After a huge effort in Columbus last night to knock off the 100-point Blue Jackets, the visualization of these Leafs in the playoffs finally became very real. Now there’s plenty of talk about a first-round matchup with the Senators in a new Battle of Ontario, and the expectation of holding down that third spot in the Atlantic division. The hype is at its highest point all season, and rightly so.

But there’s still work to do, and games on the schedule that present the perfect trap for teams getting too far ahead of themselves. One of those tests will be tonight, when the Leafs head home on the latter half of this back-to-back and face the Devils, a club that’s now at the very bottom of the conference.