Toskala First Star Once Again!

Today's game was a great game to watch if you are a Leaf's fan, and an even better game to watch if you are a Vesa Toskala fan! It was an overall great game, with both teams fighting for the puck, hoping to pick up a win!

The first period started off great! They were fighting for the puck quite well. The scoring started off about halfway through the period. At 8:13 Samuelsson received a two minute penalty for interference, putting Toronto on the power play. Then, while on the power play, and with pressure on the Red Wings at 9:00 Tucker took a shot and got the first goal of the game!

The second period started off great. But then at 16:59 it wasn't looking so good for Toronto when Lidstrom took a shot and scored, tieing the game up at 1-1, and ending the scoring for the second period.

Then in the third, with the game tied at 1-1, Samuelsson, determined to make up for his penalty early in the game, went in and scored on Toskala, putting the games score at 2-1 for the Detroit Red Wings. Determined to stay in the game though, two minutes later at 13:35 Sundin went in and scored on Hasek, tieing the game up once again at 2-2, with less than seven minutes left in the third. There was no more scoring in the third period, forcing the game to go into overtime.

With the game tied, and in overtime, both teams were trying hard to win the game, as they both knew only one team could come out as the winner. Thankfully, at 1:02 Antropov went in on Hasek, with the pass from Stralman, and beat Hasek! The Leafs won 3-2!

The Toronto Maple Leafs next game is February 13th against the Buffalo Sabres. The game beings at 7:30PM ET. If you want to catch the game live, then tune into MSG on your television sets to see the game! If you want to listen in by way of live radio, turn your XM Satellite Radio to station 207 for the full games coverage. Alternatively, you can listen to the game live at the Maple Leafs website, mapleleafs.com