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Let’s start off by conceding the Toronto Maple Leafs are a very good hockey team with lots of firepower and a goaltender who is on a hot streak.

Conversely, the Canadiens aren’t a very good hockey team and the goaltender whose play had given them a semblance of respectability appears to have a hit a wall.

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The question in the locker room after Saturday’s 6-0 loss to the Leafs was which loss was worse — the Saturday night massacre or Thursday’s embarrassing 5-4 loss to the Arizona Coyotes who have the worst record in the NHL.

“A loss is a loss,” said Charlie Lindgren, who gave up five goals in each of the games. “They both feel brutal, especially at home. We definitely have to be better.”

Lindgren said he had no problem with the fans who showered the team with boos before they started leaving midway through the third period.

“We earned those boos,” said Lindgren, who didn’t allow more than two goals in his first eight NHL starts. “(Losing) 6-0 on our home soil, it’s embarrassing.”