Leafs Extend Lead in Atlantic Division & Ovie Nears Record

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00:00Leafs with the win over the Panthers last night.

00:02Now, this is very significant in the,

00:05if Luke could bring me up that East standings real fast,

00:08look, I'm gonna make Luke do some traffic work here.

00:11Look at that.

00:12So now Florida, Scotty, if you look,

00:14the Leafs, I should say,

00:15they have now opened up some space

00:17in that Atlantic division

00:19to where they have a three-point lead over Tampa

00:21and a four-point lead over Florida.

00:25And I think that's significant because,

00:27you know, two of those three teams

00:28are gonna have to play each other in the first round.

00:31The other team's probably gonna play Ottawa

00:33in the first round.

00:35You want to avoid,

00:36if you're the Toronto

00:37and you've had the problems you've had in the playoffs,

00:40staying away from Tampa and Florida in the first round

00:44would probably be the best medicine.

00:45So huge win for the Maple Leafs last night on that front.

00:49The Rangers won in overtime

00:52and that gets them even in points with Montreal.

00:55As you saw up there,

00:56they both have 79 after last night.

00:59The Rangers have played one more game though.

01:02And they do have more regulation wins,

01:04but because they played one more game,

01:06they are still technically behind Montreal in the standings.

01:10Colorado needed a shootout to beat Chicago

01:13and the Canes beat the Caps 5-1.

01:15Ovi scored 892.

01:18He is three away from the record.

01:20He's gonna get it.

01:21I mean, it's minus 500 now.

01:22He's scoring.

01:23He's got like six games left.

01:24As I have told you for weeks,

01:26he's gonna break the record against the Islanders.

01:29They're playing Chicago tomorrow night against the Black,

01:31they're in Chicago against the Blackhawks.

01:33I bet you'll score one or two goals against Chicago.

01:37And then Sunday at the horse track,

01:39he'll break the record against the Isles

01:41with only three goals to go.

01:43Yeah, I have no problem with that.

01:46I don't care when, where, how, I just want it to happen.

01:49I think it's very exciting for him.

01:52And obviously it's great for the league.

01:54And I think it's deserved.

01:56I think the guy's a sniper like I've never seen.

01:59He's had a great rivalry with Crosby through the years.

02:03Crosby's got the three, he's got one in terms of cups.

02:07But when you got your name on the cup, it doesn't matter.

02:10You got your name on the cup.

02:11He got one, he can live with that.

02:13And then if he breaks Gretzky, I mean,

02:15a Stanley Cup and the record of the most goals ever

02:19in the history of the game,

02:20I think he'll sleep well at night.

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