Toronto Maple Leafs fall at end as winning streak stopped at 1

The puck gets by Dallas Stars goaltender Antti Niemi for a Toronto Maple Leafs’ Joffrey Lupul goal during second period of an NHL hockey game in Toronto, Monday, November 2, 2015. His longest skid spanned 11 consecutive games during the 2013-14 season. The difference this time around, however, is he’s making a conscious effort to shoot the puck more.

“I feel like I’ve been playing well this season, not getting a couple bounces”, Reimer said.

“That’s what I would do if I were him”. Averaging 29.6 shots entering that contest, Winnipeg was held to a season-low 19. He was never given the chance to play top line minutes with scoring linemates.

The Jets appeared to have a significant advantage with Byfuglien, Adam Lowry, Jacob Trouba and Mark Scheifele throwing their weight around and as the Leafs progress through their rebuild, adding players with size to compliment the skills of William Nylander and Mitch Marner will need to be on the agenda.

9, the Leafs nearly traded winger James van Riemsdyk to the Pittsburgh Penguins before shipping Phil Kessel there.

The 27-year-old is 0-6-1 with a 3.02 GAA and.

That was definitely the case for Reimer who earned another start Wednesday against the Winnipeg Jets, coach Mike Babcock said.

The Maple Leafs have changed a lot since then with half the lineup gone, a new coach in Babcock and a new puck-possession style of hockey. The Stars are okay with high-risk plays like that, but Oduya and his mates clearly got confused about who was where, and the turnover led to a shot, which led to a slam-dunk rebound for Boyes.

There has been much talk in the wake of this game that Nazem Kadri and Leo Komarov were flopping around and getting penalty calls for Toronto that they didn’t deserve.

The Maple Leafs went on the power play at 15:47 of the third when Burmistrov was penalized for holding the stick.

Brian Little scored the empty netter as three former Barrie Colt players recorded goals in a 4-2 win.

The goaltending plans for Babcock get a little hazy at this stage with back-to-back games against Detroit and at Washington. He had five goals and four assists during a five-game point streak against Toronto that ended with a 4-3 overtime road loss February 21.

The Jets were out-classed Sunday in a 5-1 loss to the Canadiens, so this game was about trying to put that in the rear-view mirror. The performance wasn’t without its blemishes. Dustin Byfuglien and Mark Scheifele also scored for the Jets (8-4-1). The puck squeezed between the post and Reimer.

The Leafs battled, but Winnipeg showed strength in size. But now they have to do it on the second night of a back-to-back…with travel.

“On that hit on Byfuglien, I thought my sternum collapsed”, Kadri said. After the Leafs had been pressing for the victor, it was tough to watch them catch a break like that.