Sheldon Keefe says the best is yet to come in this series; the Leafs have more to give in Game 4
The Leafs are, at least for the time being, in control of the Tampa Bay Lightning in their round one series, currently holding a 2-1 series lead heading into Sunday evening's Game 4. A win on Sunday would put the Leafs up 3-1 and provide the club with 3 chances to close out the series, but we all know that Tampa doesn't plan to make it that easy.
On Saturday, the Leafs took it easy for the most part, having a light practice and taking the necessary time to rest in preparation of what is a very important Game 4. Still, despite being up in the series, Leafs bench boss Sheldon Keefe believes that his team has more to give.
"We feel good about winning a game on the road here and giving ourselves a 2-1 lead here in the series. But I know our team can play better and we're going to have to play better. So that's our focus. Today's a bit of recovery day for the team. But certainly as we get into tomorrow, we'll look to getting our team to play even better."
If the Leafs truly do have another gear that they can find, finding it tonight could be the key to setting themselves up with the best chance at taking a commanding series lead and an opportunity to close out the series back in Toronto this coming week.
Of course, if Andrei Vasilevskiy has anything to say about it, the Leafs won't be taking a 3-1 series lead back to Toronto for Game 5. The 27-year-old netminder is 15-0 in the last 3 playoffs when coming off of a loss.
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