There’s lots to debate about the Maple Leafs’ level of play so far, but you can’t argue with an extra overtime point and three wins through five games. Article content

Thursday’s 2-1 triumph over the New York Rangers was all about their best players showing up when it counted, Anthony Stolarz coming up large all night, William Nylander with two assists including one on Auston Matthews ’ overtime winning goal. Article content Article content

Our takeaways on a night when the Scotiabank Arena crowd could jointly cheer the Leafs and an early lead for the Blue Jays in Seattle:

STOLARZ STOLE ONE

An .886 save percentage coming in looked very out of place for last year’s league leader at .926. Stolarz went right to work improving that with 19 stops through two periods, facing three Rang

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