The Maple Leafs arrived at PPG Paints Arena amid a mess of problems. Nobody in the Eastern Conference had allowed more goals. Only the Sabres had fewer points and road wins, triggering a full-blown, Canadian emergency.

Roles were reversed on Saturday.

Instead, the Penguins looked like the team heavy on questions and short on answers, suffering a 7-2 loss to Toronto at PPG Paints Arena that featured an unsavory blend of deficient defense and porous goaltending.

After solid responses against Buffalo and Columbus earlier in the week, the Penguins (12-7-5) had nothing left against Toronto — and the hole they dug for themselves was far too big.

Arturs Silovs started in net after Tristan Jarry stood tall in those first two games. Silovs fought the puck and was pulled 20:29 in after allowing

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