Maple Leafs Sparks Toronto Over Winnipeg

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Mike Ribeiro scored in regulation and Loui Eriksson and Jamie Benn found the back of the net in the shootout for the Stars, who have won three of four since a five-game skid and pulled within two points of the Wild for the eighth spot in the Western Conference.

 

Boyd Gordon also scored shorthanded, Ray Whitney had two assists to stretch his point streak to five straight games (2 goals, 6 assists) and Smith ended with 30 saves to win his career-high 20th game of the campaign. Phoenix was coming off a victory on Saturday over Pacific Division-leading San Jose and has won three of four, wrapping a season-long six-game homestand with a record of 3-2-1.

 

"We were gritty tonight. We found a way to get a win tonight on home ice when it was needed the most," Coyotes head coach Dave Tippett said. "We had a great effort from a lot of our guys tonight and that is going to be key down the stretch here."

 

Six of the past seven games between these two clubs have been decided by one goal and that could give the edge to Dallas. The Stars are 14-6-2 in games decided by the minimum this year, while the Coyotes are 8-9-8.

 

After getting consecutive shutouts from goaltender James Reimer to kick off this win streak, the Maple Leafs turned up the offense last night in a 6-3 win over the visiting Oilers. Reimer saw his shutout streak end just 21 seconds into the game, but settled down to make 27 saves and help Toronto improve to 10-4-1 since the start of the calendar year. That includes a season-high four- game win streak from Jan. 3-10.

 

Toronto has pulled within six points of first-place Boston in the Northeast Division as well, but isn't looking ahead of itself.

 

Phil Kessel scored twice and added an assist for his second straight three- point game. The forward is tied for second in the NHL with 29 goals and third with 57 points. He reached the 300 career point mark in last night's win, as did captain Dion Phaneuf thanks to a pair of assists.

 

Having relocated from Atlanta to Winnipeg this previous offseason, the Jets have enjoyed their time at home this year as evidenced with a 15-8-2 mark. However, the franchise is just 9-16-4 away from its new home and returns to Winnipeg this evening following a 2-4-0 road trip.

 

"Just overall it's been frustrating. We can't score goals," said Wheeler. "Our goalie was phenomenal again tonight and when you lose 3-0, what can you say? It's not like it was 3-2 where we had a chance to win the game."

 

Toronto is a perfect 22-for-22 over its current run, which is its longest for the franchise since 1940-41.

 

Kessel has three goals and two assists in the three meetings.

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•    you're cuter than a guinea pig, I wanna take you up to winnipeg, THAT'S IN CANADA!

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•    Games get boring after a while. You just want someone to be real with you. But at this point in life, it seems like nobodys ever true.

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•    Im so 4gvn to the point where its annoying

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•    Flights from Edmonton, AB to Toronto, ON or Montreal, PQ are on average 300$ cheaper than flying to Ottawa. NONSENSE!

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•    Good win clips, bout to knock

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•    No point in staying up now, so byeeeee. ☺💤✌

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•    I'm gonna go to Winnipeg someday to go party with Tiri

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•    I want a damn boob job sooooo bad! #goals ha

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•    Boys put a good win together tonight ! Time to end a streak tomorrow night #rightrightrightright

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•    ended a 15 game streak without a win in sewer tonight at praco. you have no idea what that did for my confidence #imback

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