PITTSBURGH, PA — Whew.

Sweet catharsis.

Long deferred confidence.

For the Toronto Maple Leafs, 60 minutes like Saturday’s has been 11 slogging games in the making.

That’s how far one must track back to find a night (Nov. 5) in which the reeling Leafs got the job done with such relative ease. When their offence clicked to the tune of five-plus goals and they sealed up victory without needing nail-biting overtime heroics.

Postgame music blaring from the dressing room (“Come On Eileen”), Nick Robertson playfully mimicking Dennis Hildeby’s soft-spoken Swedish, and loud high-fives… ah, this is what winning sounds like.

“Yeah, it’s been a long time coming, right?” Max Domi said. “This just does nothing but build a lot of confidence for our group, and we needed it. That’s a good team over t

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