TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs faded out of post-season contention again.
Ondrej Palat had two goals, Anders Lindback came off the bench to make 25 saves, and the Tampa Bay Lightning ended Toronto’s playoff hopes by beating the Maple Leafs 3-0 on Tuesday night.
James Reimer stopped 31 shots for the Maple Leafs, who have lost 10 of 12. Toronto has missed the playoffs eight of the last nine seasons.
The loss to Tampa Bay and Columbus’ overtime win over Phoenix sealed the Maple Leafs’ fate.
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Sports:
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Ondrej Palat had two goals, Anders Lindback came off the bench to make 25 saves, and the Tampa Bay Lightning ended Toronto’s playoff hopes by beating the Maple Leafs 3-0 on Tuesday night.
Blue Jays:
- Man dead after being pushed from downtown Toronto balcony
- AGO workers reach tentative agreement ending month long strike: union
- They stayed at an ‘absolute gem’ of a Dublin hotel. Now these councillors face questions
- On the ‘frontline’: Toronto-area residents hiring security firms to fight auto theft
Melky Cabrera slammed a home run for a career-best fourth consecutive game on Tuesday as Toronto beat the Houston Astros 5-2 at Rogers Centre.
IN THE NEWS…
The province’s Special Investigations Unit has invoked their mandate following a downtown police chase that ended in a crash last night.
Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 6.39 million vehicles globally for a variety of problems spanning nearly 30 models in Japan, the U.S., Europe and other places.
A government safety agency is fining General Motors $7,000 a day, saying the company failed to fully respond to its requests for information about a faulty ignition switch by an April 3 deadline.
Oscar Pistorius testified at his murder trial on Wednesday that girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp died in his arms after he shot her in his home last year.
ALSO COMING UP TODAY…
David Quarmby, designer and former board member of Transport for London, speaks to the Toronto Region Board of Trade on how London has increased transit ridership, decreased automobile use and driven up traveller satisfaction. (Toronto Region Board of Trade Downtown Centre, 4th floor, 1 First Canadian Place)
The Harlem Globetrotters celebrate Day of Pink with an anti-bullying program. (10 a.m. at Claude Watson School for the Arts, 103 Doris Ave.)
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