| 5/12/2013 10:36:00 PM |
Description: Leafs right wing Phil Kessel potted the game-winning goal Sunday against Boston. | Insight: Dion Phaneuf scored Toronto's other goal in the 2-1 victory. Game 7 is Monday night in Boston. | | |
| 4/25/2013 10:51:00 PM |
Description: Toronto right wing Phil Kessel knocked in two goals Thursday night against Florida. | Insight: Kessel is sixth in the league in scoring with 51 points in 47 games. With just one game left on the Leafs' schedule, he won't be able to catch Martin St. Louis for the scoring title (58 points for Tampa Bay). | | |
| Hot | 4/11/2013 9:38:00 AM |
Description: Leafs right wing Phil Kessel contributed a pair of goals Wednesday in a shootout loss to New York. | Insight: Surprisingly, Kessel didn't participate in the shootout as head coach Randy Carlyle instead went with the trio of Tyler Bozak, Nazem Kadri and Mikhail Grabovski. None of them scored. Kessel now has four goals in his last two games. That gives him 14 goals for the year. | | |
| 4/8/2013 10:44:00 PM |
Description: Right wing Phil Kessel led the Maple Leafs with two goals and an assist Monday against the Rangers. | Insight: That snaps a nine-game scoring drought for Kessel. Breakout star Nazem Kadri has taken over as the team's primary scorer but Kessel is still leading the team in assists (26 in 39 games). | | |
| Hot | 3/9/2013 10:17:00 PM |
Description: Maple Leafs winger Phil Kessel had a goal and two assists with five SOG Saturday against the Penguins. | Insight: It's the same line he put up Wednesday against Ottawa. Kessel has three goals and seven points in his last four games. | | |
| 3/6/2013 10:07:00 PM |
Description: Maple Leafs winger Phil Kessel had a goal and two assists with five SOG Wednesday against the Senators. | Insight: Kessel has scored a goal in two straight games but still has just six on the season despite taking 88 SOG. He's on a pace of 20 goals per 82 games, well behind the 37 he scored last season. | | |
| 2/7/2013 10:59:00 PM |
Description: The drought is over for Maple Leafs forward Phil Kessel. Eleven games and 46 shots into th season, he finally scored his first goal, a game-winner on the power play 15:52 into the third period Thursday night against the Jets. | Insight: Kessel has been bombarding the net like he usually does; it was only a matter of time before one went in. Hopefully the floodgates will open now for the winger. | | |
| 2/5/2013 10:06:00 PM |
Description: Still no goals for Phil Kessel, but that doesn't mean he can't help out his teammates (and fantasy owners). The Toronto right wing had two assists with two SOG, two PIM and a plus-3 rating Tuesday versus Washington. | Insight: Kessel has launched 42 SOG in 10 games with nothing to show for it but he does have six assists. Keep rolling with him; the goals will come. | | |
| 1/27/2013 4:44:00 PM |
Description: Maple Leafs forward Phil Kessel leads the NHL with 24 shots on goal through Saturday. | Insight: Unfortunately, he still has zero goals. Kessel has always been a high-volume shooter who has 165 career goals on 1,556 shots (.106), so this is nothing new for his fantasy owners. It should only be a matter of time before he sounds the horn for the first time. | | |
| 1/23/2013 9:54:00 PM |
Description: Maple Leafs forward Phil Kessel has 15 SOG over the first three games with nothing to show for it. | Insight: Five more shots Wednesday against Pittsburgh produced zero goals once again in a game Toronto scored five times. Fantasy owners should be used to this; Kessel has scored 99 goals the last three season but needed 917 shots to do so (.108). | | |
| 12/25/2011 4:19:00 PM |
Description: Leafs coach Ron Wilson announced via Twitter that he has received a contract extension.
TSN | Insight: The tweet said: "He came! He came! Remember saying that as a little kid? Well he did: I got a new Red Ryder BB gun and a contract extension!" Hopefully Wilson is enjoying his new BB gun and his piece of paper this Christmas. Santa Burke obviously came through. | | |
| 10/20/2011 12:51:00 AM |
Description: Phil Kessel scored a goal and added two assists in the Leafs' 4-3 shootout win over Winnipeg on Wednesday.
NHL.com | Insight: Kessel is, quite simply, a man possessed right now. He currently leads the NHL in both goals (7) and points (12). Kessel has been known for extreme hot and cold streaks in the past, so now might be the time to sell high to another league member who is willing to overpay. Otherwise, keep him in your starting lineup. | | |
| 10/16/2011 1:26:00 AM |
Description: Phil Kessel scored two goals and added an assist with a +3 in the Leafs' 3-2 win over Calgary on Saturday.
NHL.com | Insight: Thanks to a hat trick last Saturday against Ottawa, Kessel is off to a scorching start this season. In just three games, Kessel already has five goals, eight points, and a +7. Maybe that trade with Boston won't turn out so badly for the Leafs after all. | | |
| 10/9/2011 1:49:00 AM |
Description: Phil Kessel scored three goals and added an assist with a +3 in the Leafs' 6-5 win over Ottawa on Saturday.
Yahoo Sports | Insight: The goals were Kessel's first three of the season and his first hat trick with the Leafs. He has reached 30 goals in each of his two seasons with the Leafs. | | |
| 2/25/2011 1:02:00 AM |
Description: Kessel led the way with two goals and two assists in Toronto's 5-4 victory over Montreal on Thursday. | Insight: The winger has scored in four of his past five games, totaling six goals in that span. He now has 25 for the season. (RapidDraft.com) | | |
| 2/25/2011 12:21:00 AM |
Description: Phil Kessel scored two power-play goals and added two assists in the Leafs' 5-4 win over Montreal on Thursday.
ESPN | Insight: Kessel has had his share of peaks and valleys this season, but right now he is flying sky high with six goals in his last five games. Make sure you haven't left him on your bench. | | |
| 2/15/2011 10:42:00 PM |
Description: Phil Kessel and Mikhail Grabovski each scored two goals in the Leafs' 4-3 win over Boston on Tuesday.
Yahoo Sports | Insight: Kessel snapped his 14-game goalless drought with two power-play markers in this game. Meanwhile, Grabovski was thought to have suffered a concussion after taking a hit from Zdeno Chara, but he returned to score the game-winning goal with only 1:01 to play. Grabovski leads the Leafs with 24 goals, while Kessel is tied for second with Nikolai Kulemin with 21 goals. | | |
| 2/7/2011 1:21:00 PM |
Description: Phil Kessel clarified the comments he made on Sunday, saying that he and coach Ron Wilson spoke on Monday about his situation.
Globe & Mail | Insight: Kessel clarified that he "loves Toronto" and that he wasn't asking to be traded, and that the comments he made after Sunday's practice were made out of frustration. Kessel's fantasy owners have to hope that clearing the air will improve his on-ice production, as he has not scored a goal in ten games and is a (-8) during that span. He tends to be a streaky scorer, so one he finds the net again, expect the tallies to come in bunches. | | |
| 2/6/2011 5:05:00 PM |
Description: Phil Kessel was demoted to the Leafs' third line during Sunday's practice, and he directed his frustration toward Leafs coach Ron Wilson afterward.
TSN | Insight: When asked if Wilson had addressed the demotion with him, Kessel said, "No, me and Ron don't really talk. That's all I have to say about that." When Wilson was interviewed, he justified the move by saying, "Phil hasn't scored in 10 games, and I think in that period he's been minus-7." Actually, Kessel has been a (-8) during that span, but that doesn't matter. If Kessel and Wilson can't coexist in the centre of the hockey universe, it will be interesting to see who Leafs GM Brian Burke would decide would be the first to go: his long-time pal in coach Wilson, or the scorer that cost Burke two first-round picks and a second-round pick. | | |
| 2/2/2011 10:03:00 AM |
Description: Kessel opened the season's second half by failing to score a goal for the eighth straight game. | Insight: His 19 for the season still rank second on the team, and the drought followed a four-game goal streak, but the Leafs could really stand to get the winger going again. The shootout win Tuesday night was just Toronto's second victory among those eight games. (RapidDraft.com) | | |
