The Toronto Maple Leafs are up 2-1 in their season series against the Edmonton Oilers. They’ve been winning ugly of late, maybe a bit lucky at times too. Then again, they also won their last game in spite of some... questionable penalty calls. They’re 7-2-0, which is good for first in the division in total points, but are two games ahead of Montreal (5-0-2) and Winnipeg (5-2-0) who could tie or pass the Leafs with their games in hand.
Beating Edmonton again would put them 10 points up on them, giving them a very comfortable cushion over the last team outside of the four available playoff spots.