The Toronto Maple Leafs' incredible run of seven straight wins in overtime or shootouts was snapped as the Penguins scored twice in the shootout to win 5-4. Canadian Hero Sidney Crosby scored two goals to take his tally to 47 while adding the shootout winner. Marc-Andre Fleury and Jean-Sebastien Giguere made a number of incredible saves to keep their respective teams in the game. Colton Orr of all people opened the scoring after Rickard Wallin almost pulled off the Forsberg. Phil Kessel notched his 30th to become the first Leaf other than Sundin to score 30 since Alex Mogilny. Carl Gunnarsson tied things up after errors by Luke Schenn and Tyler Bozak allowed Crosby to put the Penguins ahead.
Tyler Bozak made up for it by giving the Leafs a 4-3 lead when he potted a rebound after a nice three-way passing play between Kessel, Kaberle, and Dion Phaneuf. Viktor Stalberg's failure to clear the zone when he had the puck and then his and Tomas Kaberle's total lack of communication allowed the worst person in the world to tie the game left with about three minutes left. This was a game that saw the Leafs badly outshot at evens. Phaneuf, Fredrik Sjostrom, Francois Beauchemin, and Stalberg were all killed in Corsi.
So the Leafs move to 69 points (hehe) which is 3 short of jumping over two teams but they have the fewest games remaining. Tomorrow night we are Atlanta and Nashville fans as they take on the Hurricanes and the Panthers. The Leafs are going to need every bit of help but there is definitely hope.
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