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Saturday night hockey: Maple Leafs visit Canadiens
By Rob Gerein | October 30, 2009
A classic Original Six rivalry takes over the Bell Centre Saturday night when the Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Montreal Canadiens (7:05 pm ET, CBC, NHL).
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The Maple Leafs are 5-4-0-1 in the past 10 meetings, seven of which have gone over the total. The teams last met on Oct. 1 this season – the opening day of the 2009-10 NHL campaign, when the Habs edged the Leafs 4-3.
Toronto is 1-7-2 this season while Montreal is 6-6-0.
The Maple Leafs are coming off a three-game Western road swing on which they picked up their first win of the season, beating the Anaheim Ducks 6-3 last Monday. On Wednesday, Toronto lost 4-3 to the Stars in Dallas.
Montreal lost 6-1 to the Penguins in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
On the injury front, Toronto’s Phil Kessel (Out Indefinitely, shoulder surgery), Vesa Toskala (Out Indefinitely, knee injury); Mike Van Ryn (Out Indefinitely, knee surgery) are all out Saturday.
Montreal’s Andrei Markov (Out Indefinitely, ankle injury) and Ryan O’Byrne (Out Indefinitely, knee injury) are also out.
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