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TORONTO (AP) -- The Toronto Maple Leafs lost a lot more than just
a point in the standings, they lost captain Mats Sundin.
Eric Daze scored his second goal of the game with just 5.3
seconds left in regulation to lift the Chicago Blackhawks into a
3-3 tie Saturday night with the Maple Leafs.
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But it was Sundin, who was the subject of concern following the
game.
Sundin needed 15 stitches to close a gash on his forehead
between the eyes when he was struck by a puck teammate Bryan McCabe
lifted off the ice in the middle of the second period.
Sundin left a trail of blood across the neutral zone and was
unable to continue.
"It's swollen up quite badly," coach Pat Quinn. "(The cut)
went right down to the skull. "Thankfully, it didn't hit any
nerves."
Tests will be performed on Sundin on Monday to determine if
there is any bone damage.
The score was 1-1 at the time, Daze and Sergei Berezin having
exchanged goals.
"It doesn't help putting your best player out but hopefully
he'll be all right," McCabe said.
With No. 13 in the dressing room, the Blackhawks grabbed a 2-1
lead 26 seconds into the third period when Alexei Zhamnov slapped a
rebound over goalie Curtis Joseph and McCabe, who were lying in the
crease.
Toronto appeared to have the game won with a late rally that saw
Darcy Tucker and Tomas Kaberle score within 32 seconds.
The Blackhawks, who were booed off their home ice on Friday
during a 5-2 loss to the expansion Minnesota Wild, seemed headed
for defeat again.
Tucker got his stick blade on a Danny Markov shot to deflect it
past goalie Jocelyn Thibault at 12:25 of the third period.
Thibault then stopped Yanic Perreault on a breakaway, but he was
down and defenseless when Kaberle outskated defensemen Boris
Mironov and Stephane Quintal to get to the rebound and slide the
puck into the open side of the net at 12:57.
Daze, double-shifting to take the place of Jean-Yves Leroux who
went down in the game's seventh minute with a left knee injury,
scored his second goal of the game with Thibault on the bench in
favor of an extra skater.
"It's nice to get the last goal," said Daze, who doubled his
season goal total to four. "It's usually been the other team to do
that."
The game was the first of eight straight on the road for the
Blackhawks.
"We were able to get a point on a Saturday night in a building
where that's tough to do," said Blackhawks forward Kris King, the
former Leafs player.
Toronto outshot Chicago 39-22 including 6-2 in overtime.
"We didn't execute at the important time of the game," Quinn
said. "You can't afford to give up points when they're hard to
come by."
Tucker was just as frustrated.
"We didn't play our best for two periods but in the third
period we elevated our game and were playing well," he said.
"It's tough when the other team scores with five seconds left.
"We were doing such a good job until then. To come back and
take the lead, you have to be doing something right. One play at
the end and they tie it up. We can't be negative. We had 39 shots
on net."
Denis Savard, Chicago's assistant coach, and Joe Mullen were
among the 19,305 at Air Canada Centre for the annual Hockey Hall of
Fame weekend game. The two will be inducted Monday.
Game notes
Chicago D Alexander Karpovtsev missed the game with a
bruised right ankle. ... Toronto RW Garry Valk went off for
stitches in the face late in the second period. ... Toronto D Cory
Cross sat out a second straight game with a hip flexor. ... Tiger
Williams beat Lanny McDonald 3-2 in a shooting contest between the
former Leafs during the second intermission.
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Montreal 0
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NY Islanders 0
Chicago 3
Toronto 3
Columbus 2
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Buffalo 4
New Jersey 0
Pittsburgh 5
Edmonton 2
Calgary 4
Tampa Bay 3
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Vancouver 2
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