The Toronto Maple Leafs' bench altercation was explained by the Sportsnet panel in an intervention yesterday ahead of the fifth clash against the Boston Bruins. If you recall, back in game 4, the Maple Leafs leaders caused a big stir when Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and William Nylander got into it at the bench. Nylander even said to Marner to stop f*cking crying. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/PuckReportNHL/status/1784403929029132376'> </a></blockquote></div> Sportsnet's panel, featuring Elliotte Friedman, explained what led to that altercation. According to him, the teammates were fighting about a play that didn't go down like they would've wanted to. After a faceoff, it looks like Nylander didn't pass the puck to the right player. The puck was meant to go to Morgan Rielly, but sent it to Jake McCabe instead: <q>The panel breaks down the play that led to the Maple Leafs argument on the bench in Game 4.</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1785444540272308596'> </a></blockquote></div> Fortunately, both Nylander and Marner managed to bounce back. After getting criticized by experts accross the NHL for his bad first games of the playoffs, Marner was arguably the best player in game 5. <q>#NHL GameScore Impact Card for Toronto Maple Leafs on 2024-04-30: #LeafsForever</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/hockeystatcards/status/1785490169744814468'> </a></blockquote></div> It'll be critical for him to perform the same way in game 6. With Auston Matthews' status still uncertain, he'll need to have an impact if he wants to avoid elimination. Source: Hockey Patrol - <a href='https://www.hockeypatrol.com/nhl-team/toronto-maple-leafs/sportsnet-panel-breaks-down-what-led-to-the-leafs-bench-altercation' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Sportsnet panel breaks down what led to the Leafs bench altercation</a>