Although they lost on the scoreboard, the Leafs managed dominated the opposing Ducks. The Leafs managed to tie the game to force overtime with less than a minute left in the 3rd. Savaging the 1 point, the Leafs now have 5 points in 6 games, on pace to miss the playoffs by worse than last year's 83 point effort.
In an unorthodox coaching move, Ron Wilson yanked the goalie Toskala (who had played all 65 minutes of the game) before the shootout, inserting backup goalie and throwback player Curtis Joseph. The argument - Toskala's dismal shootout record. This begs the question - based on the Leaf's lack of success in the shootout both this season (0-3) and last, is it time to dress a shootout scoring specialist and leave him on the bench for most of the game? Or would any shootout specialist also be an offence specialist which the Leafs surely need during regular time?