James Reimer posted his second straight shutout and Phil Kessel had a three-point night as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Ottawa Senators 5-0 on Saturday night. Kessel scored the game winner and added two assists, while Tyler Bozak had a goal and two assists. Dion Phaneuf, Luke Schenn and Cody Franson also scored for Toronto (27-19-6). Reimer stopped 49 shots for his third shutout of the season. He has now stopped 74 shots in his last two games. Craig Anderson, making his 17th straight start and 50th appearance, had little help from his teammates as he faced 40 shots. Ottawa (27-21-7) is now 3-2-0 against Toronto this year.
Super Bowl 46, with the New York Giants and New England Patriots is scheduled to kick off today in Indianapolis at 6:30 p.m. (Eastern time). The Giants' 65-year-old coach Tom Coughlin is trying to become the oldest coach to win a Super Bowl and Patriots coach Bill Belichick is trying to join Pittsburgh's Chuck Noll as the only men to coach four Super Bowl winners.
Results Saturday Feb 4....
WOAA Senior AA playoffs:
Tillsonburg 3 Monkton 0
(Tillsonburg leads South Division quarterfinal 2-0)
Niagara District Junior C:
Norwich 4 Paris 5
(West Division quarterfinal tied 1-1)
Woodstock 3 New Hamburg 7
(New Hamburg leads West Division quarterfinal 3-0)
Western Junior C:
Goderich 1 Walkerton 8
(Walkerton leads best-of-seven quarterfinal 2-0)
Kincardine 1 Wingham 7
(Wingham leads best of seven quarterfinal 2-0)
Great Lakes Junior C:
Blenheim vs. Belle River
Essex 7 Kingsville 0
Dresden 3 Mooretown 4
Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League:
Exeter 2 Mt. Brydges 4
Hagersville 6 St. George 3
Norfolk vs. Burford
Port Stanley 0 Thamesford 9
Lambeth at North Middlesex
Tavistock 1 Delhi 4
Major league senior hockey:
Brantford Blast 6 Whitby 2
Ontario Hockey League:
Kingston 4 Ottawa 3
Brampton 2 Niagara 5
Mississauga 2 London 5
Saginaw 3 Erie 0
Sudbury 8 Peterborough 4
Windsor 1 Plymouth 5
Belleville 1 Owen Sound 2
Sault Ste. Marie 0 Barrie 5
Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League:
Guelph 5 Cambridge 4
Sarnia 6 Leamington 5
Buffalo 3 Fort Erie 8
Stratford 1 Brantford 5
LaSalle 2 Lambton Shores 6
Welland 4 Stoney Creek 1
Chatham 5 Strathroy 2
National Hockey League
Pittsburgh 2 Boston 1
New Jersey 6 Philadelphia 4
Washington 3 Montreal 0
Vancouver 3 Colorado 2 (SO)
Toronto 5 Ottawa 0
Buffalo 4 N.Y. Islanders 3 (SO)
Los Angeles 1 Carolina 2
Florida 3 Tampa Bay 6
St. Louis 1 Nashville 3
Minnesota 1 Dallas 2 (SO)
San Jose 2 Phoenix 5
Detroit 4 Edmonton 5 (SO)
AHL
Abbotsford 2 Toronto 5
Hamilton 2 Grand Rapids 5
NBA
New Orleans 87 Detroit 89
