Article content In an old-fashioned highlight reel game, the Maple Leafs needed modern video review to help Joseph Woll in a 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers . Woll made 45 saves as Toronto broke a three-game losing streak, but an apparent tying goal by Leon Draisaitl with 2:21 to play was overturned after coach Craig Berube took a timeout for his video staff to confirm John Klingberg was a step offside when Connor McDavid took the puck over to get the play going. Woll still had to make a buzzer beating diving glove save on another 6-on-5 against Corey Perry.
After being held to one goal in each phase of their defeats, the Leafs piled up three in less than 13 minutes. And after Woll’s stellar second period, one against in 18 shots, Mitch Marner finished a series of six quick breakout passes. That didn’t rattle the Oilers, who came back with goals from ex-Leaf Zach Hyman and Toronto’s old nemesis Perry with less than nine minutes to play.
This extended Western Canadian trip, that just about every Atlantic team except Toronto has already made, took on new importance after the Leafs’ recent stumble. The hungry Oilers seek first place in the Pacific Division and both Vancouver and Calgary have made significant trades in the past few days. And before Saturday’s 5 p.
m. local faceoff, an accommodation for Eastern viewers that the Oilers and their fans duly noted, the Leafs knew they’d fallen three points behind the first-place Florida Panthers, who’d routed Chicago 5-1.