The Craig Berube revenge game turned out to be an absolute dud. The Maple Leafs welcomed their head coach’s former team to town and the St Louis Blues handed it to the Leafs, from start to finish, winning handily 5-1. Joseph Woll made his first start of the season after battling a groin injury the past couple of weeks. He’d make 21 saves on 26 shots and certainly wasn’t as sharp as we normally see. Woll gets a pass on his season-opening performance because he hadn’t played since Oct.5, and that was to close out the preseason. The regular season is a different beast. The Blues opened the scoring on their third shot just over four minutes into the first period. Defenseman Philip Broberg blasted a seeing-eye clapper past Woll, and while the traffic in front didn’t help, it was hard to ignore the fact Woll was fighting the puck early on. Not long after, Jake McCabe took a high-sticking penalty after clipping former Leaf Kasperi Kapanen under the visor. After a defensive breakdown, Blues’ forward Dylan Holloway would make no mistake all alone in front for his second of the season, to make it 2-0 St Louis. Just over ten minutes in and the Maple Leafs were once again behind the eight ball. Toronto had two power plays in the first period and couldn’t get one past Richmond Hill native Jordan Binnington. Both power play units had decent looks, but nothing to show for it. Their continued struggles with the man advantage must be keeping assistant coach Marc Savard up at night. Woll made his best save of the period with a minute left in the opening frame. It was a huge stop late to keep the Maple Leafs in the game heading into the intermission, and likely a save that kept him from being pulled in between periods. Woll OWNS his crease with a massive save for the Leafs pic.twitter.com/77yo9F3L7l