I think they'll wake up. This kind of reminds me of when the Leafs had that awful 4 game losing streak back at the beginning of January and looked absolutely putrid. The 4th game though, they played really well against Washington but a few bad bounces and gaffes lost them the game, despite giving a solid effort. Then they got lucky with a shootout win over New Jersey to stop the losing. With the next game in Boston, nobody gave them a chance in hell, yet they secured a 4-3 victory, and then have been on absolute tear ever since.
Last night's Columbus game was kind of the same thing. Leafs were the better team for 2/3 periods and were scored on because of a few bad breakdowns, but the overall effort was not so bad, and they showed life at the end to at least fight back until the very end.
I think they will carry that over tomorrow, or at least I hope so for my own sanity.