MONTREAL – William Nylander did not hesitate to pinpoint precisely where a dominant Toronto Maple Leafs performance — and a very bankable two points — got away. His team was caving in the 32nd-ranked Montreal Canadiens . Auston Matthews had scored 36 seconds in. A rambunctious Bell Centre was quieting by the shift. The deadline-depleted and injury-riddled Habs had hardly sniffed the puck. Then, halfway through the second period, stay-at-home defenceman David Savard activated from the point, blew past a lackadaisical Nylander untouched, drove the crease and converted a pretty cross-ice feed from Laurent Dauphin. The strike tied a game that had no business being tied and injected life into a faithful fan base looking for a reason to cheer on a mathematically eliminated bunch that just won’t quit. Nylander recognized the gaffe for what it was: lack of effort. “I had a mistake on the backcheck. Didn’t backcheck all the way,” Nylander owned, following Saturday’s 4-2 loss. “That’s a...