Just one day removed from making his Maple Leafs debut, goaltender Frederik Andersen sat in the dressing room, candidly picking apart his recent performance.



“Since I’ve come back here, I find myself second-guessing myself in situations a little bit,” he said. “And I think you just have to get your confidence back and battle and then you will trust yourself more and more and you’ll get better with the confidence that you have.”



For the most part, these were issues that the Danish goaltender had hoped to alleviate ahead of the season opener. But the long-range goals and rebound control issues that come with some rink rust plagued him on Wednesday night during the Leafs’ season-opening loss to the Ottawa Senators.



“I think you have to get in more games before you feel fully comfortable. I think I’m closer,” Andersen said. “But obviously I expect to play better. I still have work to do. Obviously...