Friday night's Game 4 was setting up as another disappointing conclusion to a Maple Leafs season. And then history happened.
fought. The Leafs showed life they hadn’t through most of that game, leading to one of the most memorable moments for Toronto hockey fans in quite some time.
“I don’t even know what to say,” Matthews explained after the game about what it was like being part of that wild Game 4. “What a comeback.”In an elimination Friday, every game ended with someone being sent home except this one. The Maple Leafs had the gloomiest outlook of them all at one point, and somehow came out winners on the other end.
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