The Toronto Maple Leafs are off to a great start to the 2010-11 season—beating the Montreal Canadiens by a score of 3-2 on Thursday night’s home opener, followed by a 5-1 butt-whopping of the Ottawa Senators.
Nikolai Kulemin opened the scoring at 01:38 of the first period, followed by Phil Kessel second of the season at 07:51—giving the Maple Leafs a 2-0 lead over the hated Senators.
Clarke MacArthur shot a high-powered wrist shot past Ottawa Senators goaltender Pascal Leclaire at the midway point of the second period, followed by two third period goals from Kris Versteeg—the Maple Leafs first power play marker of the 2010-11 season and Cambridge, Ontario native Tom Brent’s second of the year, before Ottawa Senators forward Jason Spezza beat J.S. Giguere at 07:11 of the third.
Throughout the game, the Leafs used their superior speed, passing abilities and finishing touch to outclass a Senators squad that looked slow and out of position for most of the game.
The Maple Leafs took it to the Senators right out of the gate, getting that early goal from Kulemin and besting the Sens in the shot department by a margin of ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - NHL
Article written by Mark Ritter
Toronto Maple Leafs Win Battle of Ontario: J.S. Giguere Shines
October 9th, 2010 by Mark Ritter Leave a reply »
Advertisement