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Leafs welcome back Ovechkin Capitals News Sports Entertainment Radio TV My Region Member Centre Login Sign UpCharlottetown Change City1c Mostly CloudyTomorrow11c A few flurries Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool FIFA World Cup Vancouver Now Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis LICENSE EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Leafs welcome back Ovechkin Capitals Last Updated Saturday December 12 2009 1236 PM ET By Brandon Hicks CBC Sports Three Saturdays ago the Maple Leafs were mired in a fivegame losing streak when a dramatic shootout victory over the Washington Capitals seemed to spark a Toronto turnaround (Chris YoungCanadian Press)Three Saturdays ago the Maple Leafs were mired in a fivegame losing streak when a dramatic shootout victory over Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals seemed to spark a Toronto turnaroundThe Leafs are hoping that the trend continues when No 8 and the Caps make a return trip to the Air Canada Centre on Saturday night (CBC CBCSportsca 630 pm ET)Since Torontos victory over Washington three weeks ago the Leafs are 731 and sit five points out of the eighth and final playoff spot in the NHLs Eastern ConferenceWeve gotten solid goaltending defencemen have done a better job fiveonfive up the ice creating turnovers and were a little bit more confident in terms of finishing up opportunities coach Ron Wilson said of the runWe still have to work on our special teams but youre always working on somethingThe Leafs (10147) are perfect everywhere in December right now except Beantown Toronto was taken down twice in less than a week by the Bruins during visits to the TD Garden in Boston the Buds only two losses this monthThat includes the Leafs latest game on Thursday when Toronto failed to regain some redemption after a 72 pasting on Saturday and fell to the Bs again this time to the tune of 52Weve only got one win in our division which is awful defenceman Ian White said We got spanked by these guys the Bruins not even a week ago We were expecting to come in here and have a different showingThe Leafs missed out on another chance to string together three straight wins for the first time this seasonBut Toronto can still post a streak of three as the team can win its third in a row at home on Saturday which would be the first time the Leafs have done so in almost two years Their last home winning streak of t...