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Though the Leafs gave up an empty netter to lose by a pair, Jonas Gustavsson stopped 32 of 34 shots, good for an 0.941 save percentage tonight. Toronto's only goal came on a flukey play where Blake stuffed the puck into Kiprusoff and it went straight up

I was concerned with our 1-0 lead after one but the Leafs worked as hard as possible to pull off the "stupid goal" and "power play goal" combo within a minute, just as I predicted, to give the Flames a 2-1 lead. Balls. The Flames have

1st Intermission 1 2 3 Total Toronto Maple Leafs 1 1 Calgary Flames 0 0 Join the Game Thread Here's your second period thread. Don't mess it all up with your sticky hands.

This is your gamethread. Toskala free in 2010!

Puck Drop: 7PM ET CBC The Leafs travel to Calgary today to play the Flames (23-12-5, won three in a row) in what promises to be a complete shitshow. Tonight we'll see the return of handsome Swedes Viktor Stålberg and a Jonas Gustavsson start. Gustavsson comes in to

Welcome to a new year. I hope you enjoyed the US once again blowing it in the World Juniors against Canada. Sigh. I also hope you didn't watch the zombie corpse of Dick Clark on ABC last night which was truly horrifying. I have to believe someone forced

The Leafs just lost to the 29th place team in the league. You can stop talking about the playoffs now. Kessel scored a garbage goal in garbage time but at least we don't need to hear about his cold streak anymore. Toskala let in a laugher in the

Puck Drop: 9:30ET Sportsnet Ontario Get friendly with your west coasters, this is going to be a late start for most of us. Some of us, like blurr, Karina and Wrap Around Curl are loving this. What none of us will love is that Vesa Toskala is starting tonight.

According to AM640's Jonas Siegel, both John Mitchell and Viktor Stålberg practiced with the team today though neither is expected to play tomorrow night in Edmonton. Makes you wonder if Rickard Wallin's days are numbered here; you'd have to imagine the Leafs would rather

In a game eerily reminiscent of last season the Leafs dumped the Penguins 4-3. Pittsburgh tied it up with under three minutes to go but moustached hero Ian White scored less than a minute later to seal the deal. He's going to command a hefty price on the

Here's an open thread for you folks who want to talk Canada - Latvia

Puck Drop: 7PM Leafs TV Dominik's Islanders-centric preview! Another team we've seen a lot of recently has been the Islanders. After an OT loss exactly one month ago that saw the Leafs throw 60 shots at Dwayne Roloson the Leafs blew a 2-0 lead to a

No I'm not annoyed with Phil himself, I'm annoyed with writers suggesting that Kessel is slumping because he went pointless in his last three games. Kessel hasn't been able to do much against Boston because he has no supporting cast and the Bruins all

Puck Drop: 7PM ET, Sportsnet / Versus Does anyone need an in depth game preview for a game against an in division foe we played three days ago? Gustavsson starts against Miller (ugh) tonight and we're long overdue for a win against the Slugs after getting Toskala-ed on Friday.

Here's a link to the game in six so you can watch it again and again and again and...

Puck Drop: 7PM ET CBC, NHLN-US I feel like we've covered this to death so today's preview is going to be really short. Goaltending matchups should be Jonas Gustavsson (16/17 = .941 last night) vs. Tuukka Rask (1.97 GAA .932 SV% this season, thanks JFJ)

This is your third period/post game thread. If you say anything positive about Vesa Toskala I'll ban you tomorrow morning when I wake up.

On November 9th, 2007 Andrew Raycroft shut out the Buffalo Sabres. Since then the Leafs are 2-8-1 against Buffalo with their last win coming more than a calendar year ago on December 12th at the HSBC Center. To say Buffalo has our number is a huge understatement. The Leafs are

Last year, former Leafs coach Pat Quinn put DiDomenico on a line with John Tavares and Angelo Esposito. DiDomenico, never the strongest skater, thrived as a cornerman to the two junior stars. - MapleLeafs.com Coming back to the QMJHL after the WJC Chris DiDomenico scored 35 points in 15

Vesa Toskala's back. Kessel, Poni and Mayers light the lamp but it's not enough. The Leafs play in Buffalo on Friday, Buffalo was just shut out by Brian Elliott which means the Sabres will be bloodthirsty. Sigh.

Puck Drop: 7:30PM ET TSN Our provincial rivals the Hamilton Coyotes are here in town for another big rivalry match. Oh. Well, nevermind. The Coyotes are from the Western Conference which means that they're probably better than the Leafs and none of us have seen them play

Apologies for the profanity in the title I didn't want it to be terribly vague; "loser team from shit hole city comes to glorious capital of everything that's good in this world". The Ottawa S*nators are in town tonight meaning their usual collection

This game came down to goaltending. Toskala outshined Michael Neuvirth and the Leafs came back from a 2-0 hole to lay a beating on Washington. Kessel had a goal and two assists, Stajan had two goals and an assist, Lee Stempniak scored a back breaker shortie and Niklas Hagman had

Kessel with a goal and two assists as the Leafs claw their way back to tie this game. Big third period here, go Leafs go.

Puck Drop: 7PM ET, CBC This is going to be quick, I'm enjoying a lazy Saturday. Schenn might sit, and the Caps are starting Michael Neuvirth against Vesa Toskala. Don't forget your SPG picks, check out Jasper's Rink for Caps' coverage and go