The Toronto Maple Leafs‘ lack of secondary scoring early on in the season was one of the main negative talking points surrounding the team, but Max Domi did his part to chip away at that narrative with two goals on Tuesday night. He scored the opening goal and the game-winner to help lead the Leafs to a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames, and overall looked much more confident than he did in the first few weeks of the season.

Heading into Tuesday’s game, Domi had one goal and no assists in nine games, and was a minus-7 on the season. Head coach Craig Berube talked about Domi’s season prior to the game on Tuesday and said that it was all over the place.

Following Domi’s effort on Tuesday, Berube raved about Domi’s game and what he’s capable when he’s healthy, confident, and engaged.

“I’m sure it’ll help,” Berube said with a smile when asked if Domi’s two-goal effort will help his confidence. “He’s been good. Max, for me, the last three games has been a different player. More engaged, and when he’s an engaged player, he’s a good player.”

Domi was double-shifted near the end of the game, which ended up leading to the game-winner, and Berube said he did that because he felt that Domi had the momentum to help the team in that moment.

“He’s got a hot hand right now,” Berube continued. “He was getting a lot of opportunities at the net, he was competitive with the puck, skating with the puck, so that’s why.”

An underrated factor about the Maple Leafs’ so-so start to the season is the fact that their schedule is extremely front-loaded on the home side. This could be viewed as a positive in some respects, but considering how many changes the Leafs underwent in their forward group heading into this season, you’re not getting a ton of team bonding when everybody goes home at the end of the night. They’re on the road to face the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday night before travelling to Philadelphia to face the Flyers on Saturday night, and to Berube, the road trip couldn’t have come at a better time.

“We got to go to Columbus tomorrow and take care of business there, but we get a couple of days before the Philly game where the guys can get together on the road and be around each other, so, I think it’s a good thing.”

The Maple Leafs will look to finish the month on a high note before kicking off a busy month of November with 14 games on the slate.