Friends and colleagues we gather here today to mourn the death of the New Jersey Devils. This young and underperforming team welcomed a group of rambunctious Toronto Maple Leafs to their home ice. This would prove to be a mistake. The result was a 7-2 massacre in which the Maple Leafs could not stop finding ways to put the puck in the back of the net.
In the third seven-goal output of the Maple Leafs this year, they rebounded from two losses in Florida to improve to 22-10-2, giving them sole possession of second place in the Atlantic Division and they are now eight points behind the Tampa Bay Lightning with a game in hand.