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On this day in #Leafs history in 1993: In the first GM7 at MLG in 29 years, the Leafs dominated the Blues 6-0 to move on to RD3
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On this day in #Leafs history in 2013: James Reimer made one of the craziest split saves of all-time and the Leafs beat BOS 2-1 in GM5 to stay alive
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The last time the #Leafs went up 3-0 in a 2nd round series?
The 1949 Stanley Cup Final where they swept the Red Wings #NHL #Playoffs
Last night marked the first time since 2001 the #Leafs took the opening game of a second round series
06.05.2025 15:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0On this day in #Leafs history in 1993: Game-used jerseys were on sale at MLG and with Doug Gilmour's OT goal vs the Blues fresh in everyone's mind, his jerseys were selling for $1,200, a pretty steep amount for 1993
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On this day in #Leafs history in 2002: A quick shot from Gary Roberts off a faceoff ended RD2 GM2 vs. the Sens
On this day in #Leafs history in 2002: Gary Roberts, who had been fantastic all series, put the team on his back in a GM7 win over NYI
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On this day in #Leafs history in 2023: John Tavares knocked out the Lightning
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On this day in #Leafs history in 2004: down 2-0 in RD2 to PHI, the Leafs came out flying at home, with Alex Mogilny scoring a highlight reel breakaway goal and Bryan McCabe crushing Recchi with a hipcheck
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On this day in #Leafs history in 2022: Auston Matthews became the first Leaf to score 60 goals in a season
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On this day in #Leafs history in 1996: Mike Gartner capped off GM5 of their first round series with the Blues with a hat trick goal in OT
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Onthis day in #Leafs history in 2023: down 4-1 in the 3rd, the Leafs would mount a comeback and send it to OT. Alex Kerfoot would then have his finest moment in blue and white.
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On this day in #Leafs history in 1964: Bob Baun keeps the Leafs alive in the Cup Final with his OT goal scored on a broken leg #NHL #history #NHLplayoffs
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On this day in #Leafs history in 2000: Steve Thomas was the hero.
Not only would he tie it late in the third, he'd score the OT winner on one of Bob Cole's best calls
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On this day in #Leafs history in 1996: Interim Coach Nick Beverley pulled a Mike Keenan-esque move, benching Felix Potvin in favour of Don Beaupre for one shift.
It didn't work, the Leafs would blow the lead and lose 3-2 in OT to go down 2-1 in the series
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On this day in #Leafs history in 2004: The Leafs would knock out the Sens in GM7, thanks in part to a pair of softies off the stick of Joe Nieuwendyk.
21 years to the day, they will meet again for another Battle of Ontario tonight #NHL #history
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On this day in #Leafs history in 2017: I was in attendance as the building erupted for Tyler Bozak's OT heroics
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On this day in #Leafs history in 1976: GM3 of their series with the Flyers was a brawl the entire night
Kurt Walker, Scott Garland and Ian Turnbull all received game misconducts and 3 Flyers would as well.
The Leafs dominated on the scoresheet, winning 5-4 and outshooting PHI 52-28
On this day in #Leafs history in 1959: Dick Duff scored a beautiful OT goal in GM3 of the Stanley Cup Final
Check out the slapshot he gets off: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD3A...
On this day in #Leafs history in 1964: In GM1 of the Cup Final, it was tied 1-1 late in the game
Bob Pulford would strip Norm Ullman of the puck and roof a SHG on a breakaway with 2 seconds to go with win the game
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On this day in #Leafs history in 1986: In GM2 of their 1st round series with CHI, Denis Savard was torching the buds.
He had 4 goals and Chicago led 4-2 late in the 2nd.
However, the Leafs pulled off the comeback and won 6-4 to go up 2-0 in the series #NHL #History
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On this day in #Leafs history in 1964: Dave Keon came through in the clutch.
In GM7 vs MTL, Keon, who hadn't scored in the series to this point, recorded all 3 goals in a 3-1 win to send the Leafs to the Stanley Cup for the 3rd straight season #NHL #history
On this day in #Leafs history in 2017: The Leafs clinched a playoff spot for the first time in the Matthews/Marner/Nylander era.
This game may be best remembered for Curtis McElhinney's big save on Crosby late in the contest #NHL #history
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On this day in #Leafs history in 1959: A late goal by Gerry Ehman, who would finish the playoffs with 13 PTS in 12 GP, gave the Leafs a 4-3 series win over the Bruins
To date, this is the most recent instance of the Leafs winning a series over Boston #NHL #history
On this day in #Leafs history in 1969: minutes after being swept by the Bruins, Leafs Co-Owner Stafford Smythe fired Head Coach Punch Imlach
It wasn't the last of Punch though, he'd be back in 10 years, overseeing a controversial period of club history #NHL #history
On this day in #Leafs history in 1938: In GM1 of the SCF facing the Hawks, Chicago used substitute goalie Alfie Moore when they regular tendy got hurt.
Moore, who wasn't an NHL goalie that season, was pulled out of a Toronto bar and led CHI to a 3-1 win at MLG #NHL #history
Slight twist - you get $150 an hour to game, but it has to be a single NHL game - what are you picking? #Leafs #NHL #history
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Ed Belfour doesn't get enough love
On this day in #Leafs history in 2004, the Eagle blanked the Sens 6-0
It was his 10th SO of the season, becoming the first Leafs goalie since Harry Lumley in 1954 to reach double digits in SO. No other Leaf has done it since
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Here's a great story by Lance Hornby on that night from 92 years ago
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On this day in #Leafs history in 1933: it was the night that would seemingly never end for the Leafs.
Their matchup with the Bruins in GM5 of the semis went into the 6th overtime at a scoreless tie
There was talk of calling the game on a coin flip
Finally, around 1am, Ken Doraty ended the series
