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There was every reason to give up on the Toronto Maple Leafs going into Game 5 against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.
They were down 3-1 in the series and facing elimination. Boston had outplayed them in the series. They had years of playoff failures weighing on then.
Even worse, their best player, Auston Matthews was not available.
None of those reasons ended up mattering as the Maple Leafs fought off elimination and sent the series back to Toronto for Game 6.
Matthew Knies ended up being the hero with the game winning goal to lift Toronto to a 2-1 win.
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