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"They got a few chances and I was able to make some saves and get lucky a couple times. Our penalty killing was very good too so that helped also," Lehtonen said. "Overall, it was a fun game for me getting a lot of shots and then the two points at the end."

 

The Coyotes joined the Stars in the ninth spot with last night's 3-1 victory over the Red Wings, equaling Dallas' 56-point total on the season. Phoenix got a pair of goals from Martin Hanzal, his first multi-goal effort since Oct. 23.

 

Phoenix has won two straight for the first time since Dec. 20-21 and will look to win three in a row for the first time this season.

 

(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It certainly seems as though the Toronto Maple Leafs made a collective New Year's resolution of ending the franchise's longest playoff drought ever. The Leafs look to continue their climb up the Eastern Conference standings this evening and match their longest win streak of the campaign as they battle the offensively-challenged Winnipeg Jets for the final time this regular season.

 

Toronto has yet to qualify for the playoffs since the 2004-05 lockout, with its six-year absence marking the longest ever for the Original Six franchise. However, the Maple Leafs' current three-game win streak and string of six consecutive contests with a point (5-0-1) has pushed the club into the seventh spot in the East with 62 points, one ahead of the Senators and one back of the sixth-place Devils, who visit the conference-leading Rangers tonight.

 

"There's not a whole lot of scoreboard watching on our part," said Leafs head coach Ron Wilson about his club, which vaulted over the idle Sens in the standings with the win. "We just try to take care of our own business and worry about ourselves."

 

Clarke MacArthur scored a goal to give him five tallies and four assists over a five-game point streak, while Mikhail Grabovski had two assists and has logged 12 points in his past six contests.

 

The Jets were shut out twice on the swing, including Sunday's 3-0 defeat in Montreal. Ondrej Pavelec gave up three goals on 23 shots for Winnipeg, which did not score more than two goals in any game on the trip. That left more than a few Jets discouraged, including leading-scorer Blake Wheeler, who picked up a career-high seven penalty minutes versus the Canadiens that included just his second ever fighting major.

 

"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."

 

Tonight's matchup with the Leafs won't help the Jets break out of their season-high funk on the man advantage. Toronto has gone 15 straight games without allowing a power-play goal, the longest such streak in the league since the Chicago Blackhawks went 19 straight games without giving up a power- play goal in 1969-70.

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•    What a night. Holy fuck. It got weird in Winnipeg.

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•    Season 64-18 But Had A 28 Game Win Streak To Close Season.

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•    Im going to Nashville..

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•    Most exciting game of season at Haas as Cal defeats Oregon 86-83, coming back from 8-point deficit. Point guard Juston Cobbs terrific.#calbb

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•    When you win, say nothing, when you lose, say less. -Paul Brown

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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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•    I'm so tired I think at one point I was asleep while driving. 😳 #bedtime.

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

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•    Two scammers tryin to play games dis morning mehhn! U go fear

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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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