About the Maple Leafs - 10-13-10
When and where: 7:30 p.m., Consol Energy Center.
TV: FSN Pittsburgh, TSN.
Record: 2-0-0, four points. The Maple Leafs are in second place in the Eastern Conference and first place in the Northeast Division.
Leading Scorers: Clarke MacArthur and Phil Kessel, three points (two goals, one assist).
Last Game: 5-1 home win against the Senators, Saturday. Kessel, MacArthur and Kris Versteeg each had a goal and an assist for Toronto.
Last Game against the Penguins: 5-4 home shootout loss, March 28. Sidney Crosby and Pascal Dupuis scored shootout goals for the Penguins.
Maple Leafs Player We Would Bet Money On Scoring: MacArthur. In his last eight games against the Penguins, he has eight points (one goal, seven assists).
Ex-Penguins on the Maple Leafs: Colby Armstrong (above), RW; Tim Brent, C; Mike Zigomanis, C.
Ex-Maple Leafs on the Penguins: Tom Fitzgerald, general manager.
Useless Maple Leafs Trivia Vaguely Related to the Penguins: Three former Mape Leafs first-round draft picks have played for the Penguins. They are Drake Berehowsky (1990), George Ferguson (1972) and Landon Wilson (1993).
Best Maple Leafs Video We Could Find: Former Penguins and Maple Leafs forward Eddie Shack doing a commercial for The Pop Shoppe, a Canadian soda brand:
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Probable goaltenders: Marc-Andre Fleury (0-2-0, 3.07 GAA, .889 SV%) for the Penguins. The Maple Leafs have not decided between Jean-Sebastien Giguere (2-0-0, 1.51 GAA, .935 SV%) or Jonas Gustavsson (16-15-9, 2.87 GAA, 902 SV%).
Injuries: For the Penguins, defensemen Zbynek Michaek (possible shoulder) and Brooks Orpik (possible groin) are questionable. Centers Casey Pierro-Zabotel (finger), Jordan Staal (foot), right winger Arron Asham ("upper body") and defenseman Alex Grant (wrist) are on injured reserve. For the Maple Leafs, defenseman Brett Lebda (shoulder) is on injured reserve..
Potential lines and defensive pairings:
-The Penguins did not practice yesterday. Their primary lines and defensing pairings in New Jersey Monday were:
Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby - Mike Comrie
Eric Tangradi - Mark Letestu - Evgeni Malkin
Matt Cooke - Maxime Talbot - Tyler Kennedy
Mike Rupp - Craig Adams - Pascal Dupuis
Kris Letang - Paul Martin
Zbynek Michalek - Deryk Engelland
Alex Goligoski - Ben Lovejoy
-The Maple Leafs' primary lines and defensive pairings in practice yesterday were:
Kris Versteeg - Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel
Clarke MacArthur - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin
Fredrik Sjostrom - Tim Brent - Colby Armstrong
Mike Brown - Mike Zigomanis - Colton Orr
Francois Beauchemin - Dion Phaneuf
Tomas Kaberle - Luke Schenn
Carl Gunnarsson - Mike Komisarek
Notes:
-The Penguins have never ever won a game at Consol Energy Center. Blow the place up.
-Welcome to Pittsburgh Andrew Hutchinson.
-The Penguins did not practice yesterday and did not provide an update on the health of Michalek and Orpik.
-The Maple Leafs put defenseman Jeff Finger and his $3.5 million salary cap hit on waivers.
-Former Penguins forward Tim Brent is living the dream with his hometown Maple Leafs.
-Another former Penguin, the great Mike Zigomanis, speaks:
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(Photo: Claus Andersen/Getty Images)