Toronto Maple Leafs

Jonas Just Sucks - Devils over Leafs 4-3 in OT

February 21, 2012

In what was a crucial game for the Toronto Maple Leafs following an abysmal western Canadian road trip, the Leafs were undone by goalie Jonas Gustavsson on home ice. Toronto came out of the gate with a purpose to show that the lack luster performances that they have had in their past six games (1-5-0) was a thing of the past. The Leafs attacked the Devils through the first seven minutes of the game outshooting them 6-0 and pushing for that opening goal. New Jersey did not resemble the team that was 8-1-1 in their past ten games as they couldn't keep up ...

Game Preview #60 - Leafs vs Devils

February 21, 2012

Marco Perruzza

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The turtle derby continues tonight as the Toronto Maple Leafs (29-24-6) will host the New Jersey Devils (34-20-4) at the Air Canada Centre. The Leafs enter tonight's contest in a tie for the 8th and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with the Winnipeg Jets. Although both teams are sitting at 64 points, the Leafs are ahead on winning percentage having played two less games than the Jets. While Toronto has been sputtering terribly lately going 1-5-0 in their past six games, they still sit miraculously in a playoff position thanks to the inabilit...

Game Preview #59 - Canucks vs Leafs

February 18, 2012

Marco Perruzza

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The Toronto Maple Leafs (29-26-3) will finish their brief three game road trip as they take on the Vancouver Canucks (36-15-6) in a rare late afternoon affair. Tonight's game will see a four o'clock puck drop in the city of Vancouver. The Leafs will be looking to shake off some of the bad habits that saw them lose four straight games and which caused them to barely escape Edmonton with a 4-3 overtime win. Although the Leafs did snap that ugly and season long four game streak against the Oilers on Wednesday night, they still were guilty of poor defen...

Rynnas Stops 48 to Beat Trenton

February 18, 2012

Matt Bernot

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Just two days removed from an offense-filled 6-5 shootout loss at Sun Center, the Reading Royals and Trenton Titans hooked up again Friday night in Trenton.

Like many times this season, the Titans started the game in early penalty trouble as Myles Stoesz was sent off for tripping at the 3:02 mark and Steve Silva followed at 4:15 for high-sticking. Luckily for the Titans, Reading’s power play would never really show anything in terms of a cohesive attack and the Titans killed off both the penalties.

Unfortunately, Trenton’s defense would cough up the puck leading to a breakaway. This time, Ray DiLauro had a shot blocked, allowing Kenny Ryan to spring Dennis McCauley on a breakaway. Brad Phillips stopped the initial shot before John Scrymgeour smacked home the rebound to give the Royals an early 1-0 lead.

Game Preview #58 - Oilers vs Leafs

February 15, 2012

Marco Perruzza

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While I think that the term 'must win game' is one of the most overused ones in professional sports, the Toronto Maple Leafs (28-23-6) are playing one of them tonight as they face the Edmonton Oilers (22-28-5) continuing their Western Canadian road trip. Just last week these two teams met in Toronto as the Leafs emerged with an unspectacular 6-3 victory. That win was Toronto's third straight and capped off a stretch that saw them go 5-0-1. Since that game though the Leafs have failed to register a point and now see them themselves clinging onto ...

The Slide Continues - Flames Take Down Leafs 5-1

February 15, 2012

Marco Perruzza

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The Toronto Maple Leafs are enduring their worst stretch of the season at the worst possible time. For the first time this season Toronto has lost four straight games following an un-excusable loss in Calgary to the Flames tonight. Prior to the game the Leaf players were discussing the importance of the match-up and how they needed to come out of the gate strong and set the tone for this brief three game road trip. Unfortunately the players failed to back up their words as the first period was one to forget for the buds. Both teams traded chances within the...

Game Preview: Flames vs Toronto Maple Leafs

February 14, 2012

NickSymon

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On a busy 9-game schedule in the NHL, no game could be more important than tonight’s match-up between the Flames and Leafs. Both teams are battling for the last playoff positions in their respective conferences, as the Leafs currently sit 8th in the East while the Flames are trying to gain ground on the 8th place Phoenix Coyotes, sitting 3 points back. Tonight will be the second and final meeting between the clubs as the Leafs took the first game back on October 15th at the Air Canada Centre, 3-2.

Game Day: Canadiens @ Maple Leafs

February 11, 2012

David Collins

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The Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs will once again do battle tonight, this time on the night that Mats Sundin's jersey number goes to the rafters of the Air Canada Centre. These two teams have been in different places all season, with the Maple Leafs fighting for a playoff spot and the Canadiens struggling to even come close. This is a welcome change, of course, for Maple Leafs fans, for which the situation is usually flipped, but for Habs fans, it's an unusual and painful experience.

Tonight the oldest and most historic rivalry in the NHL is reborn, and both teams d...

Meszaros pulls it together against Leafs

February 10, 2012

Matthew Brigidi

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Andrej Meszaros hasn’t had a consistent year.

In fact, there have been times were he has looked shaky at best.

However, in Thursday night’s 4-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, Meszaros looked like the player Philadelphia fans were introduced to last year after he joined the team in an offseason trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Physical, fast and engaged, Meszaros put together what was arguably his best game of the season.

Flyers snap three-game skid with 4-3 win over Leafs

February 10, 2012

Matthew Brigidi

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After only five minutes into the second period, it looked like it was going to be a long night.

Losers of three consecutive games against three division opponents and being held scoreless for over 98 minutes, the Philadelphia Flyers managed to lose two separate leads almost as quickly as they had gained them.

Facing a formidable Toronto Maple Leafs club that could pull within three points of the Flyers in the Eastern Conference standings with a win, Thursday night was a chance for a struggling team to turn the ship around.

While the first five minutes of the second was disappointing, it was the final five minutes that proved to be the game.

Following a goal by Claude Giroux to take the lead, it was Brayden Schenn who scored around the five-minute mark to give the Flyers enough to hold on for a 4-3 win.