Toronto Maple Leafs News

TORONTO - Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere will try to pay attention to the Olympic hockey tournament in Vancouver, but admits he might not try very hard, saying before Monday night's game that he planned to "watch it from the pool there in Mexico - if they have it."

Jean-Sebastien Giguere lost for the first time as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, even though he thought they were the better team on Monday night.

An unexpected glimpse of the Maple Leafs' future wound up giving Toronto hockey fans something good to remember as the team began a three-week hiatus from home games.

With No. 1 pick Nazem Kadri on emergency recall and seven others with two years or less service on the ice, the Leafs came close to taking a point from the Stanley-Cup contending San Jose Sharks on Monday in a 3-2 loss.

The Sharks needed a Ryane Clowe goal with 6:39 to play as the Leafs fought San Jose's highly respected power-play and penalty-killing units to a standstill. None of this would have seemed possible just a week earlier, before general manager Brian Burke made significant deals that brought in goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere and defenseman Dion Phaneuf.

During a seven-game stretch...

Corey Perry had a goal and two assists, and the Anaheim Ducks snapped the Los Angeles Kings' franchise-record nine-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory in the latest Freeway Faceoff on Monday night. Jonas Hiller made 35 saves, while Teemu Selanne and Saku Koivu had a goal and an assist apiece for the last-place Ducks, who tied a franchise record of their own with their 10th straight home...

Jean-Sebastien Giguere lost for the first time as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, even though he thought they were the better team on the ice. Ryane Clowe scored with less than seven minutes left in the third period, leading the Western Conference-leading San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 victory Monday night.