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Friday, January 19, 2007

Leafs Hang On

The Leafs sure can make things interesting. After entering the second period intermission 3-0, the Panthers scored a fluke goal as Campbell's shot took a funny bounce off of McCabe's skate that bounced past Raycroft. I was left shaking my head, thinking 'here we go again, another third period meltdown'. At around the 10 minute mark, another bad bounce resulted in Peltonen closing the gap to 3-2. But in the end the Leafs hung on in front of Raycroft's solid goaltending. Raycroft made 39 saves on the night, 14 in the second period and 16 in the third. If it wasn't for Raycroft, the Leafs would have blown another third period lead. His play the last 2 games should silence his critics for at least a few days. If the Leafs have any hope of making it into the playoffs, they currently site in 9th, he has to continue to play well.

The play of Pohl, Battaglia, Kilger and recent call up Devereaux has been encouraging. They all have played solid as their roll has expanded over the past month or so with all the injuries that have occurred. Devereaux, Kilger and Pohl each scored last night. If someone told me that Devereaux would have 8 points after his first 10 games with the Leafs, I would have laughed at them.

There is a chance that Darcy Tucker could return to the lineup tomorrow against Pittsburgh, but more than likely he'll wait to return after the All-Star break. Wednesday was his first full practice and there was still some swelling on his left foot. There is no need to rush him back tomorrow, the extra days off would really help him. But everyone knows how much of a gamer Tucker is, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was back in the lineup.


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Game 48 - Leafs 3 Panthers 2

1st Period Summary
Toronto Goal - Boyd Devereaux (2), from Chad Kilger and Bates Battaglia at 12:14.

Penalties
5:50 Florida Chris Gratton - 2 minutes for hooking
8:08 Florida Gregory Campbell - 4 minutes for high-sticking
15:12 Toronto Bates Battaglia - 2 minutes for tripping

2nd Period Summary
Toronto Goal - Chad Kilger (8), from Matt Stajan and Wade Belak at 5:59.
Toronto Goal - John Pohl (8), unassisted at 10:41.

Penalties
17:47 Toronto Wade Belak - 5 minutes for fighting
17:47 Florida Bryan Allen - 5 minutes for fighting

3rd Period Summary
Florida Goal - Gregory Campbell (4), from Joel Kwiatkowski at 1:12.
Florida Goal - Ville Peltonen (7), from Stephen Weiss and Bryan Allen at 10:08.

Penalties
4:02 Toronto Chad Kilger - 2 minutes for tripping
20:00 Toronto John Pohl - 2 minutes for holding

Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Toronto 10 4 5 19
Florida 9 14 18 41

Team Power Play
Toronto 0 of 3
Florida 0 of 2

Toronto Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Andrew Raycroft 41 2 39 .951 60:00

Florida Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Ed Belfour 5 0 5 1.000 19:11
Alexander Auld 14 3 11 .786 40:00

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