The Maple Leafs won a wild game against the Sabres last night which kept you on the edge of your seat much of the time wondering if they would pull it off and they did. Here’s our recap.

Maple Leafs beat Sabres 5-3

And everyone loves Freddie.

And we all love the other Freddie too.

The Leafs are squeezing in three more games before Christmas, playing back-to-back games on Friday night against the Rangers, and Saturday against the Red Wings. Then there’s an oddball Monday game against the Hurricanes which starts at 2:00 p.m. because, hey, why not?

ICYMI

Everyone on the Marlies is now attached to a yo-yo held in Kyle Dubas’ hand.

Leafs add Brooks to the roster on an Emergency Recall - Katya
Someone bumped into Trevor Moore in practice is the stated explanation.

Maple Leafs call up Liljegren and Marincin - Hardev
Both are on emergency call ups, so who’s hurt?

Other News

Taylor Hall is already helping his new team win games.

Andrei Svechnikov pulled off the lacrosse goal again.

Meanwhile in Springfield, Mr. Burns has acquired some spiffy new gear for his team.

Digging into Details: Stars Still Have Serious Flaws - Defending Big D
The Dallas Stars have the Western Conference’s best record since their horrid 1-7-1 start, but trouble is still brewing.

Big Buff rehabbing injury, step closer to returning to Jets - Winnipeg Free Press
[Species: Unrelated to the content of this story, the design of this website is bizarre.]

Aliu accepts apology, requests manager keep job after blackface incident - CBC
Akim Aliu has accepted the apology of a minor league equipment manager who wore blackface to his team's Halloween party in 2011.

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