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Joseph Woll’s ‘big night’ puts happy spin on ugly Maple Leafs performance

BUFFALO — When the Toronto Maple Leafs had fumbled away their second two-goal lead of the night, when the Buffalo Sabres smelled a choke job and were storming the gates late, that is when Joseph Woll felt most at ease in his hectic NHL debut. “Goalie is a pretty unique position. You can almost feel like you’re on an island,” the thoughtful 23-year-old netminder said between salvaging his first win and gifting the game puck to his mother, Shelley. “But I think [the key is] having the right mindset of being in the moment, keeping your confidence and not being afraid to make mistakes. You have to go through a little adversity to develop. At least I did.” Lanky and likeable, Woll was talking big picture: about a journey that took him from Boston College blue-chipper, through an uneven Marlies experience rocked by a pandemic and those harsh pro lessons, to an evening where a brigade of Woll’s family helped increase attendance at a Sabres game to 7,992. But the goalie could’ve been t...