Leafs vs. Sabers

Tonight will be THE BIGGEST GAME for the Toronto Maple Leafs. They are currently sitting in 11th place and 7 points back of the Buffalo Sabers who are desperatly holding onto the 8th and final playoff spot. With 6 games remaining (incl. tonight) the question is can the leafs pull off the impossible? Todays game will be the 6th and final game of the season between the two, the Sabers lead the series 3-2 and look to win the series while the Leafs are trying to tie the series and more importanly stay in the playoff hunt while gaining ground on both the Carolina Hurricanes as well as the Sabers. For the Leafs, Phil Kessel and Joffery Lupel have been hot as of late, with Kessel having 4 points in 4 games and Lupel having 3 points in 3 games. For the Sabers Ryan Miller has been on fire going 4-0-1 in his last 5 games which includes 2 shutouts. Playoff Race: Buffalo - 7GR 85 Points ----------------------- Carolina- 7GR 80 Points Toronto- 6GR 78 Points Atlanta- 7GR 76 Points For the Leafs they will be counting on their top 2 lines to contribute as well as their special teams. The Leafs powerplay has been an issue for the Leafs, they have only scored 5 PPG going 5 for 51 in the month or March and 2 for 20 in their last 5 games. Their penalty kill hasn't been much better, allowing 3 PPG in their last 4 games, if the Leafs want to have success tonight their special teams will have to be a lot better. The Sabers rank 12th in the league on the PP and 15th on the PK, both not amazing stats but much better than the Leafs who rank 27th on the PK with a 77.56 success rate and 25th on the PP with a 15.74 sucess rate. Also tonight the Carolina Hurricanes will be taking on the Washington Capitals at the Verizon Centre, and the Atlanta Thrashers will be facing the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre. Three Huge games for 4 teams looking to clinch a playoff spot in the round of 16. What will be the outcome? No one knows Hopefully it will be the Leafs coming out on top with the Sabers, Hurricanes and Thrashers all losing their games, but then again thats just a dream right? GO LEAFS GO