Leafs down the Desert Dogs

Jack be Nimble, Jack be Quick, Jack stopped 35 pucks last, well I know it doesn't rhyme, but this is a blog not poetry.

Up until the Maple Leafs acquired young Jack, their back up goaltender had amassed a mere 9 points. 9...I mean that's freakin' terrible.
So, since the acquisition of young Jack, in the 3 games, he has got them 5 points.
Not bad, eh.
The Leafs defeated the Arizona Coyotes 3-2 in OT last night, in a dust up at Scotia Bank Arena. Well, it wasn't without drama.

Derek Step On was charged with goalie interference on the Arizona supposed OT winner, but Jack Campbell complained to the refs, saying Derek Stefan bumped on his way thru the crease. The judges ruled he was correct and the game continued, until a breakout by Kasperi Kapanen and his lightening speed and eventual goal ( his first since January 2nd, 2020, ended the night on the right side for the home squad.
The Leafs were coming off a week where they blew three third-period leads and collected only three out of a possible eight points. That raised some questions, both inside and outside of the dressing room.
On to remarks from the coach...
“Well, we think that we had a bad week in that regard,” said Keefe. “And sometimes when it happens like that, it can be something big that maybe snowballs. You want to control it; you want to be aware of it.”

The head coach rolled out William Nylander, Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner to start Tuesday’s game and then saw Arizona open the scoring on the second shift. It was a sign of the slog to come. Despite playing the second half of a back-to-back against a rested opponent, the Coyotes were hard and fast and difficult.

They didn’t allow Toronto’s skilled forwards to generate much speed through the neutral zone, which helps explain why Hyman twice scored to tie the game. He battled to get to the front of the goal and had Tyson Barrie’s point shot bounce in off his quad muscle before burying a gorgeous spinning feed from captain John Tavares to make it 2-2 early in the third period.
The Nylander-Matthews-Marner line didn’t produce any magic in its trail run — although the fact Nylander was returning from four days off of skates because of an illness surely played a factor in their lack of crispness.

Still, let’s remember what this represented.
This was Keefe going to his nuclear option in a big moment and it’s likely foreshadowing for what we’ll see as the games take on even more meaning. Particularly if the Hyman-Tavares-Alex Kerfoot trio continues to show promise behind it.
“[Scoring balance is] something I’m conscious of, but I’m also trying to find — is the offset worth it?” said Keefe. “Can you have one line that’s really dominant there? I felt very confident with the Tavares line, they had been dominant in their own right, so there’s still pretty good balance there.

The flu bug is meandering around the Leafs dressing room,touching Tavares, and then Justin Holl,but they recovered just in time to make puck drop.

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jumped over Mike Hutchinson's stick. 

Well,I had to make it rhyme, didn't I.