Liveblog: Florida at Toronto

Going on break - got to make dinner.

8:27: Kulemin, yet again, shows why he deserves a good contract. He impresses me more each game.

8:25: Caputi needs to control his temper - though I can understand why he'd be a bit pissed off. Could have broken his face against the boards, there.

8:22: Chances on both ends for both teams; a rather dull game has picked up. Leaf penalty to Caputi, I think.

8:14: Pace of play has started to pick up.


8:12: Really starting to become a big fan of Sjostrom. One of the better Burke acquisitions.

8:07: Leafs third line manages to maintain pressure, astonishingly. 

8:06: Good stop by Giguere there.

7:48: End of the first period. Another embarrassing interviewing performance by that forgettable orange-haired bloke with Sjostrom. Sjostrom was fine, just to clarify.

Leafs generally outplayed the Panthers, but one poor decision by Mitchell led to a Florida goal. The Leafs defense does seem to have some difficulties on the power play - weak shots lead to easy saves or a lack of quality deflections. Leafs managed to outshoot the Panthers 19-7 in that period, apparently. I'm going to have to check those numbers, though.  Hopefully the Leafs manage a few better chances in the next period.

7:43: Two man advantage for the Leafs. See if they can perform.

7:42: Penalties everywhere! Leafs surrender.

 7:37: Excellent play by Kulemin. Once again proving why he deserves to be resigned.

7:34: Leafs are managing to get into the zone, but they're not really handling their chances that well. I'd say they're generally playing better than Florida, though.

7:29: Both Schenn and Mitchell made mistakes there, but I'd put the blame more on Mitchell.

7:28: Goal by #10 David Booth! The goal was unassisted.

7:22: That was not the best Kessel breakaway. Clemmensen poke checked it, yes, but he shouldn't have gotten the chance.

7:18: Penalty expires and the Leaf power play woes continue.

7:17: Leafs maintaining pressure during this powerplay, but no shots. Grabovski apparently shoots the puck
bravely back down into his own zone by accident. Phaneuf drives into the zone, nicely done.