A Tobias Enstrom interference penalty with 8.1 seconds left set the stage for Kubina 33 seconds into OT, on a slapshot past Johan Hedberg that was Toronto's 47th shot of the night.
It also ended Joseph's personal win drought dating back to April 5, when he beat Vancouver while with Calgary.
The long wait for Curtis Joseph's first victory of the season, and 450th of his career, is over.
Finally getting the milestone win was all about finding the right focus. That has been difficult this season for the 41-year-old netminder, who is locked in on the play, reading it well and feeling confident when things are going right.
He took a positive step in correcting his problems Tuesday night, making 29 saves to help his Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4-3 in overtime. Nik Antropov handed him the game puck after Pavel Kubina scored the winner, a memento for reaching a nice milestone number and putting his second tour with the Leafs back on track.
''Wins are the most important measure for goalies, I think. Certainly it's a great accomplishment,'' Joseph said of 450. ''I think I really read the plays well and really focused in. That's been my problem. Sometimes you're only human and you learn.''
Nikolai Kulemin, Lee Stempniak and Jason Blake also scored for the Maple Leafs (15-16-6), who stopped a three-game losing streak with starter Vesa Toskala on the bench. They had to fight back from an early 2-0 deficit and then gave up a 3-2, third-period lead when Colby Armstrong knotted things u''Cujo made three or four huge saves for us, for him, as much as anything to gather some confidence after a shaky start,'' said Leafs coach Ron Wilson. ''And we got our offence going, we had a ton of shots, a ton of scoring chances.''p on a power play at 13:17.
The Leafs next action comes Thursday at home against Buffalo, and as always you can hear all the action, right here on Bench Brawl
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