Jack Campbell finished the night with just 24 saves to show for his work, but don’t get it twisted. Had it not been for No. 36, there would’ve been no last-minute heroics, no overtime clincher, no four-game win streak for the Maple Leafs. (SachdevaSonny)
to the extra frame, grabbing the puck out of mid-air before roofing it behind Andrei Vasilevskiy for a last-minute lifeline. It was Toronto’s own No. 88 who sealed the deal, besting his numbered twin in overtime to snatch what was set to be an easy win from the defending champs’ clutches.
Head coach Sheldon Keefe pointed to a few particularly heart-stopping moments when heaping praise on his netminder following the game, Campbell putting in his best work late in the third.“We're really trying to push and trying to find our way through a very tight neutral zone, and they're defending hard,” Keefe said. “Then they counter, and then all of a sudden, here come some of the best players in the world in alone on you. And the game essentially on the line.
The cage opposite Campbell’s featured no fewer heroics, as Vasilevskiy managed a perfect 28 saves through 59 minutes of work before John Tavares whipped one by him in the final seconds of the third.
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