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Watch Sidney Crosby with or without the puck on this night and you appreciate that the full package has fully returned: little chip passes from in-close, behind the back passes, a step on his pursuer, the sense of anticipation, it was all there on display, writes Pierre LeBrun.

Phil Kessel, Nikolai Kulemin, Mikhail Grabovski and Jay McClement scored to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night.

Nikolai Kulemin and Matt Frattin scored third-period goals to give the Toronto Maple Leafs their first home win of the season with a 3-2 comeback victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have avoided arbitration with Nikolai Kulemin, signing the forward to a two-year, $5.6-million deal.

Russia won the world championship Sunday by defeating Slovakia 6-2.

Jonas Gustavsson had 32 saves for his second shutout in three starts and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-0 on Tuesday night.

Kari Lehtonen will start in goal tonight for the Stars when they play at Phoenix. It will be the first time this season that Lehtonen, who stopped 20 of 23 shots last night against Toronto, will play in back-to-back games. "He's feeling pretty goo...

For an NHL player coming off his first 30-goal season like Carolina's Jeff Skinner, it can be very tough to avoid a drop-off the next season, and it's best not to bank on a repeat performance, Neil Greenberg writes.

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Tyler Bozak had a power-play goal 5:42 into the third and Nikolai Kulemin scored late in the period as the Toronto Maple Leafs preserved their slim playoff hopes with a 4-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.

Nikolai Kulemin had two goals and Phil Kessel and Tyler Bozak also scored, leading the Maple Leafs past the Avalanche 4-3 for their third straight win.

Nikolai Kulemin and Tim Brent each scored third-period goals to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-4 win over the Atlanta Thrashers on Monday night.

Sean Allen offers up his weekly forward rankings and suggests ways fantasy owners can replace Evgeni Malkin, who is out for the season with a knee injury.

Sean Allen previews the week ahead and also discusses how good the Maple Leafs' power play has been lately.

Nikolai Kulemin scored the tiebreaking goal with 15:02 to play, and the Toronto Maple Leafs won their fourth straight road game, 3-2 over the spiraling Kings on Monday night.

LOS ANGELES-Alec Martinez could do no wrong when he was called up by the Kings just before Thanksgiving. He scored his first NHL goal the next day and drew wide praise from coach Terry Murray in the weeks ahead. But the 23-year-old defenseman was ...

Mikhail Grabovski, Nikolai Kulemin and Clarke MacArthur each scored two goals in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 9-3 rout of the Atlanta Thrashers on Friday night.