OTTAWA, ON - JANUARY 15: Joe Thornton #97 of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Thomas Chabot #72 of the Ottawa Senators chase down a loose puck at Canadian Tire Centre on January 15, 2021 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Matt Zambonin/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images)
The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Winnipeg Jets Thursday night, getting back in the win column for the first time in a while.
Though the Toronto Maple Leafs had lost five in a row, they were the better team in the last four games, and just like their struggling power-play, it really is a much ado about nothing situation – short-term results are always going to be funny, especially in a game like hockey where the random acts of goalies will see the worst team in the league beat the best team almost four times out of ten.