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Wednesday, 13 October 2010 07:30

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

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:

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:

-Our live game blog begins at approximately 6:30 p.m. Please tune in.

(Photo: Claus Andersen/Getty Images)

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written by TheDude, October 13, 2010 - 10:11 AM

I believe you have a typo. Landon Wilson played for the Pens right before the lockout. In 1993 he would have been probably like 15 or 16.

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written by gamecockfn, October 13, 2010 - 10:58 AM

You are both right, Wilson played with the Pens before the lockout for 19 games. He was the 19th overall pick in 2003. He was 28 with the Pens in 2003. The years listed are their respective draft years, not when they were on the Penguins.

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written by TheDude, October 13, 2010 - 11:37 AM

haha, misread that on the phone, sorry seth, thanks game

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written by Albie, October 13, 2010 - 12:00 PM

What happened to Luca Caputi?

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written by eman41, October 13, 2010 - 12:04 PM

Whats this "Mike Comrie: Healthy Scratch" rumor I'm hearing?

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written by eman41, October 13, 2010 - 12:06 PM

Not a rumor anymore, he's not playing. What gives?

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written by ellenjak, October 13, 2010 - 12:12 PM

Caputi was sent down.

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written by newellcr, October 13, 2010 - 12:27 PM

Solid article about Jeff Finger and the salary cap.

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