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Reimer gets second straight start for Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs v Ottawa Senators

OTTAWA, CANADA - APRIL 12: James Reimer #34 of the Toronto Maple Leafs guards his net against the Ottawa Senators on April 12, 2014 at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Francois Laplante/FreestylePhoto/Getty Images)

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It looked not long ago that James Reimer would be playing for anyone but the Maple Leafs in 2014-15. Tonight, however, he’ll be making his second straight start for Toronto in a game against Colorado at the ACC.

Reimer got the win Sunday at MSG, stopping 24 of 26 Rangers shots before leaving as a precautionary measure in the third period after a collision with Rangers forward Dominic Moore. The Leafs won the game, 6-3 -- an important result for them after dropping their first two contests with Jonathan Bernier not playing particularly well between the pipes.

The Leafs re-signed Reimer in July and apparently told him there was a “definite opportunity” to win back the starting job that he’d lost last season to Bernier.

Now, Reimer’s hardly won back the job yet. He hasn’t even lasted a full game yet. But it’ll be interesting to see how all this plays out. When a team has two capable netminders, it usually is.