from Luke Fox of Sportsnet,
The good news: The Leafs are 7-4 beyond the 60th minute, slowly stacking points and staying in the thick of the Atlantic race as they ride through their blueline injuries and manage some structural hiccups and individual mini slumps.
More good news: Getting accustomed to battling through tight scores and rallying late is a character-building exercise that could come in handy when the results matter most.
"I thought our team was unbelievable," said Woll, not too shabby himself in a 36-save showing. "We looked really good against one of the top teams in the league. Pretty awesome to see us fight back and get the point there."
The bad news: Only one team in the league has fewer regulation wins than Toronto's five (rebuilding Montreal has four), and at last check, the playoffs still don't offer 3-on-3 skill shows or breakaway contests.
More bad news: Unlike Saturday, Toronto has blown leads and often allowed its opponent to push them into OT.
"The points we're accumulating, they're not nothing. Those are important," Keefe said earlier this week, hyperaware of the can't-get-it-done-in-60 narrative.
"We know we need to get better, and we will get better."
Below are the game highlights of Toronto's OT loss to Boston.
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