Six minutes into the game came a clearing pass from inside his own end. Getting the puck away from the Bruins, he sent it up to Lanny MacDonald who skated down the boards and fired the puck from the face-off dot, beating Bruins goalie Dave Reece.
What would follow throughout the rest of the game is hockey history.
Forty seconds later the Bruins would again turn over the puck in the Leafs end. Sittler would send it to Ian Turnbull who takes a slap shot from above the faceoff circle to Reece's right.