Leafs’ Komarov thriving in super-pest role vs. Ovechkin, Caps
TORONTO — Leo Komarov missed on his first attempt to hammer Alex Ovechkin into the Air Canada Centre boards. He didn’t stop though. He shoved the Russian star three times, hooked him, held his stick, and then hit him once more.
The pesky Maple Leafs winger is doing everything he can to frustrate the captain of the Washington Capitals, who’s been quiet so far in the first-round playoff series Toronto now leads 2-1.
“I chuckle a lot with a lot of stuff Leo does,” says long-time teammate Tyler Bozak, who scored the Game 3 overtime winner for the Leafs on Monday night. “He knows the guys whose skin he’s got to get under.
“He does a really good job of doing that.”