After six post-seasons of first-round exits, Toronto Maple Leafs fans felt confident that this would be their year.
That excitement, however, quickly diminished as the Tampa Bay Lightning opened the scoring less than two minutes into Game 1, then again six minutes later and once more with less than three seconds left in the period.
The night would only get worse for the Maple Leafs after Michael Bunting was assessed a match penalty and ejected from the game for an illegal check to the head on Lightning's Erik Cernak. The Lightning went on to score two goals on that power play and won the game 7-3 as fans at Scotiabank Arena booed their team off the ice.
Needless to say, this was not the start to this playoff series that fans had hoped for. Here are some reactions:
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