"The Carolina Hurricanes are finally coming home after a four-game, nine-day road trip, though Canada that at times seemed as if it was 99 days long.

It didn't help any that the trip ended in another loss.

The Toronto Maple Leafs won 2-1 in overtime Tuesday at Air Canada Centre, on Tim Connolly's second goal of the game. Connolly tipped in a rebound 44 seconds into the overtime to end it.

The Leafs (16-11-3) had taken a 1-0 lead on Connolly's first goal, with 4:14 left in regulation. But the Canes responded.

After Jiri Tlusty was high-sticked by the Leafs' Joffrey Lupul, a power-play goal by Alexei Ponikarovsky with 1:54 remaining tied the score 1-1 and appeared to give the Canes (9-18-5) needed momentum."