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Maple Leafs take care of business in important win against Sabres

Toronto Maple Leafs v Detroit Red Wings

DETROIT, MI - APRIL 01: James van Riemsdyk #25 of the Toronto Maple Leafs celebrates his third period goal with Connor Brown #12 and Nazem Kadri #43 while playing the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena on April 1, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

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The Toronto Maple Leafs didn’t clinch anything (aside from rookie records) on Monday. This wasn’t a must-win game against the Buffalo Sabres.

You could categorize it as a really-should-win game, though, and they really took care of business. After rushing out to a 3-0 lead, the Maple Leafs ended up beating the Sabres 4-2 tonight.

With that, Toronto is now at 93 points with four games remaining. And those four games look pretty challenging on paper:

Tuesday: vs. Capitals
Thursday: vs. Lightning
Saturday: vs. Penguins
Sunday: vs. Blue Jackets

No big deal, just three of the best teams in the NHL and a desperate squad that arguably should have been one of the best in the NHL this season. With tomorrow’s game and this coming weekend in mind, Toronto also faces two back-to-back sets.

Woof, that’s tough.

On the bright side, the Maple Leafs get all of those games at home. They also bought themselves some room to breathe with this win.

And, hey, they’ve now won four in a row, seven of eight and have gone 10-2-1 since March 7. Instead of hurting the Maple Leafs in the tight Atlantic seeding ... perhaps they’ll gain confidence against some of the East’s best and go into the playoffs on fire?

We’ll need to wait and see, but this looks like a key win at the moment.