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Maple Leafs look to rebound against Devils

Nov 2, 2007 - 1:54 PM Toronto (5-5-3) at New Jersey (4-6-1) 7:00 pm EDT

NEWARK, New Jersey (Ticker) -- While the New Jersey Devils are getting used to their new home, the Toronto Maple Leafs are hoping Newark is no different from East Rutherford.

The Maple Leafs will look for their third straight road win when they visit the Devils on Friday.

Toronto has dominated New Jersey over the past two seasons, going 7-1-1 against the Eastern Conference rivals in the last nine meetings. The Maple Leafs are one of only two teams in the NHL - Vancouver is the other - that owns a winning record against future hall-of-fame goaltender Martin Brodeur, going 12-14-7 against him in 35 career starts.

Scoring has not been a problem for Toronto thus far, as it ranks second in the NHL with 47 goals scored this campaign. Stopping the puck, however, has been a huge problem.

The Maple Leafs have allowed 52 goals - the most in the NHL, and goaltenders Andrew Raycroft - 3.68 - and Vesa Toskala - 3.73 - rank 34th and 35, respectively, in goals-against average among all netminders who have appeared in at least three games.

Toskala allowed four goals and Raycroft yielded three in Toronto's 7-1 loss to Washington on Monday.

The Devils finally made it into their new home, the Prudential Center in Newark, last Saturday after beginning the season with nine straight road contests. They dropped their home opener, 4-1 to Ottawa, but rebounded to pound Tampa Bay, 6-1, on Wednesday.

Veteran left wing Jay Pandolfo notched the first hat trick of his 11-year career in the win over the Lightning.

Brodeur has not gotten off to a great start, ranking just a handful of spots above the Maple Leafs duo at 29th with a 3.02 GAA.