Maple Leafs Goals Crush Crush Into Winnipeg

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"They got a few chances and I was able to make some saves and get lucky a couple times. Our penalty killing was very good too so that helped also," Lehtonen said. "Overall, it was a fun game for me getting a lot of shots and then the two points at the end."

 

Boyd Gordon also scored shorthanded, Ray Whitney had two assists to stretch his point streak to five straight games (2 goals, 6 assists) and Smith ended with 30 saves to win his career-high 20th game of the campaign. Phoenix was coming off a victory on Saturday over Pacific Division-leading San Jose and has won three of four, wrapping a season-long six-game homestand with a record of 3-2-1.

 

Phoenix has won two straight for the first time since Dec. 20-21 and will look to win three in a row for the first time this season.

 

Six of the past seven games between these two clubs have been decided by one goal and that could give the edge to Dallas. The Stars are 14-6-2 in games decided by the minimum this year, while the Coyotes are 8-9-8.

 

Toronto has yet to qualify for the playoffs since the 2004-05 lockout, with its six-year absence marking the longest ever for the Original Six franchise. However, the Maple Leafs' current three-game win streak and string of six consecutive contests with a point (5-0-1) has pushed the club into the seventh spot in the East with 62 points, one ahead of the Senators and one back of the sixth-place Devils, who visit the conference-leading Rangers tonight.

 

"There's not a whole lot of scoreboard watching on our part," said Leafs head coach Ron Wilson about his club, which vaulted over the idle Sens in the standings with the win. "We just try to take care of our own business and worry about ourselves."

 

Clarke MacArthur scored a goal to give him five tallies and four assists over a five-game point streak, while Mikhail Grabovski had two assists and has logged 12 points in his past six contests.

 

Having relocated from Atlanta to Winnipeg this previous offseason, the Jets have enjoyed their time at home this year as evidenced with a 15-8-2 mark. However, the franchise is just 9-16-4 away from its new home and returns to Winnipeg this evening following a 2-4-0 road trip.

 

The Jets failed to score a power-play goal on the trip, going 0-for-15. Playing a seventh straight game without concussed forward Evander Kane, who leads the club with 18 goals, hasn't helped a Winnipeg team that sits 10th in the East and five points out of first place in the Southeast Division.

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•    What a night. Holy fuck. It got weird in Winnipeg.

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•    Im going to Nashville..

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•    Most exciting game of season at Haas as Cal defeats Oregon 86-83, coming back from 8-point deficit. Point guard Juston Cobbs terrific.#calbb

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•    I'm just going to go to bed there's no point in staying awake .

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•    Games get boring after a while. You just want someone to be real with you. But at this point in life, it seems like nobodys ever true.

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•    I'm so tired I think at one point I was asleep while driving. 😳 #bedtime.

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•    No point in staying up now, so byeeeee. ☺💤✌

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•    We help to develop an awareness of the tasks and the goals in both the management and the leadership groups.

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•    Boys put a good win together tonight ! Time to end a streak tomorrow night #rightrightrightright

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•    ended a 15 game streak without a win in sewer tonight at praco. you have no idea what that did for my confidence #imback

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