Recently, Toronto has made life difficult for teams on the playoff bubble but not on Wednesday night.
The New York Rangers, in a must-win scenario, dismantled the lacklustre Leafs 5-1 at Madison Square Garden.
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Leafs get rolled by the Rangers
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 9:56 pm on April 7, 2010
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Leafs end the Buffalo dominance
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 10:18 pm on April 1, 2010
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The futility against the Buffalo Sabres, stretching back nearly two seasons, is finally over for Toronto.
Luke Schenn scored the winner at 8:30 of the third period as the Maple Leafs ended a 10 game-losing streak against the Sabres with a 4-2 win at the Air Canada Centre on Thursday night.
Schenn let a shot go from the right point that deflected off the stick of Raffi Torres and found the top corner over the shoulder of Ryan Miller.
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Thrashers keep playoff hopes alive
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 11:36 pm on March 30, 2010
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A former Maple Leaf was the difference on Tuesday night.
Nik Antropov scored his first goal against his former team and Ondrej Pavelec stopped 29 stopped shots as the Atlanta Thrashers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 at the Air Canada Centre.
Antropov tipped a point shot from Ron Hainsey that got between the arm and body of Jonas Gustavsson, just 4:44 into the third period.
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Leafs halt Canadiens’ winning streak
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 12:01 am on March 21, 2010
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The Leafs broke two streaks on Saturday night.
They ended Montreal’s pursuit of seven consecutive wins and ended Jaroslav Halak’s run of six-straight victories in a narrow 3-2 shootout win at the Air Canada Centre.
John Mitchell beat Halak with a tidy backhand in round three and Jonas Gustavsson turned away Brian Gionta to secure the win.
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It’s official: the Leafs have the Senators number
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 12:03 am on March 17, 2010
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There is a solution to the Leafs’ woes this year; play the Senators more often.
Goals by John Mitchell and Mikhail Grabovski, 19 seconds apart in the second period, paced the Leafs to a 4-1 win on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Place.
Toronto won four of six meetings against Ottawa this season, outscoring them 18-7 in that span.
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Isles end Leafs’ modest win streak
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 10:02 pm on March 14, 2010
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In their recent tour around the bottom half of the NHL, the Leafs have managed to win a season-high three straight but that came to an end against the New York Islanders on Sunday night.
Richard Park scored the game winner at 8:55 of the first period and Martin Biron turned aside 26 shots as the Islander beat the Leafs 4-1 at the Nassau Coliseum.
Park’s eighth goal of the season came while the Islanders were short handed. He collected a turnover near the Toronto blue-line and beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere from the slot with a quick wrister to the blocker side.
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Leafs dismantle Oilers to win third in a row
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 12:48 am on March 14, 2010
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Two teams with the worst plus minus in the league met up for a goal fest on Saturday night as the Leafs beat the Oilers 6-4 in a high-speed affair at the Air Canada Centre.
Mikhail Grabovski got the winner at 6:50 of the second period on the power play when Viktor Stalberg blew around Tom Gilbert and centred the puck into the low slot for the easy tap in.
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Leafs battle Flyers but come up short
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 11:10 pm on March 7, 2010
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Simon Gagne and Daniel Briere scored 1:16 apart, late in the second period, and Michael Leighton stopped 27 shots as the Flyers won a hard fought 3-1 decision over the Leafs at the Wachovia Center on Sunday night.
Gagne scored at 17:09 on a quick wrist shot and Briere converted a cross-ice pass from Braydon Coburn at 18:25.
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Leafs take the fifth round in the Battle of Ontario
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 12:07 am on March 7, 2010
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It doesn’t seem to matter what the standings say, the Leafs always play the Senators tight and Saturday night was no different.
Phil Kessel scored in regulation and had the shootout winner as Toronto brushed by Ottawa 2-1 in a chippy affair at Scotiabank Place.
Kessel scored in the first round when he came from the right boards and skated to the middle of the ice, cut back and beat Pascal Leclaire with a backhand. Nikolai Kulemin scored the other shootout goal for the Leafs.
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Bruins end 10-game home winless streak with a win over the Leafs
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 11:47 pm on March 4, 2010
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It was an uninspiring game between two teams looking for a win.
Miroslav Satan scored in regulation and got the shootout winner, as the Boston Bruins squeezed by the Leafs 3-2 at the TD Banknorth Garden on Thursday night.
Satan faked Jean-Sebastien Giguere to his knees, skated around him and threw the puck into the empty net before Giguere could get his skate to the left post.
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Leafs flatline in a loss to the Hurricanes
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 1:19 am on March 3, 2010
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With the trade deadline less than 16 hours away, and trade rumours swirling around the Leafs, they looked like a team waiting for the hammer to fall.
It showed in a distracted and dispirited effort as Toronto lost 5-1 to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night at the Air Canada Centre.
Jussi Jokinen got the winner just 46 seconds into the second period when Ray Whitney feathered a saucer pass to Jokinen streaking down the slot, the winger let a quick wrist shot go that beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere to the glove side for his 24th goal.
Brandon Sutter, Tuomo Ruutu, Sergei Samsonov and Chad Larose also scored for Carolina (25-30-7) as they extend their winning streak to six games. Justin Peters (3-0-0) stopped 32 shots in his third NHL start.
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Leafs look uninispired in last game before the Olympic break
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 1:28 pm on February 13, 2010
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Look on the brights side of things Leafs’ fans: you don’t have to watch them for the next couple of weeks.
In their last game before the Olympic break, Toronto looked less than interested in a 4-0 loss to the St Louis Blues on Friday night.
Andy McDonald netted the winner at 14:22 of the first period on a 3-on-1 break. Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped Erik Johnson on the initial shot but the rebound went to Patrik Berglund, who fed McDonald at the right post for the tap in.
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Leafs show lots of heart but come up short
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 11:32 pm on February 8, 2010
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The Leafs looked good against the NHL’s best road team but it wasn’t enough.
Ryane Clowe scored the winner at 13:21 of the third period and Evgeni Nabokov stopped 32 shots as the San Jose Sharks defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 at Air Canada Centre on Monday night.
Devin Setoguchi’s centring pass deflected off Luke Schenn’s skate and went to Clowe, who fired the puck into the open net for the margin of victory.
Nabokov made the lead stand up making two huge goal mouth saves on Viktor Stalberg with less than 10 seconds remaining in the game.
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Leafs too much for the streaking Senators
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 11:15 pm on February 6, 2010
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The third time is the charm for the Leafs.
After blowing two third-period leads in their previous three games, Toronto opened up a 3-0 spread after one and cruised to a 5-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night at the Air Canada Centre.
Prior to the game, there was a moment of silence for Brendan Burke. The son of Leafs general manager Brian Burke, Brendan was tragically killed in an auto accident on Friday afternoon in Wayne County, Ind.
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More lessons learned for the Leafs
Posted by Gordon Anderson at 5:33 pm on February 6, 2010
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Another game and another third period meltdown for Toronto.
The Devils scored three consecutive goals late in the third period to squeak out a 4-3 win over the Maple Leafs on Friday night.
Travis Zajac and Dean McAmmond scored before Jay Pandolfo capped the comeback at 19:41 of the third when he deposited a rebound behind Jonas Gustavsson.
Gustavsson made a right leg save on a shot from the point but the puck went right to Pandolfo who fired it into the empty net before Gustavsson could get back into position.
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