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Yes, it sounds like a broken record, but the Leafs have now given up the first goal in 15 of 17 games this season and have fallen behind by two goals in eight of those contests.

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

NHL players are like commodities on the market, and Matt Stajan's stock plummeted over the weekend.

Just like the old days, it takes a special kind of team to survive the first few minutes of hockey here after the Star Spangled Banner rocks the house.

Henry Ford once said, "Whether you think you can or you think you can't - you are right." For the majority of this young season in Leaf land, there has been an awful lot of "thinking you can't" going on, from both the team and their fans.

Colton Orr of the Toronto Maple Leafs can't bear to watch as Minnesota's Derek Boogaard rides him into the boards in Toronto on Tuesday night.

The kids who grew up playing hockey in the 1970s used to skate circles on frozen ponds pretending to be Bobby Orr.

John Mitchell wants every one to remember he's no Doug Gilmour. Yet he realizes that centring the first line of the Maple Leafs with a No.

With Phil Kessel and Jonas Gustavsson in the lineup, the Toronto Maple Leafs are starting to show big improvement.

When the Detroit Red Wings face off against the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Air Canada Centre tonight , they face more than the usual, "If the Leafs win, they'll act like they won the Stanley Cup" pressure.

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

Once a high-powered offensive juggernaut, the Red Wings have used defense to put together their first three-game winning streak of the season.

NHL: VAN @ DAL 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.

Wilson works to translate shots into goals Phil Kessel looks towards the Air Canada Centre ceiling in disbelief after missing a scoring chance Tuesday night against Tampa Bay.

Phil Kessel, Jason Blake and Coach Ron Wilson joke around during Leafs practice at the MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence.

Ryan Malone scored at 2:21 of overtime, giving the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.

A first overall NHL draft pick coming home to Ontario to play the Maple Leafs is a match made in heaven.

Phil Kessel skated to the net in practice Monday, froze Jonas Gustavsson with a fake shot and dished it off to linemate Matt Stajan , who put it in the back of the net.

Keep your hands clean and your minds open. Until the swine flu vaccine becomes available, that's all the Maple Leafs can really do to stave off the illness, which has already struck Colorado Avalanche goaltender Peter Budaj and Edmonton Oilers defenceman Ladislav Smid.