Jake Muzzin, who was 6-4 in possible series-clinching games with the Los Angeles Kings, said the key for the Maple Leafs will be to be aggressive against what he expects to be a desperate Bruins team.
"You don't sit back, that's for sure. You go after it, and it's the toughest game to win because they're desperate all right," Muzzin said. "We have to be just as desperate and hungry, we can't sit back and let them take the game to us. We have to go out and play our game and use the home ice tomorrow as our advantage."
Auston Matthews, who has five points (four goals, one assist) and has scored in each of the past three games, including the first goal in Game 5, said he wants the Maple Leafs to carry the same mindset into Game 6 as they have on the road during this series.
"The first 10 minutes, the way we've played in their rink have been really important for us," Matthews said. "We know the atmosphere is going to be great in Game 6, physical and just getting over that, weathering the storm on the road has been really important. For us on home ice now, we want to start on time and attack early. It's the same mindset as every other game. Everybody has to be on the same page and we have to have that killer instinct from the start. We're in a good position here on home ice."
John Tavares said nobody is looking beyond the first round.
"You have to keep staying with the focus that we've had," Tavares said. "Nothing's been accomplished yet, we have to go out and play well and execute at a high level and leave it all out there. We've been doing a lot of good things and lots of parts of our game have started to come along, but we know we need to get to another level knowing they're going to bring their best."