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TORONTO – When the final horn sounded to signal the New York Rangers 2-1 overtime triumph against the Maple Leafs, the home team was in familiar territory: on the losing end of a game they could have won, left determinedly looking at the bright side.
The Leafs’ started Saturday's game well enough, amassing a quick 7-1 edge in shots and rolling around New York’s end with ease. The Rangers had posted a lowly 1-6-4 record in 12 games prior to facing Toronto, but were no pushovers either, and the game was still knotted 0-0 through 40 minutes. Toronto also showed continued improvement on the defensive side, limiting its opponent to 30 or fewer shots on net for the third straight game and keeping goals-against at three or fewer per game in that stretch. Considering where the Leafs were a week ago, having allowed 23 goals-against in four games, the strides are promising.
“I thought we did a lot of good things tonight, don’t think we got in our own way,” said Mike Babcock. “Obviously a disappointing way to end. I don’t think we were as good tonight as the last two games, but I still thought we had lots of opportunity. I’d like to get us a little more rhythm so we feel better. But I like the process we’re in and I like how hard guys are working.
While Matthews has scored fairly consistently of late for the Leafs, with five goals in his last seven games, Nylander has zero goals in 12 games and Johnsson has one goal in 14 outings. For the Leafs prospects offensively to start shifting, they’ll need more contributions from both of them.It’s been a rough couple weeks for Andersen, with only one win to show from his last four starts.
When Buchnevich did eventually score, Andersen originally looked in position to make the stop, but bodies collapsed into his crease area right before the puck sailed by. When Strome potted the game-winner, it was right after Andersen made a great first stop, and then lost sight of Strome with the puck below the goal line before he banked it into the net off Andersen’s own skate.
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