During a game in late October, the Toronto Maple Leafs were down 4-1 to Tampa after the worst first period anyone had seen since Randy Carlyle was the coach.
Had the Toronto Maple Leafs lost that game, it would have been their fifth in a row, and things would have gotten interesting.
A fired coach? A big trade? At least some reflection on how bad of a summer the new GM had?
But instead, the Leafs won. Improbably, they came back from down three goals and won the game.
Then they kept winning.