NHL PLAYOFFS : Maple Leafs Poke Hole in Joseph’s Wall
The Toronto Maple Leafs proved that Curtis Joseph is human, after all.
“Hopefully, the stone wall is going to break down sooner or later,” Dave Andreychuk said Sunday after his second-period rebound goal helped beat the St. Louis Blues and their goaltender, 4-1, in Game 4 of the Norris Division final.
Joseph saved 152 of 158 shots in the first three games of the series for a .962 percentage. He played well again, but simply wasn’t up to that level as the Maple Leafs evened the best-of-seven series, 2-2.
“Maybe I lost my focus a little bit,” said Joseph, who angrily lashed out at Toronto’s Mike Foligno early in the second period. “But it’s not going to happen again.”
Toronto became the first team to win by more than a single goal in the series. The first two games went to double overtime.
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