Toronto Maples Leafs Win the Stanley Cup!!

...well, close enough. In the absolutely most dramatic game imaginable last night—last game of the season, biggest rivalry in NHL history, the loser is eliminated from the playoffs—the Toronto Maples Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadians with a come-from-behind victory in the third period.

Now, based on the first period, the Leafs should've owned the Habs and won by at least thirty eight goals. They were out shooting Montreal by 20-2 after the first eight minutes of the game. By the end of the first, despite the landslide number of shots, the Leafs only led 2-1.

However, Newfoundland native Michael Ryder scored a hat trick within less than six minutes in the second period, giving Montreal a pretty big lead.

Anyways, Toronto scored a couple more times in the third to get a 6-5 win, and that's all she wrote. Leafs win. Montreal stinks, and will not make the playoffs. Despite the awesome win and the excitement following the game, the Leafs aren't home free yet. The New York Islanders are only one point behind them, and they play their last game of the season tonight against the New Jersey Devils. If New York wins, that moves them one point ahead of the leafs, and last night means squat... well, aside from the fact that they knocked their rivals out of the playoffs... so either way it's a pretty sweet deal.

In an ironic twist, the Leafs' Thomas Kaberle said after the game that he would be cheering for the Devils in the game against New York... even after all the things he said about the Devils being cheap and dirty after Cam Jannsen knocked Kaberle out with a cheap hit a few weeks ago.

Mats Sundin actually said that "We'll be praying that [Brodeur] is [playing]," after the Devils thought of resting their star goaltender. The Devils are already in the playoffs regardless of what happens, so to put in their superstar and risk injuring him right before the playoffs is a bit risky. But for the Leafs, having Brodeur between the pipes ensures their own trip to the playoffs.

Bryan McCade (Leafs defenceman) said ''I got to go to church Sunday. The biggest church day of the year is Easter Sunday. I know I'll be there with my wife and kid and I'll be praying.''