Senators coach Travis Green was asked if he felt the win planted a seed of doubt in the minds of the Maple Leafs, who are 1-12 in playoff games with an opportunity to eliminate an opponent since 2017.
“You’d have to ask them that,” Green said. “I’m worried about us winning the next game.”
Berube gave no indication Sunday that it had. Certainly, the Maple Leafs have no need to panic yet, but the Senators have every reason to feel better about themselves after a third consecutive game was decided in overtime, this time in their favor.
“I mean, we are the underdog,” Green said. “Everyone knows that, so it hasn’t been a big part of what we’ve talked to our team about. Everyone’s telling them they are, but we also have belief within our room that we can beat anyone in the League. And at the end of the day, you’ve got to go out and play the games.
“I liked (our effort in Game 4) a lot. I liked that we won.”
Heading into Game 5, Berube seemed confident despite the Maple Leafs missing the chance to sweep.
“There was a lot of good in (Game 4),” he said. “I thought it was a real good hockey game, to be honest with you, and I thought we played extremely well, but there’s always things you can improve upon. There’s some opportunities we could have finished on the power play. We had that four-minute power play and we could have generated more, been a little bit more direct on our PP in that situation.
“I thought we played well. Didn’t come out on top, but we will move on, get ready for practice and Game 5.”
NHL.com independent correspondent Callum Fraser contributed to this report
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