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| Islanders hope to extend winning streak vs. Maple Leafs |
NHL Hockey |
03/10/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The lowly New York Islanders will shoot for a third consecutive victory when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs for tonight's encounter at Air Canada Centre. The Islanders, who are last in the NHL with just 51 points, are coming off victories over New Jersey and Phoenix and have also won four of their last five contests. New York hasn't won three in a row since a season-high four- game winning streak from January 21-February 3. After recording Saturday's surprising 7-3 win over Atlantic Divisio |
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| Alfredsson and Heatley lead Ottawa past Toronto |
NHL Hockey |
03/09/2009 |
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| Ottawa, ON (Sportsbooks) - Daniel Alfredsson and Dany Heatley scored back- to-back goals near the end of the second period, as the Ottawa Senators came back to edge the Toronto Maple Leafs, 2-1. Brian Elliot stopped 25-of-26 shots for Ottawa, which has won three in a row. The Senators are 2-2-1 against the Leafs this season, and wrap up the season series on April 11 in Toronto, in what will be both teams' final regular season game. Ian White had the lone goal for Toronto, which has lost two in a row. Curtis Jo |
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| Maple Leafs, Senators resume rivalry in Ottawa |
NHL Hockey |
03/09/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Another edition of the Battle of Ontario is on tap tonight, as the Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Place. The Maple Leafs are 3-0-1 in the series this year and have come out on top in seven of the last nine meetings between the clubs. Toronto has also won three of its last four on the road in the series. The Sens and Leafs will complete the season series on April 11 in Toronto. Toronto and the Senators are currently outside the Eastern Conference picture, as the Leaf |
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| Brodziak, Roloson help Oilers top Maple Leafs |
NHL Hockey |
03/08/2009 |
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| Toronto, ON (Sportsbooks) - Dwayne Roloson was sensational between the pipes, stopping 39 shots, as the Edmonton Oilers scored four unanswered goals to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-1, at Air Canada Centre. Kyle Brodziak tallied twice, while Ales Hemsky and Fernando Pisani also lit the lamp for the Oilers, who improved to 1-1-1 on an important four-game road trip. Roloson collected his 23rd victory of the season. The 39-year-old Roloson started his 21st consecutive game in net, which set a franchise record. |
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| Surging Leafs play host to Oilers |
NHL Hockey |
03/07/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Although it may be too little and too late, the Toronto Maple Leafs are making a case for inclusion in the postseason. The resurgent Leafs will try to earn at least a point for a ninth straight time when they return home tonight to battle the Edmonton Oilers. Toronto recorded its fifth victory in its last six outings with Thursday's 2-1 road triumph over an Alexander Ovechkin-less Washington club and is 5-0-3 over its last eight games. That outstanding stretch has given the Leafs a glimmer of h |
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| Ovechkin out of lineup for Washington |
NHL Hockey |
03/05/2009 |
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| Washington, DC (Sportsbooks) - Capitals star and the NHL's leading goal scorer Alexander Ovechkin sat out the Capitals 2-1 loss against the Toronto Maple Leafs Thursday with a heel injury. Ovechkin left the team's practice on Wednesday with what was, at the time, an undisclosed injury. With 46 goals, Ovechkin leads the league in that category, and this marks only the fourth game he has missed in his career. He is also second in the league in points, to Penguins star Evgeni Malkin, with 83. |
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| Maple Leafs sign F Hamilton |
NHL Hockey |
03/05/2009 |
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| Toronto, ON (Sportsbooks) - The Toronto Maple Leafs signed right wing Jeff Hamilton on Thursday. Hamilton played for Carolina last season and totaled nine goals and 15 assists in 58 games. He has played for Chicago of the American Hockey Leauge this season where he posted 16 goals and 37 assists in 50 games. Over four seasons in the NHL, the 31-year-old has played in 142 games and has 29 goals and 42 assists while also skating for the Islanders and Blackhawks. |
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| Maple Leafs visit struggling Caps |
NHL Hockey |
03/05/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Toronto Maple Leafs may be well behind the Washington Capitals in the Eastern Conference standings, but they're the ones that have been playing like a playoff-caliber team as of late. Toronto will attempt to earn at least a point for the eighth consecutive time when it visits the Verizon Center tonight for a matchup with the Southeast Division-leading Capitals. The Maple Leafs did have a season-best four-game win streak halted with Tuesday's home loss to Atlantic Division front-runner New J |
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| Buffalo Sabres |
NHL Hockey Transaction |
03/04/2009 |
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| Signed forward Tim Connolly to a two-year contract; acquired goaltender Mikael Tellqvist from the Phoenix Coyotes for a fourth-round pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft; acquired center Dominic Moore from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. |
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| New York Rangers |
NHL Hockey Transaction |
03/04/2009 |
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| Acquired defenseman Derek Morris from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for forwards Petr Prucha and Nigel Dawes, and defenseman Dmitri Kalinin; acquired forward Nik Antropov from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft and a conditional draft pick. |
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