Clarke MacArthur scored the game-winner, and Giguere made the best save of the game in the dying moments, as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 at the Air Canada Centre on Thursday. Tim Brent and Phil Kessel also scored for Toronto, and Dustin Boyd and Jeff Halpern replied for the Canadiens.
Last season, four teams from the Northeast Division made it to the playoffs, leaving only the Maple Leafs on the outside looking in. This year there are two front-runners to make it back (in Boston and Buffalo), and three bubble teams (in Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa).
Now that the roster is all but set and meaningless hockey is finished, the Toronto Maple Leafs prepare to kick off the regular season Thursday against the Montreal Canadiens.
Tyler Bozak, Kris Versteeg and Phil Kessel combined for six points as the Toronto Maple Leafs doubled up the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 at the Air Canada Centre on Saturday.
Jiri Hudler scored twice as the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-3 in pre-season action at Joe Louis Arena on Friday. Nicklas Kronwall and Johan Franzen both had a goal and an assist for Detroit, while Valteri Filppula, Mike Modano and Brian Rafalski each added two assists.
Nazem Kadri gave the Leafs’ brass a little more to think about as the rookie scored his first two goals of the pre-season and set up the game-winner, lifting Toronto to a 4-3 victory over…
Could Nikolai Kulemin develop into a legitimate scoring threat for the Leafs?
Daniel Briere scored the game-tying goal and the eventual shootout winner to help the Philadelphia Flyers come back and beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3. Tied at one goal apiece in the shootout, Briere came…
As Toronto donned their jerseys for their fourth game of the 2010-11 preseason against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Maple Leafs iced a surprisingly strong lineup. Typically, NHL teams will allow rookies to fill roster spots,…
While Nazem Kadri has hogged the majority of the spotlight heading into the 2010 NHL season, another young center is quietly slipping under the radar in Toronto. 24 year-old Tyler Bozak will center the Leaf’s the top line between Phil Kessel and Nikolai Kulemin, and is expect to help produce much of the team’s offence. Bozak looks to have a breakout year, with just 37 games of experience under his belt.