The loss to the New York Islanders on Thursday was a big mood of a game, but it was, in case this got lost in the chaos, the only loss of the last five:
With 84 points in 65 games, the Leafs are at 1.29 points per game, and that seems to be the pace — give or take a small fraction — to get you in the top-five group of non-Tampa teams this year.
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After last year’s bad lull in January/February, the Leafs never quite got to that pace overall.