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TORONTO (AP) -- Mats Sundin is off to an outstanding start this season, and he credits his offseason workouts.
Sundin, who has three goals and three assists in Toronto's three games, set up the Maple Leafs' first goal and then scored the eventual game-winner in a 2-1 victory Wednesday night over the Colorado Avalanche. "I'd been trying to put more muscle on, trying to play a little heavier other years," said Sundin, who concentrated on aerobics last summer in an effort to drop some of his 224 pounds. "I'm probably eight pounds lighter now than when I started last season. It's quite a difference. I feel it when I'm skating. I feel better out there." With the score tied 1-1, Sundin got the winner at 10:44 of the third. After Dan Hinote was called for high-sticking, Steve Thomas passed to Sundin, who got the shot past Avalanche goaltender Patrick Roy. "Steve made a great play," Sundin said. "He hung onto the puck and waited for me because I was really late getting into the zone. He put the puck right on my tape." Toronto, which scored both goals on the power play, took a 1-0 lead at 11:36 of the second period as Colorado's Joe Sakic sat out after an interference penalty. Sundin fired a wrist shot that caromed in off Jonas Hoglund's leg, and Roy couldn't get to it through traffic in front of the net. Referee Bill McCreary signaled a goal, and Roy followed him to the scorer's booth to protest. "Two power-play goals for Toronto was the difference," Colorado coach Bob Hartley said. "With Joseph and Roy in goal, you knew there would be good goaltending and not a lot of goals scored." Sakic tied it on a wrist shot at 16:53 of the second period. Claude Lemieux slipped the puck to rookie Alex Tanguay, who passed it to Sakic in the faceoff circle. Sakic lifted a shot through the legs of Toronto defenseman Alexander Karpovtsev and into the far top corner of the net. The Avalanche were without defenseman Adam Foote for the last 10 minutes. McCreary gave Foote a 10-minute misconduct then a game misconduct for arguing after Foote and the Leafs' Yanic Perreault were assessed coincidental high-sticking penalties. Joseph, who stopped 23 shots, made an exceptional glove save with 40 seconds left by robbing Sandis Ozolinsh's shot. "He doesn't give you a lot," Sakic said. "He makes the great saves when it matters most." Roy made 26 saves for the Avalanche, who are without injured forwards Peter Forsberg, Shjon Podein and Adam Deadmarsh. "It was a struggle," Sundin said. "It was a good test for us, to win a game where we didn't really have anything going for us at times. | ALSO SEE NHL Scoreboard Colorado Clubhouse Toronto Clubhouse RECAPS Florida 4 Los Angeles 2
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