Oh man! If that bad bounce had ended up winning the game, Toskala would have been on the highlight reels for quite a long time. For those who don’t know, Islanders defenceman Rob Davison turned to fire a puck down the ice while on the penalty kill. It was right from the goal line on the Islanders side. The puck bounced it’s merry way down the ice, only to take a sharp angled bounce directly in front of Toskala, and careened into the top of the net.

Embarrassing. McCabe shared a chuckle with Toskala afterwards though, and Vesa seemed to turn on his A game. He didn’t let another goal in the rest of the night. As far as the Leafs players go… it was a little hairy for a couple periods. The Leafs seemed to have their legs that night, and they once again got their share of shots, but nothing was going in the net for 2 periods.

For a while it looked like the 176 ‘ shot might actually stick as the game winner. And the Leafs are not exactly known for their solid 3rd period play. But anything is possible right? Well the Leafs seemed to think the exact same thing. Kyle Wellwood started the Leafs scoring off with a deflection/tip-in goal at 7:24. The Leafs only managed to fire 6 shots on net in the 3rd, but half of them were successful. Pavel Kubina jumped on the scoring bandwagon with a PPG, his 4th goal in as many games, and another game winner.

Alexei Ponikarovsky was actually successful in shooting the puck in an empty net (think Carolina) to seal the deal. What could have been a disastrous game for the Maple Leafs turned out to be quite good… albeit with a little humour.