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Francois Beauchemin scored 6 minutes into the third period to break the final tie and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Monday night.

Could a French-Canadian succeed Mats Sundin as the next captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs? Could be.

He doesn't have the cachet, Czech or not, to start his own donut chain. In fact, Tomas Kaberle can still walk into a Tim Horton's in the GTA and sip his coffee without being noticed.

But the only notable comeback that happened was that of the Bruins [ team stats ] to their former selves after disappearing for a game a night earlier.

San Jose's Patrick Marleau, right, scored twice to allow Sharks teammate Dany Heatley to enjoy a 5-2 victory at home in his first game against his former club, the Ottawa Senators.

Jonas Gustavsson #50 of the Toronto Maple Leafs stops the puck during the NHL game against the Montreal Canadiens on December 1, 2009 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Canadiens' Ryan O'Byrne is sent to the ice by Leafs' Nikolai Kulemin at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Tuesday night.

Eds: APNewsNow. Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 0. AP Photo PCH109, PCH107, PCH112 MONTREAL Maple Leafs goalie Jonas Gustavsson was taken to the hospital with an elevated heart rate following the first period of Toronto's 3-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.

SUNRISE, Fla.a 'For the worst penalty killers in the NHL, the Maple Leafs' short-handed unit is pretty good.

In the 1980's the Toronto Maple Leafs apparently hired a new coach whose name was Win Sumsoon.

Niklas Hagman really heated up on the Toronto Maple Leafs' swing through the Sunshine State.

Jason Blake led the Toronto Maple Leafs in scoring when Dominic Moore was with the team.

Following are Cherry's thoughts on the Leafs coach, manager, truculence and fans: The coach 'Wilson, although he doesn't like me very much, has done okay, he hasn't lost the team,' Cherry said Thursday.

Toronto Maple Leafs centre Matt Stajan, right, fires the puck past Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Antero Niittymaki , of Finland, for a second-period goal during an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Nov.

Wilson won't change Leafs lineup Ron Wilson, with assistant coaches Rob Zettler, left, and Tim Hunter, right, talks to his team in the third period of the Leafs' 6-5 shootout loss to Carolina on Thursday night.

When Brian Burke celebrates his one-year milestone as Maple Leafs president exactly one week from today, he'd best be checking the candles on his anniversary cake.

The numbers did not look promising. Prior to Saturday's game, the Toronto Maple Leafs had gone past regulation to settle six games this season.

Again the Maple Leafs gave up the first goal of the game, this time against Ottawa last night, marking the 17th time in 19 games.

The Maple Leafs reach the quarter pole of the NHL schedule tonight against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Toronto's Colton Orr and Calgary's Brian McGratton slug it out in the first period of Saturday's game, which the Leafs lost 5-2. Photograph by: Claus Andersen, Getty Images, National Post Their power play might be amongst the league's most potent.