The late game heroics missing from Toronto's last game appeared on Day #20 against the Boston Bruins. It was a stalemate until early in the 3rd period when the Bruins drew first blood on the power play with Eaton's blast from the blueline, but the Leafs recovered quickly with Lapointe's 3rd goal of the season coming only two and a half minutes later. From that point on Boston started firing the puck from every angle possible, taking a total of 18 shots in the third period to Toronto's 7. With the pressure being put on Toronto's net, it was only a matter of time until someone took a bad penalty, and that someone happened to be Pat Leahy with only 49 seconds left in regulation. The situation was looking bleak, with one of Toronto's penalty killers sitting in the box and Boston having already tallied one on the power play during the game. Even though they managed to make it through the last bit of the third period, Toronto still had to worry about killing off the remainder of the penalty in overtime. At the start of the extra stanza, th
e Bruins were working the puck down low when Carlo Colaiacovo intercepted a pass and sent Mike Fisher flying down the ice. Fisher had only one man to beat so he deked left and laid a drop pass for the late man joining the play, Daniel Winnik, who blasted a shot from the hash marks, beating Miller on the glove side for the shorthanded game-winning overtime goal. Winnik ended up being the second star of the game because the stellar play of netminder Tomas Vokoun earned him the spot as the first star. Vokoun stopped 37 of 38 shots, 18 of them coming in the third.
e Bruins were working the puck down low when Carlo Colaiacovo intercepted a pass and sent Mike Fisher flying down the ice. Fisher had only one man to beat so he deked left and laid a drop pass for the late man joining the play, Daniel Winnik, who blasted a shot from the hash marks, beating Miller on the glove side for the shorthanded game-winning overtime goal. Winnik ended up being the second star of the game because the stellar play of netminder Tomas Vokoun earned him the spot as the first star. Vokoun stopped 37 of 38 shots, 18 of them coming in the third.On a side note, the Maple Leafs are welcoming their day off on Day #21, because they were hit with yet another injury. Ole-Kristian Tollefsen went down with an upper body injury and joined fellow defenseman, Paul Martin on the scratch list. Toronto GM, Shaun Butler was quoted "This break couldn't have come at a better time. Bernier will have a little longer to heal and by the time we play our next game, Martin and Tollefsen should be ready to go."
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