Recap: Leafs surprise the Red Wings with a win in the final minute

It’s time to play back end of a back-to-back with the backup in net. The Leafs cannot loll around in their own zone watching the goalie play defence for them when that goalie is Curtis McElhinney, so they will need to play decently against the very bad, yet still capable Red Wings.

Speed should decide this game offensively, as in one team has some and the other does not. The Leafs should just hand the Corsi crown to Detroit right now.

Mike Green is out with an inflammation of his trade muscle, and the Leafs have swapped in Connor Carrick for Roman Polak. Other than that, it’s business as usual.

It’s a sea of red in Detroit for this game. Red empty seats, that is, although it has filled up in…