ABOUT THE LEAFS

Dropped a 3-1 decision to Pittsburgh at home on Thursday night, a fourth straight loss that's the worst run of the season for Toronto. Tuesday, the Leafs were 5-2 losers in Winnipeg and they now hold just a one-point advantage over Winnipeg in the Eastern Conference standings.

Tonight marks the third and final meeting between the teams this season. The first two were played at the MTS Centre; each side has won a game.

Despite the skid, Leafs winger Phil Kessel continues to be a leader on his team. Kessel has six points in the last three games, including two Tuesday goals against the Jets, and has 26 points on the season.

Toronto activated winger Joffrey Lupul on Friday. He has missed all but three games this season with a broken bone in his arm. To make room on the roster for Lupul, the Leafs dealt forward David Steckel to Anaheim for a seventh-round pick in 2014 and prospect Ryan Lasch.

 

WINNIPEG JETS

31 Ondrej Pavelec

32 Eddie Pasquale

35 Al Montoya

4 Paul Postma

5 Mark Stuart

6 Ron Hainsey

8 Alexander Burmistrov

9 Evander Kane

12 Olli Jokinen

13 Kyle Wellwood

16 Andrew Ladd

17 James Wright

18 Bryan Little

22 Chris Thorburn

24 Grant Clitsome

26 Blake Wheeler

27 Eric Tangradi

28 Patrice Cormier

33 Dustin Byfuglien

44 Zach Bogosian

80 Nik Antropov

 

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

30 Ben Scrivens

34 James Reimer

3 Dion Phaneuf

4 Cody Franson

8 Mike Komisarek

11 Jay McClement

16 Clarke MacArthur

19 Joffrey Lupul

21 James van Riemsdyk

24 John-Michael Liles

28 Colton Orr

36 Carl Gunnarsson

38 Frazer McLaren

39 Matt Frattin

41 Nikolai Kulemin

42 Tyler Bozak

43 Nazem Kadri

45 Mark Fraser

47 Leo Komarov

53 Michael Kostka

55 Korbinian Holzer

81 Phil Kessel

84 Mikhail Grabovski

-- Campbell

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition March 16, 2013 C7