Saturday, Jan. 27 7:00pm ET
Tucker scores twice in Leafs' victory
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TORONTO (AP) -- Darcy Tucker helped the Toronto Maple Leafs win
consecutive games for the first time in almost a month.
|  | | Toronto's Darcy Tucker, center, is hugged by Bran McCabe following his third-period goal Saturday night. |
Tucker scored twice in the third period and Curtis Joseph made
29 saves as the Leafs beat the New York Rangers 3-1 Saturday night.
"We got some breaks tonight that we weren't getting, and Curtis
played great tonight," Tucker said.
Sergei Berezin also scored for Toronto, which last won two
straight Dec. 30-31.
Tucker's slap shot just to the left of goalie Kirk McLean gave
Toronto a 2-0 lead at 6:10 of the third.
After New York's Theo Fleury spoiled Joseph's shutout bid at
9:10, Tucker scored again at 14:03. Toronto's Mats Sundin held off
defenseman Sylvain Lefebvre, skated behind the net and passed to a
wide-open Tucker, who shot it past McLean.
"That was a great play by Mats," Tucker said. "He's been
great for us lately. He's stepped up."
Fleury scored his 29th goal for the Rangers, who have lost three
straight games. The Rangers began the night 10th in the Eastern
Conference, seven points behind eighth-place Boston.
"We're running out of games," Fleury said. "We have to start
winning. It's desperate time."
Joseph won his 305th game, tying him with former Islanders
goalie Billy Smith for 15th on the NHL's career list.
Joseph made several spectacular stops during a 13-save first
period.
Berezin scored a power-play goal at 19:29 of the first to give
Toronto a 1-0 lead.
New York went 0-for-2 on the power play and has converted just
three of its last 74 opportunities.
"We had a great effort tonight, but we need the points and
that's the bottom line," New York's Petr Nedved said.
Game notes
The Leafs have just seven wins in their last 21 games. ...
Berezin has 15 goals. ... Mark Messier has just two assists in his
last 16 games. ... Fleury scored just 15 goals with the Rangers
last season. ... McLean made 22 saves. ... Toronto went 1-for-3 on
power plays.
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