With tonight’s loss, the Maple Leafs fell to dead-last in the league in five-on-five save percentage since January 1st (.881).
Your game in 10:
1. Nice gesture from Sheldon Keefe off the top to start Wayne Simmonds in his 1,000th game on a line with Jason Spezza and fellow Scarborough native Michael Bunting.
Adding Bunting to the starting line was a cool wrinkle knowing the pair’s similar origin stories and how hard both players had to work to overcome the odds; seven years Wayne’s junior, Bunting looked up to Simmonds as he followed in his footsteps through the minor and major junior hockey ranks, including playing for the same coach on the Toronto East Enders Ticats, getting passed over multiple times in the OHL draft, and carving out a successful junior career that included a stop in the Soo.