Perhaps the most unlikely team in the league to see the streak snapped against, the young Sharks, losers of eight in a row coming in, snapped a streak of their own. The Leafs looked sharp through two periods, sporting a 2-0 lead and playing strong defensive hockey. However, a couple of iffy defensive plays in the third, combined with an uncharacteristic slip-up in the net for Anthony Stolarz, tied the game and sent it to extra time.
Perhaps feeling the effects of a condensed schedule and the second night of a back-to-back, the Leafs could not win it in OT despite a power play and lost in a shootout, dropping a point to the Sharks.