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| Leafs and Lightning square off in Toronto |
NHL Hockey |
01/01/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A pair of struggling teams will try to turn things around on New Year's Day, as the Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight at Air Canada Centre. The Lightning have dropped four in a row, five of six and seven of their last eight contests. Tampa Bay is now last in the Eastern Conference with just 33 points on the year. As for Toronto, the club has lost three consecutive tests and has been defeated in six of its last seven trips to the ice. The Leafs are currently last in the N |
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| Rangers rout Leafs behind five power-play goals |
NHL Hockey |
12/29/2007 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Jaromir Jagr registered a goal and three assists as the New York Rangers routed the Toronto Maple Leafs, 6-1, at Air Canada Centre. Martin Straka added a goal and a helper for the Rangers, who have won two in a row and set a new season high for goals in one game. Petr Prucha scored twice, while Blair Betts and Brendan Shanahan tallied once each. Stephen Valiquette made 27 stops to post his second win of the season. Darcy Tucker hit the net for the Maple Leafs, losers of three in a r |
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| Maple Leafs return home to host Rangers |
NHL Hockey |
12/29/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Maple Leafs will play their first game at home in nearly three weeks when they welcome the New York Rangers to Air Canada Centre for a battle of Original Six franchises. The Maple Leafs went 2-3-2 on a seven-game road trip that ended with Thursday's setback in Philadelphia. Toronto hasn't played in front of its home fans since beating the Tampa Bay Lightning on December 10. The loss to the Flyers was the second straight defeat and fifth setback in six games for Toronto. Joffrey Lupu |
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| Lupul helps Flyers snap skid |
NHL Hockey |
12/27/2007 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Joffrey Lupul's pair of goals and 34 saves from Martin Biron lifted the Philadelphia Flyers over the Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-1, at Wachovia Center. Danny Briere picked up a goal and one assist and Jeff Carter also hit the net for the Flyers, who ended a six-game losing streak overall as well as a five- game losing skid to Toronto at home. Mats Sundin provided the lone goal for the Maple Leafs, who have dropped five of their last six contests. Andrew Raycroft allowed four goals o |
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| DiPietro sits out against Senators because of sprained knee; might return on Saturday |
NHL Hockey |
12/27/2007 |
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UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -New York Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro sprained his left knee, but might miss only one game. DiPietro was injured during warmups Wednesday night before the Islanders faced the Toronto Maple Leafs. He lasted only one period of New York's 4-3 overtime victory. He underwent an MRI on Thursday and stayed in New York for treatment instead of joining the team in Ottawa for a game that night. The Islanders said the 26-year-old DiPietro is day to day and might play Saturday at home against |
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| Thrashers welcome Panthers to Philips Arena |
NHL Hockey |
12/27/2007 |
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| d a whopping 42 points (19 goals, 23 assists) in those contests. The Panthers will also try to get back in the win column tonight after having a three-game win streak halted their last time out. Florida was handed a 2-1 overtime loss by the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday as Pavel Kubina scored the game-winner on the power play just 34 seconds into overtime. With 1:15 left in the third, Florida's Richard Zednik was whistled for slashing. In the extra session, Kubina beat Tomas Vokoun cleanly on the short- |
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| Flyers host Maple Leafs hoping to halt skid |
NHL Hockey |
12/27/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Flyers will try to avoid a seventh straight loss when they welcome the Toronto Maple Leafs for tonight's battle at the Wachovia Center. The Flyers have dropped six in a row and are in the midst of their worst losing streak since suffering through a nine-game slide from January 4-27 of last season. Philadelphia had the worst season in franchise history in 2006-07, as the team managed just 56 points on the year. After starting the season with a 6-1-0 record, the Flyers have gone |
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| Isles beat Maple Leafs in OT; DiPietro injured |
NHL Hockey |
12/27/2007 |
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| Uniondale, NY (MySportsbook) - Mike Comrie scored twice, including the game- winning goal with 9.6 seconds left in overtime, as the New York Islanders edged the Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-3, at Nassau Coliseum. The Leafs got plenty of pressure in the extra period, but with time winding down, the Isles went end-to-end. Richard Park then sent a shot on net that deflected off the right pad of Andrew Raycroft, but Comrie was trailing the play and quickly shoveled home the rebound. "It's funny, you get a couple of bounc |
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| Caps remove interim tag; name Boudreau head coach |
NHL Hockey |
12/26/2007 |
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| n the American Hockey League (AHL) and the ECHL, and has coached more than 1,000 games in the minor leagues. He compiled a 340-216-56-43 record in nine seasons as an AHL head coach and led the Hershey Bears, Washington's AHL affiliate, to the Eastern Conference championship and the Calder Cup finals in each of his first two years in the organization, winning the Calder Cup in 2006. Boudreau played parts of eight NHL seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Blackhawks, recording 70 points in 141 NHL games. |
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| Maple Leafs continue road swing against Islanders |
NHL Hockey |
12/26/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Maple Leafs will continue their longest road trip of the season tonight, when they visit the New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum. The Maple Leafs are 2-2-1 on the seven-game swing and will close out the stretch Thursday evening in Philadelphia. Toronto's latest contest was a success as the Leafs downed the Florida Panthers, 2-1, on Saturday. Pavel Kubina scored the game-winner on the power play, 34 seconds into overtime, as the Leafs edged the Panthers at BankAtlantic Center. With |
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