Pittsburgh, PA (My Sportsbook) - Ed Belfour stopped all 33 shots he faced in his debut for the Maple Leafs as Toronto blanked the Pittsburgh Penguins, 6-0, in the season-opener for both teams at the Igloo. The Leafs' top line of Mats Sundin, Alexander Mogilny and Darcy Tucker accounted for four goals and seven assists to lead the onslaught.

Belfour was lured to Toronto in the off-season to replace Curtis Joseph, who left for Detroit via free agency. The 37-year-old netminder was solid, but did not have to be spectacular, in registering his 59th career shutout. He stands alone in second place behind Patrick Roy (61) on the career shutouts list among active goaltenders.

Sundin scored twice and added two assists, while Mogilny added a pair of goals and an assist. Tucker, the third member of the dynamic line, racked up four assists.

Mario Lemieux and Alexandre Daigle both came up empty in their respective comeback attempts, as the Penguins lost their fourth straight season-opener.

Daigle played in his first NHL game since retiring after the 1999-2000 season. The former first overall pick by the Ottawa Senators in the 1993 Entry Draft made the Penguins' squad after signing a tryout deal in the off-season.

Lemieux stepped onto the ice for the first time since February of last year, when a chronic hip problem ended his season after he appeared in just 24 games. The franchise center and part-owner of the team made a few slick passes, but looked rusty during his first game-action in eight months.

Johan Hedberg stopped only 19 of the 25 shots he faced, but was the victim of soft defensive coverage during most of the goals he allowed.

Mogilny's 5-on-3 power-play tally gave Toronto a 1-0 lead at the 5:24 mark of the first. With the Penguins in a protective triangle, the Leafs worked the puck around the perimeter and peppered Hedberg with several shot attempts. Finally, Sundin corralled the puck at the left of the goal before slipping a pass across the crease to Mogilny, who snapped an attempt on net. Hedberg went post-to-post to get a piece of the shot, but the puck trickled past him and across the goal line.

Three minutes later, Sundin stepped into the Pittsburgh zone along the left boards and accepted a cross-ice feed from Tucker before breaking in on net. The Leafs' captain fended off defenseman Jamie Pushor with his right hip and flipped a forehand over Hedberg's shoulder to extend Toronto's lead to 2-0. Mikael Renberg also assisted on the goal.

The Leafs struck again early in the second to take a 3-0 lead. Defenseman Robert Svehla sprung Tucker on a 3-on-1 with a crisp pass from just outside his own blue line. Tucker accepted the feed in stride and drove towards the net before leaving a pass for Sundin, who immediately dropped the puck for a training Mogilny. The speedy winger didn't hesitate to snap his second goal of the game past a helpless Hedberg.

Pittsburgh failed to score on a two-man advantage with just under five minutes left in the second. The Leafs limited the Penguins to harmless shots from the perimeter throughout most of the power play, but Belfour did have to flash the glove to snag a labeled wrister by Kovalev from the top of the right circle.

Mogilny and Sundin combined once more to give the Leafs a four-goal advantage with 6:47 left in the game. The duo broke in on a 2-on-1 and Mogilny froze Hedberg before feeding Sundin with a perfect pass, allowing his linemate to pump his second goal of the game into a wide open net.

A little over three minutes later, the Penguins allowed yet another odd-man advantage and Karel Pilar finished off a flawless execution of a 2-on-1 by banging home Robert Reichel's tape-to-tape pass for a 5-0 Toronto lead. The Leafs added a tally with under a minute left when Nik Antropov beat Hedberg with the Leafs' final goal of the night.