The circumstances of the modern era deserve a bit of the credit, but the Toronto Maple Leafs set a couple of impressive franchise marks Saturday night nonetheless.
Thanks to a 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens, Leafs netminder Frederik Andersen established new single-season goalie records for wins (38) and wins at home (23).
Toronto also set a new franchise record for points in a season (105), surpassing the previous record of 103 that was set in 2003-04.
The club finished the regular season at 49-26-7, earning seven points by virtue of losses in overtime or the shootout.
Andersen has been excellent for much of this season, but this wins record (and the fact that it was previously co-held by Andrew Raycroft) is largely a product of the modern era's elimination of ties in favor of the shootout that has increased the number of wins and losses across the league.
