Milestone for Mogilny as Toronto crushes Anaheim<\/p>\n
Reuters, Toronto<\/p>\n
Alexander Mogilny scored a pair of goals, including the 400th
\nof his career, as the Toronto Maple Leafs routed the Anaheim
\nMighty Ducks 6-1 on Monday.<\/p>\n
Mogilny, who was sixth in the NHL with 43 goals last season
\nfor New Jersey, already has four in three games for his new team,
\ntying him for the league lead.<\/p>\n
The Russian winger opened the scoring 53 seconds into the game
\nand made it 4-0 74 seconds into the second period. It was the
\n400th goal in 783 games for Mogilny.<\/p>\n
Toronto's revamped offense includes newcomer Robert Reichel
\nand Gary Roberts, who teamed with Mogilny to dominate the game.
\nThe line combined for three goals and five assists.<\/p>\n
Newcomer Mikael Renberg added a goal and an assist for the
\nMaple Leafs, who are 1-1-1 this season. They have a league-high
\n12 goals after ranking 14th last season with 232.<\/p>\n
Curtis Joseph made 21 saves en route to his 105th victory with
\nthe Leafs -- good for fifth in franchise history.<\/p>\n
Mike Leclerc snapped Joseph's shutout 4:51 into the third
\nperiod, but the Ducks dropped to 1-1-1 on a season-opening four-
\ngame road trip.<\/p>\n
In Boston, Byron Dafoe recorded 22 saves for his 23rd career
\nshutout as the Bruins blanked the Washington Capitals 4-0 to open
\na season with three straight wins for the first time since 1994.<\/p>\n
Dafoe, with a strong defense in front of him, registered his
\n100th victory in a Boston uniform. The Bruins kept the shutout
\nintact by killing a 48-second 5-on-3 penalty midway through the
\nthird period.<\/p>\n
Boston, without suspended right wing Bill Guerin, got goals
\nfrom four different players, including power-play tallies in the
\nsecond period by Sergei Samsonov and Joe Thornton, who also
\nrecorded a pair of assists.<\/p>\n
In Calgary, Shane Doan scored a power-play goal 28 seconds
\ninto overtime to lift the Phoenix Coyotes to their first win of
\nthe season, 2-1 over a Flames team seeking their best start in
\neight years.<\/p>\n
Phoenix got its sixth power play of the game after center Rob
\nNiedermayer was penalized on a questionable tripping call with 73
\nseconds remaining in regulation.<\/p>\n
Teppo Numminen was stationed at the left point and, after
\ntaking a pass from Danny Markov, fired a slap shot that deflected
\noff Doan past Roman Turek.<\/p>",
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