The deficit looked insurmountable. The final buzzer loomed large. The last chapter in this Maple Leafs season was written. Then, in a flash, Auston Matthews and the rest of Toronto's Big Four authored a new ending. (reporterchris)
a look on the top power-play unit instead of Tyson Barrie, and his team was still digging an even deeper hole.
“I think it’s natural that those thoughts start to creep in when they score the third goal,” said Leafs wingerIt’s telling where Keefe’s mind went in those most dire moments: To the players who had performed well for him in this summer best-of-five, and were about to go down with the sinking ship. Then the series got turned upside down. The Leafs scored three goals in the final four minutes of regulation withpulled for an extra attacker. Keefe’s Big Four forwards exploded for 10 points combined in the final 17-plus minutes, including the first three-point playoff game of Matthews’ career.
Every reporter stationed a safe distance apart in the upper bowl was either deleting a story or starting a new one at that very moment. That was the 10th shot Matthews registered on goal in the game — tying his career high from a regular-season contest in Chicago on Nov. 10, 2019.
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