About the Maple Leafs:
Record: 3-4-3
Leading Scorer: Mats Sundin 17 points (6 goals, 11 assists).
Last Game: 5-4 shootout loss to the Thrashers, Oct. 23.
Last Game Against The Penguins: 6-4 loss in Toronto Oct. 13.
Maple Leafs Player We Would Bet Money On Scoring: Mats Sundin. The Leafs captain is the all-time leading scorer among active players in career points against the Penguins with 76 points in 51 games. He tallied a goal and an assist on Oct. 13.
Ex-Penguins: None.
Useless Maple Leafs Trivia: The Maples Leafs have played under four identities: The Toronto Blueshirts (1912-17), the Toronto Arenas (1917-19), the Toronto St. Pats (1919-1927) and the Toronto Maple Leafs (1927-present.).
NOTES:
-Maple Leafs defenseman Bryan McCabe is probable for tonight's game. Expect the Penguins to score 14 goals tonight if that's the case.
-Jiri Tlusty, the Maple Leafs first round draft pick in 2006, will be making his NHL debut tonight.
-We'll be sitting in Section D-7, Row E, Seat 10 at tonight's game. Pregame Festivities will be taking place at Pizza Milano on Fifth Ave. sometime between 6 p.m. and game time. Look for a handsome devil in a Team Russia jersey. (We spilled nacho cheese on our Lemieux jersey Tuesday night and never got a chance to wash it.) Stop by and say hi.
-Even if the Maple Leaf fans are surly and boorish tonight (as they usually are), don't boo the Canadian national anthem. Have some class and applaud it politely at the very least. You're representing Pittsburgh.
-It certainly is appropriate to boo the Maple Leafs and their fans afterwards however.
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