For the second straight game, Morgan Rielly made a play that led to the Leafs losing.



“Just some miscommunication between the forward and I,” Rielly said of himself and Auston Matthews (likely) on the pinch which allowed the Senators to score the go-ahead goal with just over three minutes left to win 4-3 on Wednesday night. “It’s my fault for going.”



It was two nights earlier against Columbus that the 23-year-old coughed up the puck on a long outlet pass to Patrick Marleau, leading to the Blue Jackets tying the game. They went on to win it in overtime.



But Rielly, currently playing the best hockey of his career while exploding offensively, is not someone the Maple Leafs have to spend much time worrying about. The rest of the defence though is another story. There are some big questions to answer there with 37 games to go in the regular season and the Feb. 26 trade deadline looming.



That was evident again in the...