When the Philadelphia Flyers lost yesterday 4-1 to the Atlanta Thrashers, it moved the Toronto Maple Leafs into first place overall. Prior to the Flyer's loss, the Leafs were technically in second place despite have the same number of points as the Flyers. At this exact moment, the Leafs and Flyers have played the same number of games and have the same number of points but the additional win by the blue and white gives us the true distinction of first overall in the NHL standings.
This season I've limited my blog entries about the Leafs to my Leaf Recaps following each game. We didn't play yesterday, but the significance of being first overall this late in the season shouldn't be understated. The last time we held this position after this many games was the 1962-63 season. That's a damn long time coming.
We should enjoy this while it lasts. The Detroit Red Wings play tonight and are only a point behind, so should they win they will assume top spot. Still, at this exact moment in time, we're number one and nobody can take that away from us. Go Leafs Go!
