Toskala Star of the Night!

Well, after a horrible game on the 5th, Toskala decided to step up to the plate, and was rewarded by being the first star of the game against the Montreal Canadiens! Congratulations Vesa!

The game started a bit late in terms of scoring tonight against the Canadiens, as the first goal was at 11:09. This was scored by the Montreal Canadiens Plekanec, which gave us fans a good scare, as most often the team with the first goal of the game wins the game. But refusing defeat, six minutes later at 17:24 Newbury scored for the Toronto Maple Leafs, making the game tied at 1-1, which ended the scoring for the period.

In the second period, refusing to leave the game tied, at 1:24 into the period, Tucker scored, giving the Maple Leafs a 2-1 lead. Then later on in the period, the Montreal Canadiens Kastsitsyn got called onhooking at 18:23, giving the Leafs a power play. So, with twenty four seconds left in the period, and while on the power play Wellwood went it, and scores, putting it at 3-1!

Then the third period starts off similar to the first, with Montreal getting the first goal at 6:20 scored by Kovalev, putting the score at 3-2 and making the Canadiens one goal away from a tie. Sadly for them though, they were unable to get a goal by 19:12, so they decided to pull their goalie, giving them a one man advantage, and hoping to tie up the game. But then with 29 seconds in the game left, Tucker went in and shot on the empty net, sinking it, and giving Toronto a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens.

Toronto's next game is against the Detroit Red Wings on February 9th. It is at 3:00PM ET, and will be aired by CBC, and XM Satellite Radio users can tune into station 207 to get the full games coverage. Best of luck to the Maple Leaf's!