7:30PM ET start. (TSN) @ After a surprising 2-0 start to the season (first since 1999), the Toronto Maple Leafs visit the newly built Console Energy Center to take on the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night. The club will see how they match-up against the 1-2 Pens, who are coming off of a 3-1 win over the New Jersey Devils on Thanksgiving. Related Topic: http://sportstwo.com/threads/171642...vs.-Ottawa-Senators-Battle-of-Ontario-Round-1 The Leafs have shown a difference in play that has not been seen in the club since the 2004-2005 season lockout ended. The team has only gotten progressively worse since then. Coach Ron Wilson, who took the reigns of the team before the 2008-2009 season believes the reasons for improvement in his club are quite simple: Much credit also must be given to Goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who has been stellar for Toronto and consistent in saving Toronto from the defencive gaffs that continue to plague the club. In the team's defence, he got much help in the 5-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night, where the Leafs outshot their seeminly uninterested opponents 38-18 in a game they dominated from start to finish in a manner that has not been seen in years. Giguere is expected to start again, while Jonas Gustavsson may get a shot against the New York Rangers on Friday. Penguin Defencemen Brooks Orpik (groin) and Zbynek Michalek (shoulder) are questionable to start the game. Maple Leafs Projected Line-up: Forwards: Versteeg-Bozak-Kessel Kulemin-Grabovski-MacArthur Sjostrom-Brent-Armstrong Orr-Zigomanis-Brown Defence: Beauchemin-Phaneuf Kaberle-Schenn Gunnarsson-Komisarek Goaltenders: Gustavsson Giguere Penguins Projected Line-up: Forwards: Kunitz-Crosby-Comrie Tangradi-Letestu-Malkin Cooke-Talbot-Kennedy Rupp-Adams-Dupuis Defence: Martin-Letang Engelland-Goligoski Lovejoy-Hutchinson Goaltenders: Fleury Johnson
RookieS2 is a Penguins fan too. I never really liked the Penguins, because one of my first games I went to the Penguins beat the Blackhawks I was a little kid and I was like "Stupid Penguins!"
It is... other than the eery feeling that that the Penguins are going to tie the game. 4-3 Leafs now. Crosby put one in with less than seconds to go. The Onslaught is coming....
The game ends 4-3 Toronto! We got away with it. Gustavsson was great in the last part of the game. He started off shakey, but locked things down in the end. There's a win we probably wouldn't have gotten last season. Now 3-0 for the first time since the early 90s if I remember correctly.
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No problem! I put one up for every game. I think it's a great for those who missed it to catch up on the action. NHL.com has plenty of these as well.
