interference call on the opening goal was considered a close, difficult judgment. Returning injured players and consistently playing the right way for 60 minutes were identified as necessary to reverse the slump.

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