Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Cam Ward became the franchise's all-time shutouts leader on Tuesday - and officially eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs from postseason consideration in the process.
Ward turned aside 32 shots for his fifth shutout of the season and 21st career. He snapped a tie with Arturs Irbe for the team honor.
The loss was Toronto’s 10th straight on home ice – the longest such skid in club history. The Maple Leafs have now missed the playoffs for a franchise-worst seven straight seasons.
Via Fox Sports Carolinas
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March 27, 2012
TORONTO (AP) -- Cam Ward stopped 32 shots for his 21st shutout and the Carolina Hurricanes eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs from playoff contention with a 3-0 win Tuesday night.
Jussi Jokinen, Tim Brent and Jay Harrison scored goals for Carolina, which kept slim playoff hopes alive for one more day.
The Maple Leafs saw their record fall to 33-35-9 after being shut out for the...
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March 27, 2012
Cam Ward stopped 32 shots for his 21st shutout and the Carolina Hurricanes eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs from playoff contention with a 3-0 win Tuesday night.
Jussi Jokinen, Tim Brent and Jay Harrison scored goals for Carolina, which kept slim playoff hopes alive for one more day.
The Maple Leafs saw their record fall to 33-35-9 after being shut out for the seventh time this...
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March 26, 2012
The last place a player wants to end up in is the coach's "doghouse" and it appears that the Hurricanes newly re-signed forward Tuomo Ruutu is in that spot right now with head coach Kirk Muller. There was some suspicion that Ruutu was in trouble on Friday when he was placed on the fourth line during the third period in the game against Columbus. That thought was confirmed...
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March 26, 2012
Any hope that the Hurricanes had for a miracle playoff push is all but gone now as they went 1-2-0 last week with two bad losses to the Columbus Blue Jackets and Detroit Red Wings. They ended up getting outshot and outchanced by a wide margin overall but that's mostly because of the Detroit game where they gave up over 50 shots on goal and 25 scoring chances. Carolina actually...
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March 28, 2012
Sometimes a great first period, solid defensive play and bad goaltending by the opposing team is enough to win you a few games and that was the case for the Hurricanes tonight in their 3-0 shutout over the Maple Leafs. The Hurricanes played terrific for the first 20 minutes in outchancing the Leafs 5-1 and gaining a 2-0 lead and then finished things off by sitting back and letting...
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March 29, 2012
An ongoing issue throughout the season is that neither coach has been rolling four lines as often as fans would like. Ideally, most coaches would like to roll four lines and have their fourth unit out there for around 8-10 minutes a game. The role of the fourth line depends on the coach and under Paul Maurice this season, the fourth line was barely used. That has somewhat changed...
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March 27, 2012
One team will stay mathematically eligible for the post-season, the other can get an early start on packing up their lockers and will take one step closer to qualifying for a lottery pick in the NHL Draft.
In tonightâs match between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Air Canada Center, the winner of the game could very well be the loser and vice...
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March 26, 2012
A regulation loss by the Toronto Maple Leafs or Carolina Hurricanes will eliminate that team from playoff contention, but even the winner of Tuesday night's matchup will almost certainly suffer that fate in a matter of days.
The Maple Leafs and Hurricanes try to stave off elimination when they meet at Air Canada Centre to close out their season series.
Carolina (30-31-15) and...
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