The Maple Leafs were shelled 6-0 by the Columbus Blue Jackets, 24 hours after they were given the day off as a reward for their 2-1 shootout victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday.
Guess Carlye screwed that one up.....
"We didn't have energy off a day off yesterday," said Carlyle. "It just seemed like we lacked the necessary pace that was required to compete in the game.
Reimer's loss for Toronto (14-9-1) comes two nights after he had a career-high 49-save performance against Washington.
Cam Atkinson and R.J. Umberger scored for Columbus in a 20 second span in the first period. Then Jack Skille and Ryan Murray added goals 3:15 apart in the second period. Ryan Johansen scored twice in the third as the Blue Jackets picked up their second win over the Leafs in a month.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 18 saves for hiss fifth career shutout.
"We limited their opportunities. I thought our forwards did a good job of getting in the shooting lanes and forcing their shots wide," said Columbus head coach Todd Richards. "Our defence really competed in front of our net, boxing out, where Bob could see the puck and we were opportunistic in the offensive zone."
Atkinson opened the scoring at 10:18 of the first period, knocking a Matt Calvert pass out of mid-air and putting it past Reimer for his sixth of the season.
Twenty seconds later, Umberger picked up his sixth of the season putting home the rebound after Reimer made the initial save off Ryan Murray's wrap around attempt.
James van Riemsdyk had Toronto's best chance of the first period, one-timing a Phil Kessel feed through Bobrovsky's pads, but the puck trickled just wide of the Columbus net.
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