Editor’s note: This interview was originally published on Dec. 10. On Thursday, Sheldon Keefe will coach in Toronto for the first time since joining the New Jersey Devils. NEWARK, N.J. — The slogan that lines the dressing room wall of Sheldon Keefe’s New Jersey Devils team reads: Compete. Commit. Connect.

The concept of the Maple Leafs scoring their way out of trouble is nothing new. It is the philosophy that the Sheldon Keefe/Kyle Dubas era thrived on and at times made convincing cases for Jack Campbell and Ilya Samsonov being the answer in net.

Devils coach Sheldon Keefe’s message to his team after one of their best periods of the season was to keep up their pressure, but not get too overconfident since they still had not scored and the game wasn’t over. What he didn’t tell them was that he had a feeling Sunday’s game wouldn’t end well. His fears came true 40 minutes later.

William Nylander scored his second goal of the game at 1:10 of overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs battled back from 2-1 and 3-2 deficits in the third period to down the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Thursday.