Sheldon Keefe was right: DJ Smith and the Ottawa Senators weren’t going to make it easy on the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. But despite entering the (relatively) harrowing coin-flip scenario that is overtime, the Leafs sewed up the two points they oh-so needed to make up some meaningful ground in the Atlantic Division chase.
But the 2-1 win secured on a power-play goal from Mitch Marner in the bonus period was made possible only because of the superb performance from previously-maligned, now apparently uber-confident backup netminder Michael Hutchinson. He made 24 saves, several of the highly-difficult variety, and prevented the Sens from pulling away in a game the visitors were so close to seizing on multiple occasions.