Summarize this content to 300 words TORONTO – In those long, sobering hours that follow a 7-3 playoff humbling on home ice, like the kind the Toronto Maple Leafs suffered in Game 1, truth can replace frustration. Fear is a dirty word in sports, particularly one where combatants push and shove, whack and slash, block and punch. Yet two wise voices in Leafs quarters — Mark Giordano and Luke Schenn — hit the nail on the head when they argued their team could not afford to play with fear in Game 2, as close to an early must-win at home as you might find. For Toronto’s opponent, the Tampa Bay Lightning, have never lost a series when going up 2-0 in franchise history. var adServerUrl = “”; var $el = $( “#video_container-579413” ); var permalink = $el.closest(‘.snet-single-article’).data(‘permalink’); /* if ( “1” == true && ‘undefined’ !== typeof window.getIndexAds ) { var so = {preroll:{1:{1:{siteID:191888},2:{siteID:191889}}}}; adServerUrl = window.getIndexAds( ‘http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640×360&cust_params=domain%3Dsportsnet.ca&iu=%2F7326%2Fen.sportsnet.web%2FVideo&ciu_szs=300×250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&ad_rule=1&vid=6325474047112&cmsid=384’, so, permalink); } else { adServerUrl = “http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640×360&cust_params=domain%3Dsportsnet.ca&iu=%2F7326%2Fen.sportsnet.web%2FVideo&ciu_szs=300×250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&ad_rule=1&vid=6325474047112&cmsid=384”; } */ adServerUrl = “http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640×360&cust_params=domain%3Dsportsnet.ca&iu=%2F7326%2Fen.sportsnet.web%2FVideo&ciu_szs=300×250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&ad_rule=1&vid=6325474047112&cmsid=384”; var adServerUrl_result = adServerUrl.includes(“cust_params”); var queryString=”; if(adServerUrl_result){ var gettheDUFI = localStorage.getItem(“theRED_loc”) if(gettheDUFI){ queryString += “dufiid=” + gettheDUFI + ‘&’; queryString += “ppid=” + gettheDUFI + ‘&’; var ppid = “ppid=” + gettheDUFI + ‘&’; } var DUFI_IP = sessionStorage.getItem(“DUFI_IP”) if(DUFI_IP){ queryString += “dufiip=” + DUFI_IP + ‘&’; } adServerUrl = adServerUrl.replace(/cust_params=/, ppid + ‘cust_params=” + encodeURIComponent(queryString) ); } $el.after( unescape(“%3Cscript src=”” + (document.location.protocol == “https:” ? 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Hesitant to make mistakes as opposed to eager to force their rivals into them. Well, deer-in-the-headlights hockey turned them into venison Tuesday, and from coach Sheldon Keefe on down, the club refused to stick to the same script Thursday. When Lightning coach Jon Cooper trotted out his best shutdown forwards — Alex Killorn, Anthony Cirelli and Brandon Hagel — for opening puck drop, Keefe chose not to shield his own top line — Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews and Calle Järnkrok — from the challenge this time around. Scared money don’t make no money. The stealthy Marner picked off the Lightning’s first breakout attempt, drove net-ward and drew a tripping penalty on defenceman Ian Cole. The Leafs’ best winger then pounded a slapper on the ensuing power-play, beating Andrei Vasilevskiy on the night’s first shot on goal, and triggering the first of seven renditions of Hall ’n’ Oates. var adServerUrl = “”; var $el = $( “#video_container-984746” ); var permalink = $el.closest(‘.snet-single-article’).data(‘permalink’); /* if ( “1” == true && ‘undefined’ !== typeof window.getIndexAds ) { var so = {preroll:{1:{1:{siteID:191888},2:{siteID:191889}}}}; adServerUrl = window.getIndexAds( ‘http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640×360&cust_params=domain%3Dsportsnet.ca&iu=%2F7326%2Fen.sportsnet.web%2FVideo&ciu_szs=300×250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&ad_rule=1&vid=6325468580112&cmsid=384’, so, permalink); } else { adServerUrl = “http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640×360&cust_params=domain%3Dsportsnet.ca&iu=%2F7326%2Fen.sportsnet.web%2FVideo&ciu_szs=300×250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&ad_rule=1&vid=6325468580112&cmsid=384”; } */ adServerUrl = “http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640×360&cust_params=domain%3Dsportsnet.ca&iu=%2F7326%2Fen.sportsnet.web%2FVideo&ciu_szs=300×250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&ad_rule=1&vid=6325468580112&cmsid=384”; var adServerUrl_result = adServerUrl.includes(“cust_params”); var queryString=”; if(adServerUrl_result){ var gettheDUFI = localStorage.getItem(“theRED_loc”) if(gettheDUFI){ queryString += “dufiid=” + gettheDUFI + ‘&’; queryString += “ppid=” + gettheDUFI + ‘&’; var ppid = “ppid=” + gettheDUFI + ‘&’; } var DUFI_IP = sessionStorage.getItem(“DUFI_IP”) if(DUFI_IP){ queryString += “dufiip=” + DUFI_IP + ‘&’; } adServerUrl = adServerUrl.replace(/cust_params=/, ppid + ‘cust_params=” + encodeURIComponent(queryString) ); } $el.after( unescape(“%3Cscript src=”” + (document.location.protocol == “https:” ? 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And by the time the Maple Leafs had dismantled the three-time defending Eastern Conference champs to the tune of 7-2, a nerve-racked hockey city found itself in a more relaxed mood on 4/20. Plenty of breath and ink will be wasted on fourth-line ice times and backup goalie readiness over the coming weeks, but ultimately the fate of these Leafs will — and should — rest with the core that general manager Kyle Dubas has been so loyal to: Marner, Auston Matthews, John Tavares, William Nylander, and Morgan Rielly. Even the newest Leaf knows this. “This is where they step up. In the biggest moments. In the playoffs,” said 20-year-old Matthew Knies, fresh off his playoff debut. “This is where we need them to step up, and they all did. They’re leaders in this locker room. I look up to all those guys. They set an example for us.” How’s this for example-setting? 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