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The Toronto Maple Leafs' Mikhail Grabovski battles the Carolina Hurricanes' Ray Whitney during the first period of their NHL hockey game in Raleigh on Nov.

Phil Kessel, Niklas Hagman and a couple of good bounces helped pull the Toronto Maple Leafs out of another extended winless slide.

Written By: Mark a oeThe Hard Hittera Ritter The first quarter of the NHL season for the Toronto Maple Leafs has been sad.

Puck bounces in off him in regulation, adds another in shootout. Vesa Toskala - Gets first win since Feb.

Tuomo Ruutu and Jussi Jokinen scored in the shootout and the Carolina Hurricanes rallied from three goals down to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 on Thursday night.

A season that is going south hit a low point down in Dixie last night with a 6-5 shootout loss.

Nikolai Kulemin #41 and Ian White #7 of the Toronto Maple Leafs congratulate teammate Alexei Ponikarovsky #23 on his first period goal against the Minnesota Wild at the Air Canada Centre on November 10, 2009 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Mike Fisher scored twice, including the game- winner late in the second period, and Pascal Leclaire made it stand up with a solid outing in net, as Ottawa took a 3-2 decision from Toronto at Scotiabank Place.

Looking for an early Christmas present for your favourite Maple Leaf? How about a game night alarm clock with the snooze button ripped out.

The Leafs got the day off Sunday, a day to reflect on a losing start to the season.

After having a seven-game point streak snapped on Tuesday, the Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Chicago Blackhawks this evening at the United Center.

After having a seven-game point streak snapped on Tuesday, the Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Chicago Blackhawks this evening at the United Center.

No one does goalie worship quite like the denizens of the Air Canada Centre. So in love were Toronto Maple Leafs fans with Curtis Joseph, they booed the early efforts of Ed Belfour.

Georges Laraque and Colton Orr got things started early for Montreal and Toronto last night in a lively season opener.

Jason Blake got the winner but Jonas Gustavsson earned the save. A whole bunch of them, in fact.

Phil Kessel scored his first goal with Toronto and Jonas Gustavsson made 35 saves to lead the Maple Leafs to a 5-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.

Toronto Maple Leafs' players John Mitchell, Phil Kessel, and Tomas Kaberle celebrate teammate Jason Blake's winning goal against the Carolina Hurricanes during their NHL hockey game in Raleigh, North Carolina on Friday, Nov.

Just who is running the ghost ship that is the office of the NHL Players' Association? Well, for now, it's Mike Ouellet and Rolland Lee.

While the Maple Leafs continue to lead the NHL in moral victories as they search for a second real win, they can take solace in that help is on the way.

The Canadiens led 4-2 midway through the third, but Alexei Ponikarovsky 's second of the game and a last-minute goal from Tomas Kaberle tied it with 54 seconds left in regulation.