Why Hot Starts Matter

sens' last 6 games:

1-3-2

14GF

20 GA

3.24 GAA

.874Sv%

Leafs' last 6 games:

1-4-1

12 GF

20 GA

3.29 GAA

.880Sv%

Sure six games is arbitrary but I could have started at five games and still included the Leafs' 3-0 blanking of the senators. What happened 6 games ago to make the sens want to get their GM and Coach fired? Was it the return of Ray "Do As I Wish" Emery? Tough times in The City That Fun Forgot.