Little breakdowns here and there have stung, like Scott Laughton’s inability to get a puck out shortly before Sam Bennett gave the Panthers a two-goal lead last week, or Auston Matthews and Jake McCabe’s failure to win puck battles along the wall before Tanev was beat for inside positioning before the Sens scored over the weekend.

With the Toronto Maple Leafs taking on the Colorado Avalanche tonight, coach Craig Berube knows how hard it is to stop Avs star Nathan MacKinnon. How do you solve a problem like Nathan MacKinnon?

The Toronto Maple Leafs' recent hiccups have caused them to lose some footing in the Atlantic Division. Now in third place and tied with the Tampa Bay Lightning with 81 points, the Leafs have allowed the Ottawa Senators to creep up with only a four-point lead from dropping into a wild-card