Pittsburgh Penguins 0 – 1 Toronto Maple Leafs

James Reimer turned aside all 25 shots he faced and Clarke MacArthur scored the game’s lone goal with 6:05 remaining in regulation, as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in the back end of a home-and-home series, 1-0, at Air Canada Centre.

It was only a week ago when Clarke MacArthur was demoted to Toronto’s 4th line. Now he’s scoring big goals again as the Maple Leafs make a push for the playoffs.
MacArthur scored late in the third period and James Reimer stopped 25 shots to give Toronto a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night.
MacArthur has four goals and 6 points in 3 games since being reunited with Mikhail Grabovski and Nikolai Kulemin. Prior to that, he played a season-low 9:58 on January 23 as coach Ron Wilson tried to deliver a message.
“It was a bit of a wakeup call and he’s responded very well,” said Wilson.
The win gave the Maple Leafs a split of a home-and-home set with Pittsburgh one night after thePenguins erased a 4-1 deficit in the third period before pulling out a 5-4 shootout win.
“I thought it was a harder-fought game tonight,” said MacArthur. “It felt like a playoff game. There wasn’t much given up on either side. You know, it was just nice to see our team (stick) with it. It’s easy to get frustrated.
“We stuck with it and got the win.”
The game was low on style points but the Leafs managed to move past New Jersey into seventh place in the Eastern Conference.
Reimer delivered a victory in only his second start of 2012. The man who entered the season as Toronto’s No. 1 goalie was pleased with his performance.