The Toronto Maple Leafs extended their losing streak to eight games on Tuesday night, falling 3-1 to the Montreal Canadiens on the road and still without a win since a victory over the Edmonton Oilers well over a month ago.

The Leafs allowed two goals in the first period, a deficit that, at one time, they would have had no issue mounting to get back into the game. But, with the 2025-26 Leafs, it feels like there’s no getting them back. Head coach Craig Berube explained that the Leafs have allowed a bad sequence to dictate games far too often lately.

“You don’t have to dominate a period,” Berube said. “You’ve got to defend. Throughout this stretch, there’s been a lot of good hockey, but then there’s that stretch of, if it’s a period or a 10-minute stretch, where teams score 2 or 3 goals.”

The Leafs have scored three goals in two losses since the trade deadline, a trend that’s been bubbling for quite some time now, and Berube called on his players to get their hands dirtier to find the offence.

“Right now we can’t find the back of the net,” Berube continued. “So, you know, when this is going on, we gotta keep the puck out of our net as much as possible and hopefully find our scoring. You know, we need more guys to dig in.”

One player who brought the energy was Bo Groulx, the Toronto Marlies’ current leading scorer who was called up earlier in the day for his season debut. Berube pointed to Groulx’s performance as positive from the game despite the outcome.

“In the minors, he’s put up some real good numbers down there, and I was pretty impressed with a couple of plays that he did tonight, challenged defencemen and beat them. You know, they [his line] had a couple of good scoring chances.”

The Maple Leafs will hit the ice again on Thursday when they host the Anaheim Ducks.

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