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There has been so much attention on the stars in this series. And with good reason.



Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak were so good in Games 1 and 2. Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and Morgan Rielly answered in Game 3.



We knew coming in that the best players could decide this series. But one of the most logical paths for the Maple Leafs to have a hope was going to be play Bergeron's line to a draw and then go to work against their lesser lines and D pairs.



Few teams can match Toronto's offensive talent on lines two through four, so the Leafs had a chance if the Marners, Kadris and JVRs did damage.



What we're seeing in some of the analytics so far is that the Leafs are definitely winning that battle when...