Sheldon Keefe on the Leafs' home fans buzzing whenever Auston Matthews (69 goals) touched the puck: "That was a major distraction... It doesn't help us with what we are trying to accomplish on the ice, but it is exciting. I get it."

The players just decided it was important. That is it. We know how to play. When it is time to play, we show what we are capable of.

Once we decided it was important, you saw the difference.

We have shown over long periods of time that we know how to play, and that was not us out there. We needed to be better.

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