Stolarz found a loose puck in a mad scramble and helped his team pick up two points against Detroit.
Anthony Stolarz has swiftly climbed to the top of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ goaltending depth chart, boasting an impressive .964 save percentage over his last three starts. He’s proving he’ll do whatever it takes to keep the puck out of the net—even if it means losing his stick or, in this case, his blocker.
“I was telling Stolie he doesn’t really need much equipment, so he’s big enough clearly,”
The Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 on Friday. Down by a goal in the third period, the Red Wings frantically scrambled around the net, seemingly poised to tie the game when, somehow, Stolarz emerged from the pile with the puck in his right hand.
“That’s kind of what it takes, right?” Stolarz said with a smile after the game. “So late in the game like that, I kind of got a lot of position. I think (Lukas) Raymond was all alone in front there, and the puck went to the other side, and it kind of hit my stick, and it just kind of hit my pad, and it was just kind of scramble mode from there.
