"After a shaky start to the season, the Toronto Maple Leafs are on a three-game winning streak, after their 5-3 victory over the Utah Mammoth, and a large part of those victories has been the play of Anthony Stolarz. The veteran goaltender has looked more like the confident, composed presence who impressed in his first season in Toronto, winning his last four starts and giving the team a much-needed boost between the pipes."
"His recent form has injected new life into a Maple Leafs team still searching for answers. While the Leafs look to find chemistry among their forward combinations and try to overcome the injury absence of their best defensive defenseman, stability in goal will help mask some deficiencies. Fresh off a contract extension and now a key piece to the team's hopes, Stolarz struggled with an increased workload during the first month of the season."
After an uneven start the Toronto Maple Leafs have strung together three straight wins, highlighted by Anthony Stolarz's recent resurgence in goal. Stolarz has won his last four starts and provided a composed, steady presence that has boosted team confidence and masked roster deficiencies. The Leafs' offense has increased scoring to 52 goals through fourteen games (3.71 per game) compared with 43 goals (3.07 per game) previously at the same point. Defensive breakdowns have produced 50 goals against (3.57 per game) versus 39 (2.79 per game) last season. Defensive structure lapses and inconsistent goaltending early in the year drove the decline.
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