from Luke Fox of Sportsnet,

The rebuilding San Jose Sharks entered their game against the Cup-aspiring Toronto Maple Leafs as the weakest offensive group in the entire National Hockey League.

Yet by the time Erik Karlsson called game at 4-3, scoring on a walk-off breakaway overtime winner, it was raining tacos in Silicon Valley.

Already the fourth non-playoff team to defeat Toronto this season, the men in teal celebrated by gleefully cranking the Maple Leafs’ Hall & Oates goal song in their dressing room.

Down the hall, no music rang.

Just quiet questioning as to where the consistency of a once-dominant regular-season squad has gone.

“It's not an excuse, right? The season started already,” said David Kämpf, a rare Leaf who has lived up to expectations this month. He, too, wonders where the consistency has gone.

“It’s a good question. I think we are trying our best, but it's not coming.”

Auston Matthews adds, accurately: “I just don't think we've really put together a full 60-minute game.”

Errant passes. Missed nets. Lost puck battles. Failure to seize a lead and dictate pace. A second loss by a third-string goalie. Sloppy penalties. A soft backcheck.

The latest Maple Leafs loss checks plenty of boxes on the bingo card.

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