Reimer gets shutout, Maple Leafs send Wild to seventh straight loss
Posted March 22, 2011 10:51 pm.
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Rookie goaltender James Reimer made 29 saves for his third career shutout Tuesday as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Minnesota 3-0, stretching the Wild’s winless streak to seven games.
Reimer won his third straight start, improving to 7-0-1 in his last eight road games and helping Toronto keep pace in the Eastern Conference playoff chase.
Joffrey Lupul and Mikhail Grabovski each scored goals to get Toronto’s top two lines going.
The 10th-place Maple Leafs, the NHL’s second-youngest team, are a long shot with eight games to go and eighth-place Buffalo still five points ahead. But they passed last year’s points total and raised their record after the all-star break to 14-6-5, a sign of progress for general manager Brian Burke’s group.
