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	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS
1.Buff*	82	53	22	7	113
2.NJ*	82	49	24	9	107
3.Atl*	82	43	28	11	97
4.Ott	82	48	25	9	105
5.Pitts	82	47	24	11	105
6.NYR	82	42	30	10	94
7.TB	82	44	33	5	93
8. NYI	82	40	30	12	92
9. Tor	82	40	31	11	91
10.Mon	82	42	34	6	90
11.Car	82	40	34	8	88
12.Flor	82	35	31	16	86
13.Bos	82	35	41	6	76
14.Wash	82	28	40	14	70
15.Phi	82	22	48	12	56

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Monday, February 26, 2007

Game 62 - Leafs 5 Flyers 2

1st Period Summary
Toronto Goal - Alexander Steen (12), from Jeff O`Neill and Matt Stajan at 11:16.

Penalties
2:17 Toronto Chad Kilger - 2 minutes for high-sticking
4:57 Philadelphia Denis Gauthier - 2 minutes for interference
12:24 Toronto Bryan McCabe - 2 minutes for hooking
17:10 Toronto Brendan Bell - 2 minutes for slashing
17:10 Philadelphia Alexei Zhitnik - 2 minutes for interference

2nd Period Summary
Toronto Goal - Jeff O`Neill (20), from Alexander Steen and Bryan McCabe at 12:57.
Toronto Goal - Chad Kilger (10), from Tomas Kaberle at 18:00.
Philadelphia Goal - Sami Kapanen (9), unassisted at 18:46.

Penalties
15:04 Philadelphia Stefan Ruzicka - 2 minutes for holding

3rd Period Summary
Toronto Goal - Mats Sundin (25), from Andy Wozniewski and Bryan McCabe at 8:41.
Toronto Goal - John Pohl (11), from Bryan McCabe and Bates Battaglia at 18:50.
Philadelphia Goal - Simon Gagne (34), from Scottie Upshall and Alexei Zhitnik at 19:18.

Penalties
6:09 Toronto Carlo Colaiacovo - 2 minutes for roughing
14:21 Toronto Andrew Raycroft - 2 minutes for interference
14:21 Philadelphia Darren Reid - 2 minutes for diving

Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Toronto 7 14 9 30
Philadelphia 7 7 10 24

Team Power Play
Toronto 0 of 2
Philadelphia 0 of 3

Toronto Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Andrew Raycroft 24 2 22 .917 60:00

Philadelphia Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Michael Leighton 30 5 25 .833 60:00

Friday, February 23, 2007

Kerry Fraser Has A Brain Cramp

What was referee Kerry Fraser thinking last night? His brain cramp cost the Leafs 2 points last night. Sundin's goal would have put the Leafs up 3-1, potentially sealing a victory, but of course that didn't happen. Let us examine Mats Sundin's goal last night...I mean Mats Sundin's goal that was called back.

Big Alexei Ponikarovsky is battling for position in front of Rick DiPietro, he's cross-checked and pushed into DiPietro by Brendan Witt, with his stick getting caught between the goalies pads. At the same time, Mats Sundin collects the puck in the corner, fires the puck at the net. Ponikarovsky is out of the crease when the puck crosses the line, but his stick is still between DiPietro pads. From looking at the replay, it is noticeable that DiPietro is grabbing Ponikarovsky's stick. Fraser delays his call for a few seconds, then waves the goal off, saying there was “incidental contact". What is 'Incidental Contact"? Does it mean they ran into each other by accident? If it does, how can you call a goal back because of accidental contact? It's part of the play. Does a play get blown down every time 2 players accidentally run into each other? Sure this example involved a goaltender, but a player from his own team instigated the contact by forcing an opposing player into the crease. A blown call in my opinion in a very important game that cost the Leafs, dropping them to 10th place in the conference.

Game 61 - Leafs 2 Islanders 3 (SO)

1st Period Summary
No Scoring

Penalties
2:16 Toronto Ian White - 2 minutes for hooking
13:43 Toronto Mats Sundin - 2 minutes for holding

2nd Period Summary
Toronto Goal - Matt Stajan (9), from Alexander Steen at 11:34.
Toronto Goal - Alexei Ponikarovsky (16), unassisted at 13:37.
NY Islanders Goal - Trent Hunter (16), from Sean Hill and Andy Hilbert at 19:02.

Penalties
2:24 NY Islanders Marc-Andre Bergeron - 2 minutes for cross-checking
14:25 Toronto Jeff O`Neill - 2 minutes for slashing
16:34 Toronto Alexei Ponikarovsky - 2 minutes for hooking

3rd Period Summary
NY Islanders Power-Play Goal - Trent Hunter 2 (17), from Tom Poti and Viktor Kozlov at 13:56.

Penalties
9:51 NY Islanders Sean Hill - 2 minutes for interference
12:36 Toronto Bryan McCabe - 2 minutes for hooking

Overtime Summary
No Scoring

Penalties
4:27 Toronto Bryan McCabe - 2 minutes for roughing
4:27 NY Islanders Sean Hill - 2 minutes for roughing

Shootout Result: TOR 0 - NYI 1
NYI M. Satan A. Raycroft S 0 - 0
TOR J. Pohl R. DiPietro S 0 - 0
NYI V. Kozlov A. Raycroft S 0 - 0
TOR M. Sundin R. DiPietro S 0 - 0
NYI R. Robitaille A. Raycroft G 0 - 1
TOR A. Ponikarovsky R. DiPietro S 0 - 1


Shots on Goal 1 2 3 OT SO Total
Toronto 9 8 9 3 0 29
NY Islanders 16 6 7 1 0 30

Team Power Play
Toronto 0 of 2
NY Islanders 1 of 5

Toronto Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Andrew Raycroft 30 2 28 .933 64:58

NY Islanders Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Rick DiPietro 29 2 27 .931 64:53

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Leafs - Bruins Highlights

The Boston Bruins shutout the Maple Leafs last night, even though the Leafs recorded 44 shots on Tim Thomas. Check out the highlights of last nights game.

Game 60 - Leafs 0 Bruins 3

1st Period Summary
Boston Goal - Stanislav Chistov (4), from Marc Savard at 7:13.

Penalties
3:14 Boston Zdeno Chara - 2 minutes for delay of game
4:31 Boston Per-Johan Axelsson - 2 minutes for holding
11:30 Boston David Krejci - 2 minutes for holding
13:40 Toronto Carlo Colaiacovo - 2 minutes for holding

2nd Period Summary
Boston Short-Handed Goal - P.J. Axelsson (10), from Brad Boyes and Bobby Allen at 14:14.
Boston Goal - Jason York (1), from Brandon Bochenski at 17:41.

Penalties
2:03 Toronto Hal Gill - 2 minutes for hooking
12:17 Boston Andrew Ference - 2 minutes for hooking

3rd Period Summary
No Scoring

Penalties
2:05 Boston Zdeno Chara - 2 minutes for interference
4:45 Toronto Chad Kilger - 4 minutes for high-sticking
16:31 Boston Bobby Allen - 2 minutes for holding stick
17:11 Toronto Tomas Kaberle - 2 minutes for interference

Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Boston 7 6 8 21
Toronto 12 14 18 44

Team Power Play
Boston 0 of 5
Toronto 0 of 6

Boston Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI PIM
Tim Thomas 44 0 44 1.000 60:00

Toronto Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Jean-Sebastien Aubin 8 0 8 1.000 20:00
Andrew Raycroft 13 3 10 .769 40:00

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Tucker Returning Soon and Other Leaf Notes

Darcy Tucker had the cast removed from his foot and is off the crutches. He still has to work on his conditioning, so he won't return to the lineup for another week or two. The Leafs are still attempting to sign Tucker before the trade deadline next Tuesday, but are at odds with both the length of contract and salary.

Kyle Wellwood’s return date is still several weeks away, they are aiming for mid-March.

The Leafs are 7-1-2 since the all-star break, and find themselves tied for the eighth spot in the eastern conference.

Mats Sundin has 14 points in the last 13 games since being reunited with Alexei Ponikarovsky and Nik Antropov. The line has scored 16 goals over the same span. Sundin needs only 3 goals to tie Darryl Sittler for the most goals scored in a Leaf uniform. Sittler scored 389 goals in 844 games, to-date Sundin has played in 884 games.

On the trade front: Teams are asking for Steen and Tlusty but Ferguson isn't interested in giving those players up, especially for a rental player. The salary cap will also come into play if the Leafs are looking to add a player or two. If Ferguson moves Michael Peca to the Long-Term Injury list, it would allow the Leafs to add a player with a $2.5 million salary. Peca wouldn't be able to return before the playoffs if he's placed on long-term injury; he's hoping to get in a few games before the playoffs. Gary Roberts has said he'll waive his no trade clause only for Toronto or Ottawa.

With Boyd Devereaux still nursing a sore wrist, defenseman Brendan Bell will once again find himself playing left wing on a line with Travis Green and Wade Belak. With the Leafs having plenty of young defenseman in the organization, Bell along with Andy Wozniewski or Staffan Kronwall, may find themselves as part of trade package to bring in a forward.

Andy Wozniewski's five game conditioning stint with the Toronto Marlies is now over and he's back up with the big club, getting into the lineup will be difficult.

Sunday, February 18, 2007

Game 59 - Leafs 4 Oilers 3

1st Period Summary
Toronto Power-Play Goal - Mats Sundin (24), from Tomas Kaberle and Alexander Steen at 11:59.

Penalties
5:42 Toronto Alexei Ponikarovsky - 2 minutes for hooking
8:02 Toronto Nik Antropov - 2 minutes for hooking
10:29 Edmonton Patrick Thoresen - 2 minutes for high-sticking

2nd Period Summary
Toronto Goal - John Pohl (9), from Bates Battaglia and Hal Gil at 4:31.
Edmonton Goal - Steve Staios (2), unassisted at 5:18.
Toronto Goal - John Pohl 2 (10), from Chad Kilger at 11:24.
Edmonton Penalty-Shot Goal - Marc-Antoine Pouliot (4) at 17:51.

Penalties
7:01 Edmonton Petr Sykora - 2 minutes for high-sticking
8:56 Edmonton Steve Staios - 2 minutes for tripping

3rd Period Summary
Toronto Goal - Mats Sundin 2 (25), from Tomas Kaberle and Nik Antropov at 10:55.
Edmonton Goal - Ryan Smyth (29), from Marc-Antoine Pouliet and Ales Hemsky at 18:57.

Penalties
11:00 Edmonton Marc-Antoine Pouliot - 2 minutes for hooking
17:51 Toronto Pavel Kubina - 2 minutes for interference

Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Edmonton 12 10 9 31
Toronto 13 9 13 35

Team Power Play
Edmonton 1 of 3
Toronto 1 of 4

Edmonton Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Dwayne Roloson 35 4 31 .886 58:09

Toronto Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Andrew Raycroft 31 3 28 .903 60:00

Friday, February 16, 2007

Leafs - Flyers Highlights

Game 58 - Leafs 4 Flyers 2

1st Period Summary
Toronto Goal - Jeff O`Neill (19), from Matt Stajan and Alexander Steen at 6:39.
Toronto Power-Play Goal - Nik Antropov (10), from Mats Sundin and Bryan McCabe at 8:44.
Toronto Goal - Carlo Colaiacovo (4), from Pavel Kubina at 14:10.

Penalties
7:16 Philadelphia Randy Jones - 2 minutes for high-sticking
8:20 Philadelphia Sami Kapanen - 2 minutes for hooking
12:02 Toronto Carlo Colaiacovo - 2 minutes for holding the stick

2nd Period Summary
Philadelphia Power-Play Goal - Simon Gagne (30), from Alexei Zhitnik and Joni Pitkanen at 12:10.

Penalties
7:18 Philadelphia Geoff Sanderson - 2 minutes for hooking
10:07 Toronto Travis Green - 2 minutes for hooking
11:08 Toronto Alexander Steen - 2 minutes for hooking
14:18 Philadelphia Alexei Zhitnik - 2 minutes for interference
15:40 Philadelphia Denis Gauthier - 2 minutes for cross-checking
18:55 Toronto Bates Battaglia - 2 minutes for hooking

3rd Period Summary
Toronto Goal - Mats Sundin (23), from Bryan McCabe and Alexei Ponikarovsky at 11:46.
Philadelphia Power-Play Goal - Mike Knuble (22), from Jeff Carter and Simon Gagne at 14:46.

Penalties
4:17 Philadelphia Randy Jones - 2 minutes for hooking
12:40 Toronto Ian White - 2 minutes for interference
13:40 Toronto Alexander Steen - 2 minutes for slashing
19:42 Toronto Alexei Ponikarovsky - 2 minutes for hooking

Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Toronto 15 14 3 32
Philadelphia 10 10 16 36

Team Power Play
Toronto 1 of 6
Philadelphia 2 of 7

Toronto Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Andrew Raycroft 36 2 34 .944 59:57

Philadelphia Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Antero Niittymaki 20 1 19 .950 42:57
Michael Leighton 12 3 9 .750 14:10

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Roberts Willing to Return

Gary Roberts would be willing to waive his no-trade clause to return to the Leafs. Would the Leafs be interested in reacquiring him? Most likely, but only if the price is right. Roberts also said we would waive his claus to play for the enemy, the Ottawa Sentors. He also said that he'd sign a one year contract extension with the Panthers.

Pohl Back in Action?

It is looking like John Pohl will return to the Leafs lineup tonight against the Philadelphia Flyers. He has missed the last 3 games with back spasms. The Leafs have lost all 3 of those games, one of them in OT and another in a shootout.

Kris Newbury, who was knocked unconscious last Saturday after taking a couple punches to the head and banging his helmet-less head off of the ice, could be back practicing this weekend.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

DiPietro Stones the Leafs

Even with recording twice as many shots as the Islanders, the Leafs still couldn't pull out a victory. When all was said and done, the Leafs fell 3-2 after losing the shootout, even though they recorded 41 shots on Rick DiPietro. After surrendering two goals in 27 seconds to Hunter and Satan, Bates Battaglia scored his 10th of the season on a nifty backhander to tie the score at 2 with 11 minutes to play in the second. This is when DiPietro stole the show.

After allowing Battaglia's goal, DiPietro made 25 consecutive saves. The Isles were out shot 16-1 in the third period which was totally dominated by the Leafs in every aspect of the game. DiPietro made a spectacular diving save on Kaberle's open net wrister.

Even though Raycroft only had 20 shots directed his way, he noted "That's by far the hardest game I've had to play this year," "You try and stay focused and we're pounding away at the other end, putting lots of shots on net. You've just got to stay in there and not let the next one in."

Nielsen and Kozlov scored in the shootout for the Isles, while only Sundin could manage to beat DiPietro. Ponikarovsky and Antropov looked like they weren't too interested in being a part of the shootout. Both players basically skated in a straight line towards the net and fired a wrist shot from beyond the hash marks into DiPietro's pads, who didn't really have to move at all.

The victory by the Isles tied them with the Leafs for 9th place in the conference with 62 points, both have 25 games remaining. Both are 2 points back of Montreal for 8th spot, and 5 points back of Pittsburgh for 4th spot.

Leafs - Islanders Highlights

Game 57 - Leafs 2 Islanders 3 (SO)

1st Period Summary
Toronto Power-Play Goal - Pavel Kubina (5), from Carlo Colaiacovo and Alexander Steen at 6:14.

Penalties
4:38 NY Islanders Frederick Meyer - 2 minutes for hooking
9:02 NY Islanders Bruno Gervais - 2 minutes for hooking

2nd Period Summary
NY Islanders Goal - Trent Hunter (15), from Mike Sillinger and Andy Hilbert at 4:49.
NY Islanders Goal - Miroslav Satan (20), from Jeff Tambellini and Viktor Kozlov at 5:16.
Toronto Goal - Bates Battaglia (10), from Boyd Deveraux and Chad Kilger at 9:00.

Penalties
17:17 Toronto Nik Antropov - 2 minutes for holding

3rd Period Summary
No Scoring
No Penalties

Overtime Summary
No Scoring
No Penalties

Shootout Result: NYI 2 - TOR 1
1 NYI F. Nielsen A. Raycroft G 1 - 0
2 TOR A. Ponikarovsky R. DiPietro S 1 - 0
3 NYI M. Satan A. Raycroft S 1 - 0
4 TOR M. Sundin R. DiPietro G 1 - 1
5 NYI V. Kozlov A. Raycroft G 2 - 1
6 TOR N. Antropov R. DiPietro S 2 - 1


Shots on Goal 1 2 3 OT SO Total
NY Islanders 8 7 1 4 0 20
Toronto 10 11 16 4 0 41

Team Power Play
NY Islanders 0 of 1
Toronto 1 of 2

NY Islanders Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Rick DiPietro 41 2 39 .951 65:00

Toronto Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Andrew Raycroft 20 2 18 .900 65:00

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Newbury OK after being KO’d

If you had never heard of Kris Newbury before this past Saturday night, you probably know who he is now. Newbury got into a third period fight with Pittsburgh's Ronald Petrovicky, took a few good shots in the head, and then crashed to the ice. After watching the replays of the fight, it appears that he was knocked out before the back of his unprotected head hit the ice. There was a pool of blood on the ice, and he was taken off the ice on a stretcher.

It was definitely a scary moment to witness. But it seems that everything is alright with Newbury and he is only listed as day-to-day. He is not experiencing any post concussion symptoms, and was riding a stationary bike yesterday. They will not rush him, keeping him out of the lineup for about a week. He is sporting a few stitches by his lip, and staples at the back of his head.

Petrovicky was concerned about Newbury, prompting Petrovicky to call him on Sunday. Newbury sees the incident as just an accident, and will not shy away from dropping the gloves in the future.