"Fire Craig and the coaching team. This is crap": Maple Leafs fans irate as team squanders 2-goal lead in 4-2 loss to Capitals

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Maple Leafs fans irate as team squanders 2-goal lead in 4-2 loss to Capitals - Source: Imagn

Toronto Maple Leafs fans on social media were furious after the team squandered a two-goal lead in Friday's 4-2 loss to the Washington Capitals.

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The Leafs built a 2-0 advantage in the first two periods with goals from Morgan Rielly and Matthew Knies. However, they completely lost thereafter, surrendering four unanswered goals to the Capitals and dropping to 10-11-3.

The team has zero regulation wins in their last ten games. As the Leafs continue to struggle, frustration among the Toronto faithful is also growing unbearable.

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One tweeted:

"Fire Craig and the coaching team. This is crap."
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Another chimed in:

"I'm no professional but does the guy running the "system" know that getting doubled in shots and chances every night isn't a good thing."

Here are some of the other top reactions on X:

"Fans need to stop devoting time and money to this team, some things will never change if you keep supporting the same garbage effort game in and game out," a third fan wrote.
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"What a waste of life...dump and chase, smash myself in the face. hard to watch the style, hard to watch losers, hard to watch chokers..." one disgruntled fan posted.
"Tell Craig to switch up the system because dump and chase f*****g sucks. Love this team but this is frustrating!!!" another opined.
"Sucks for tonight, but it’s the best case scenario. This team isn’t winning anything. Finish bottom 5, keep your pick, draft a good player, and reset the franchise with different people in charge. That’s the best case scenario," another chimed in.
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The Leafs return to action against the Pittsburgh Penguins (12-6-5) at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday.

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On Friday, the Toronto Maple Leafs lost 4-2 to the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena. The Caps improved their record to 14-9-2, sitting third in the Metro Division.

Morgan Rielly was the lone scorer in the first period, giving the Maple Leafs a 1-0 lead at 3:07. Matthew Knies extended the lead to 2-0 at 2:49 of the second period. Connor McMichael cut the deficit to 2-1 for Washington before heading into the third period.

The Caps rallied in the final period. Anthony Beauvillier tied the game 2-2 at 13:16. Jakob Chychrun gave Washington their first lead of the night, 3-2, at 16:04. With two seconds remaining and Toronto’s net empty, Tom Wilson sealed the victory with an empty-net goal.

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Edited by Abhishek Dilta
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