Babcock complains of lack of effort as New Jersey Devils end Leafs’ perfect start
TORONTO — Coach Mike Babcock warned his Leafs about the danger of the young Devils but the message apparently did not get through.
Miles Wood and Pavel Zacha each scored twice and the unbeaten New Jersey Devils recorded the franchise’s first-ever 3-on-5 goal in a 6-3 win over Toronto on Wednesday night, ending the Maple Leafs’ perfect start to the NHL season.
Babcock was unimpressed by a 50-shot barrage on Devils goaltender Cory Schneider, complaining instead about a lack of effort from his team.
“We didn’t have any snap, we didn’t have any juice, we didn’t win any battles,” he said in a pithy post-game news conference that lasted all of two minutes nine seconds.