You likely won’t find a team more thankful to begin this American holiday than the Maple Leafs.

They came out of Columbus – and last place in the division/conference for the time being — with a 2-1 overtime win , just their second in nine games and second road victory of a troubled season.

Old and new faces in coach Craig Berube’s lineup made news in our takeaways:

JOE SAYS NO

Performances in net that have stolen a point or two have been rare this month, but Joseph Woll’s 35 saves in his 50th career win superseded two late Toronto goals.

With plenty of question marks surrounding him after missing camp and the first month of the season for a stint at home for personal reasons, he stood up to two of Toronto’s nemeses, Zach Werenski and Adam Fantilli, with only Werenski’s late third pe

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