It’s a Leafs team, as a whole, that has taken good steps defensively in Craig Berube’s first season behind the bench.
And lately, there has been an uptick in goals scored at five-on-five.
When the Leafs return from their three-day Christmas break, starting with a back-to-back set (in Detroit on Friday and at home to Washington on Saturday), they have to endeavour to find consistency in that area.
“You’re always trying to improve your defensive numbers and you’re always trying to create more offence without making the big sacrifice on the other end of things,” defenceman Morgan Rielly said. “In general, we can always create more offence. As a D corps, you want to be involved in that and I think we can do a better job of that. We’re always striving to improve in that area.”
