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The Toronto Maple Leafs have their first winning streak of the season. Jonas Gustavsson made 35 saves and Phil Kessel scored his first goal as a Maple Leaf in a 5-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday, giving Toronto its second win in as many nights.

You have to go way back to late February to find the last time the Maple Leafs swept back-to-back games.

Good news can sometimes be hidden in the small details. The Maple Leafs are no longer in last place, as far as the NHL's official statistics are concerned.

Tim Stapleton grew up in a Chicago suburb, yet resisted the lure of the Blackhawks.

October was a month that the Toronto Maple Leafs would like to forget. They got off to their worst start in franchise history.

Toronto got off to one of its worst starts in the team's history. Zero wins, seven losses and one extra time loss, which accounted for their one point.

The Tooronto Maple Leafs have the Monster on Halloween and a bit of a pulse. But there are certainly few tricks with the Leafs offence, a fact which again was laid bare last night at the HSBC Arena, where Sabres goalie Ryan Miller treated Buffalo fans to another scintillating performance in a 3-2 Sabres overtime victory.

Tales of Luke Schenn's demise have, it seems, been greatly exaggerated. For one night, anyway.

You could almost hear the sigh of reliefA all the way in the press box, more than 200 feet above and across the ice from the visitors' bench here at the Honda Center.

A casual observer would never have guessed the Toronto Maple Leafs were the last winless team in the NHL .

Jonas Gustavsson had barely finished his first full practice in more than two weeks when the media crowd formed around the dressing-room stall of the Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are not in contention for the title of All-Time Worst NHL Team.

Leafs not alone on the path to misery Vesa Toskala looks up at the Madison Square Garden game clock during the Maple Leafs' 7-2 loss Monday night to the New York Rangers.

Destitute. That is the best word to describe where the Toronto Maple Leafs level of play is these days.

Tomas Kaberle throws a ball at a teammate during a game of dodge ball, meant to ease pressure brought on by the Leafs' dismal season so far.

Former Leafs fan favourite Darcy Tucker is making his return to Toronto tonight as a member of the Avalanche - his first game back in the Big Smoke since the Leafs bought out the remainder of his contract in 2008.

's struggles 10 days into the 2009-10 NHL regular season likely would not be a big deal if the Toronto Maple Leafs weren't 0-2-1 and hadn't had three days of practice since their last game.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are intent on playing a more physical style of game this season, but they're going to need better penalty killing to keep it from backfiring.

"It's early in the season and we'll be tweaking our lines," Leafs coach Ron Wilson said.

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Ron Wilson is shown in this file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dave Chidley TORONTO - Ron Wilson made good on his promise to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a hard skate.