The Leafs spoiled Sidney Crosby's NHL debut in Canada by winning their sixth in a row.  Chad Kilger was the unlikely offensive hero with two goals early in the third before Bryan McCabe won it in overtime with a lucky goal that seemed to bounce off his chest. The Maple

Guess who's won five in a row?  Four unanswered second period goals did the trick and John Pohl scored his first NHL goal in the third for good measure. We finally have a legitimate lead over Montreal in the Northeast.  Although the Habs still have two games in hand, we've

This was a really exciting game.  We jumped out to a 2-0 lead early in the first thanks to a brilliant short handed goal by Alexei Ponikarovsky and rare even strength goal by Bryan McCabe before getting caught and blowing a 3-2 lead in the third.  This set up an

This was a particularly sweet overtime victory because we had to kill off a barrage of penalties late in the third to get there.  Mikael Tellqvist was great as we played 3:23 successive minutes being down at least a man, often two. Don't look now, but we've won three

Eddie Belfour stood tall making stopping 33 shots to secure this badly needed win.  Bryan McCabe continued his amazing season with that trademark blast of his on the power play which beat Martin Brodeur in the first and held up as the winner. On the down side, Jason Allison fractured

A couple of power play goals gave Leaf fans a badly needed two points for Christmas.  As the league takes a two night breather we find ourselves tied with Tampa Bay for seventh in the conference.  Montreal has a point on us and a couple of games in hand. If

When I watch a game with my brothers this season, we're 0-3.  Should we make the playoffs this April, we may want to consider amending our Maple Leaf playoff game ritual.  Our ritual may also explain why we haven't won a Stanley Cup once in my lifetime. It was another

Ed Belfour finally has #448 in his win column putting him alone in second place on the all-time list.  Of course, it's only a matter of time before Martin Brodeur blows him out of the water, but this is still quite the accomplishment. Trailing 4-2 in the first, I was

Tonight's game is thrilling.  The action is awesome and the good guys have the 6-4 lead half way through the game.  I'm spending more time on my feet than on my seat. Keep it up boys!  Help me forget Saturday night.

I've previously declared myself a tweener.  We tweeners are those people who are realistic and objective about their team. We stick with our team no matter how it's doing but we have a sense of what's really going on. The tweener in me realizes the Leafs are a far worse

That was a much better effort last night and the Leafs were rewarded with a badly needed two points.  Mikael Tellqvist got the start and played well, meaning Ed Belfour stays stuck at 447 victories, tied with Terry Sawchuk for second on the all-time list. We don't play again until

There have been many frustrating losses of late, but none more frustrating than the one last night.  I spewed a string of expletives at the poor television and joined the crowd at the ACC in booing our boys in blue.  The Leafs went 0-for-7 on the power play and are

That was a frustrating loss last night.  Los Angeles goaltender Mathieu Garon made 36 saves and we went just 1-for-9 on the power play. We don't play again until Saturday.  Meanwhile, we get to watch teams like the Islanders and Devils make up their games in hand, potentially bumping us

The Leafs let a 3-1 first period lead evaporate, playing a brutal second period on route to a loss in their first game against a Western Conference opponent.  We're now 0-2 when the Boon brothers get together to watch the blue and white. Mats Sundin drew an assist on Tucker's

You never forget your first.  Mikael Tellqvist stopped 28 shots for his first career shutout as the Leafs beat the Thrasher for the sixth time in a row.  We've outscored these guys 18-2 this season. What a difference a day makes.  Yesterday, we were tied for eighth in the Eastern

I believe we're going to the well too often.  In five powerplay opportunities, including a rather lengthy two man advantage, the strategy was to feed the puck to Bryan McCabe so he could rifle it home.  It didn't work last night and we lost a game we should have won.

Ed Belfour has tied Terry Sawchuk for second place on the NHL's career victory list with 447.  He played a great game, stopping 34 of 35 shots and helping us survive a second period onslaught. As previously mentioned, Bryan McCabe scored the winner while we had a two man advantage,

It wasn't that long ago that Steve and I were making fun of Ryan for owning a #24 Bryan McCabe jersey.  He was having an off year and was always embarrassing himself with that ridiculous butt-check. That very same Bryan McCabe just rifled a one timer past Roberto Luongo to

O Captain! My Captain! Despite expected bitching from several Canadiens after the game,  Craig Rivet did trip Nik Antropov at the end of regulation last night which put us on the powerplay for the first two minutes of overtime enabling Mats Sundin to pot the winner.  We were screwed the

I can live with losing our third shootout in four opportunities, but it never should have got that far.  We won this game 43 seconds into overtime on a Mats Sundin goal but it was disallowed.  If it wasn't for bad luck, we wouldn't have any luck at all. Tonight

What an uninspired, lackadaisical performance the Leafs mailed in last night.  The blue and white deserved every boo they got.  Booooo!!!Current Record Last GamesSeason Leaders12-8-2 26 points 3rd in Northeast5-1 Loss vs. Boston 5-1 Win vs. Atlanta 4-1 Win vs. BostonB. McCabe - 30 J. Allison - 21 J.

I love playing the Atlanta Thrashers this season.  Last time, we pummelled them 9-1, giving us a 14-2 cumulative edge thus far in 2005-2006.  Our beloved Leafs have won four in a row. Alexei Ponikarovsky was the unlikely offensive star of the night scoring two goals and adding an assist.

For those of you keeping track at home, and I know that's most of you, we've won three in a row.  Mikael Tellqvist played a solid game between the pipes and our power play surged in the third to lead the charge. The Associated Press recap of this game contains