Category: The Crease Articles
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Maple Leafs split 2 games against Columbus this week
The Toronto Maple Leafs returned from the All-Star break with 2 games against the Columbus Blue Jackets, winning one and losing one. The Leafs still sit in second place in the Atlantic Division, 11 points behind the first place Bruins. Mitch Marner is leading the team in points (64), while William Nylander continues to lead…
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Let’s Go Buffalo! Sabres go 3-1 on the week
Well y’all, I’ve been trying to tell you… Watch out for the Sabres. Prior to their OT loss on Saturday night, Buffalo had won 5 straight games. The Sabres now only sit a single point behind the Penguins for the final Atlantic Wild Card spots! The Sabres will play one final game on Wednesday vs…
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Leafs have good week, going 2-1-0
The Toronto Maple Leafs win 2 more games this week but continue to sit in 2nd place in the Atlantic, 13 points behind the Boston Bruins. Here are the individual game results: NYI 2 TOR 5 Looking like a back and forth matchup in the beginning, Toronto used a 4 goal 2nd period to easily…
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Wild have a good week, go 2-1
– 1/24 @ TB (29-15-1) Loss 4-2 The Wild struggled defensively and couldn’t get enough scoring chances against the Lightning as they lost 4-2. Fleury stopped 35 of 38 shots. To me 38 shots is too many shots to be giving up. The Wild were able to get two scores one from Kirill and another…
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Leafs win 2 of 3 games this week
The Toronto Maple Leafs win 2 of their 3 games this week, and earned a point in all 3 games (L was in OT). They again continue to hold 2nd in the Atlantic division, 12 points behind the 1st place Boston Bruins. Here are the game results: 1/17: FLA 4 TOR 5 F/OT The Leafs…
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The Sabres go 2-2 on the week as they continue their push for postseason hockey
Buffalo remains in the thick of the Wild Card race as they sit just 4 points back of the final spot. It was a memorable week for the Sabres as they retired the number of longtime goalie, Ryan Miller, on Thursday night. Buffalo hasn’t had a dominant goaltender pretty much since Miller departed so it…
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Wild go 1-2 in the week
1/17 @Washington (23-16-6) Win 4-2 The Wild opened the week against the Capitals and came away with a victory. Spurgeon scored twice and Gustavsson stopped 34 of 36 shots. Gustavsson seems to me to have earned the number 1 goalie spot on the team. He is 11-6-1 with a 2.16 GAA so far on the…
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Wild split the week…again and go 2-2
1/8 vs Blues (19-18-3) loss 3-0 Simply put the offense couldn’t get anything going as they were shut out. Gustavsson did what he could stopping 21 of 23. The Wild lost for the first time in eight games this season against an opponent on the second half of a back-to-back set of games. The game…
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Leafs have up and down week, going 2-2
The Toronto Maple Leafs started the week off great with wins in each of their first 2 games, but they proceeded to lose the next 2 to close out the week. They continue to hold 2nd place in the Atlantic division with a 26-11-7 record and 59 points, 11 behind the 1st place Boston Bruins…
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Sabres stumble a bit, go 1-3 on the week
It was a rough week for the Sabres as they could only muster up a single win in their 4 games. Coming into the week Buffalo was one of the hottest teams in the NHL and were quickly rising up the standings. This blunder didn’t hurt them too much in the grand scheme of standings,…