SB Nation Minnesota - Wild Vs. Maple Leafs: Minnesota's Road Losing Streak At 11 After 4-1 Loss In Torontohttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48959/mn-fave.png2012-01-19T21:43:39-06:00http://minnesota.sbnation.com/rss/stream/24839672012-01-19T21:43:39-06:002012-01-19T21:43:39-06:00Wild Vs. Maple Leafs Final Score: Minnesota's Woes Continue With 4-1 Loss In Toronto
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<p><span style="line-height: 16px;">The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.hockeywilderness.com/">Minnesota Wild's</a> 10-game road losing streak hit 11 on Thursday night with a 4-1 beating in Toronto against the similarly struggling <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/">Maple Leafs</a>. Toronto, whose three-game losing streak was snapped with the win, scored the first four goals before giving up a meaningless goal late in the third period. </span></p>
<p><span>Nazem Kadri</span> got the scoring started for the Leafs early, just 50 seconds into the opening period on a backhander assisted on by <span>Joffrey Lupul</span>. <span>Joey Crabb</span> added to the lead less than five minutes later with his eighth goal of the season. Toronto took a 2-0 lead into the second period despite being outshot 9-8 in the first. </p>
<p>Toronto then went up 3-0 on a second period power play goal and put the game completely out of reach 47 seconds into the third on <span>Mikhail Grabovski's</span> 15th goal of the season. </p>
<p>Down 4-0, Minnesota scored near the 18-minute mark of the third to spoil <span>Jonas Gustavsson's</span> bid for a third shutout this season.</p>
<p>Minnesota has dipped a point below second place Colorado in the Northwest and will look to snap their current four-game losing streak at home on Saturday against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.defendingbigd.com/">Dallas Stars</a>. </p>
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<p>The Wild and Maple Leafs, each trying to end three-game losing streaks, square off in Toronto.</p> <p>A pair of ninth-place teams trying to end three-game skids face off Thursday as Minnesota heads to Toronto.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="https://www.hockeywilderness.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Wild</a> enter the game trailing Colorado by just one point in the West, and this despite having played two fewer games than the <a href="https://www.milehighhockey.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Avalanche</a>. The <a href="https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Maple Leafs</a>, meanwhile, sit three points back of Florida in the East.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Minnesota has been in a free-fall of late, dropping 14 of 16 dating back to December 13. Over its last seven games, Minnesota has been outscored 28 to 12, including 13 to 3 while dropping three in a row.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Leafs bring a three-game losing streak of their own into this one. After reeling off four straight Ws, Toronto has gone cold, scoring just four goals during the skid.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Leafs’ two most dangerous players, <span>Joffrey Lupul</span> and <span>Phil Kessel</span>, have been quiet after a hot start to 2012. They combined for 11 points over the first three games of the month but have since combined for just one goal and one assist.</p>
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