A Hallucination Brought On By Alcohol: Leafs 5, Blackhawks 4

Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty ImagesDespite scoring four 5-on-5 goals for the first time this season, a sloppy first period and an unlucky bounce in the third doomed the Blackhawks as they fell 5-4 to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.

The Blackhawks opened the scoring just 1:53 into the game off Jonathan Toews’ second goal in as many games.

Unfortunately, that was the last of the good news for the Blackhawks for a while as the Leafs scored three goals before the first 20 minutes were over.

After great puck cycling on the power play, John Tavares’ lasered a beautiful shot that was just too hot for Kevin Lankinen to handle to tie the game 1-1. The Leafs’ goal came only about a…