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Maple Leafs maintain perfect start
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October 15, 2010, Friday
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THE Toronto Maple Leafs edged Pittsburgh 4-3 to maintain their perfect start to the season and deny the Penguins their maiden win in their new Console Energy Center.
Clarke MacArthur scored two goals, including his fourth to tie for the league lead, as the Maple Leafs scored three straight in the second period then held off the charging Penguins in the third.
"We won the game against a team that was desperate for a home win, so I'm proud of the guys," Leafs coach Ron Wilson said after his team improved to 3-0 in the season.
"They are learning how to win and learning the process."
The Penguins made 20 scoring shots to Toronto's seven in the final 40 minutes but were unable to get an equalizer past Leafs debutante Jonas Gustavsson.
"In the third we held on to a one-goal lead and that's a big thing to do, especially against a team with that firepower," said Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf.
Colton Orr gave the Leafs an early lead but goals by Chris Kunitz and Max Talbot put the Penguins ahead at the end of the first period.
Francois Beauchemin scored the other goal for Toronto and Sidney Crosby netted his first goal of the season for Pittsburgh to draw the Penguins to within one late in the second period. Evgeni Malkin was awarded a penalty shot late in the second period just before Crosby's goal made it 4-3, but he fired the shot wide after slowly skating in on a wide arc.
"Each game that goes by, especially when you expect to win each one, it starts to get discouraging," Penguins defenseman Paul Martin said. "That's something we can't concentrate on."
Shorthanded
In Buffalo, New York, Martin Brodeur made 24 saves for his 111th NHL shutout, and Ilya Kovalchuk scored 53 seconds into overtime to lift the short-handed New Jersey Devils to their first win of the season - 1-0 over the Buffalo Sabres.
Brodeur, who came in with just an .859 save percentage, extended his NHL record for shutouts with his third career blanking of the Sabres.
After losing three games to open the year, the Devils (1-2-1) used stingy defense in the first and third periods to secure the victory.
In Washington, Nicklas Backstrom deflected in Alex Ovechkin's drive from the point on a power play with 3:39 left to lift the Capitals 2-1 over the New York Islanders.
Ovechkin whistled a shot from long range that Backstrom tipped past goalie Dwayne Roloson for his first goal of the season and Washington's third straight victory.
Ovechkin also scored for Washington. It was his third straight game with a goal.
Rookie forward Nino Niederreiter scored his first NHL goal for the Islanders (1-1-1).
Elsewhere, it was: Lightning 4, Canadiens 3, OT; Predators 3, Blackhawks 2; and Ducks 4, Canucks 3.
Clarke MacArthur scored two goals, including his fourth to tie for the league lead, as the Maple Leafs scored three straight in the second period then held off the charging Penguins in the third.
"We won the game against a team that was desperate for a home win, so I'm proud of the guys," Leafs coach Ron Wilson said after his team improved to 3-0 in the season.
"They are learning how to win and learning the process."
The Penguins made 20 scoring shots to Toronto's seven in the final 40 minutes but were unable to get an equalizer past Leafs debutante Jonas Gustavsson.
"In the third we held on to a one-goal lead and that's a big thing to do, especially against a team with that firepower," said Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf.
Colton Orr gave the Leafs an early lead but goals by Chris Kunitz and Max Talbot put the Penguins ahead at the end of the first period.
Francois Beauchemin scored the other goal for Toronto and Sidney Crosby netted his first goal of the season for Pittsburgh to draw the Penguins to within one late in the second period. Evgeni Malkin was awarded a penalty shot late in the second period just before Crosby's goal made it 4-3, but he fired the shot wide after slowly skating in on a wide arc.
"Each game that goes by, especially when you expect to win each one, it starts to get discouraging," Penguins defenseman Paul Martin said. "That's something we can't concentrate on."
Shorthanded
In Buffalo, New York, Martin Brodeur made 24 saves for his 111th NHL shutout, and Ilya Kovalchuk scored 53 seconds into overtime to lift the short-handed New Jersey Devils to their first win of the season - 1-0 over the Buffalo Sabres.
Brodeur, who came in with just an .859 save percentage, extended his NHL record for shutouts with his third career blanking of the Sabres.
After losing three games to open the year, the Devils (1-2-1) used stingy defense in the first and third periods to secure the victory.
In Washington, Nicklas Backstrom deflected in Alex Ovechkin's drive from the point on a power play with 3:39 left to lift the Capitals 2-1 over the New York Islanders.
Ovechkin whistled a shot from long range that Backstrom tipped past goalie Dwayne Roloson for his first goal of the season and Washington's third straight victory.
Ovechkin also scored for Washington. It was his third straight game with a goal.
Rookie forward Nino Niederreiter scored his first NHL goal for the Islanders (1-1-1).
Elsewhere, it was: Lightning 4, Canadiens 3, OT; Predators 3, Blackhawks 2; and Ducks 4, Canucks 3.
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