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Maple Leafs win first of season by topping Ducks

Published Oct. 27, 2009 8:22 a.m. ET

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About three weeks after Tomas Kaberle expected it, the Toronto Maple Leafs finally got their first win of the season.

Niklas Hagman scored three of Toronto's five power-play goals, and the Maple Leafs finally slowed the worst start in franchise history with a 6-3 victory over the last-place Anaheim Ducks on Monday night.

Kaberle scored a career-high five points and Lee Stempniak added a career-best four as the Maple Leafs (1-7-1) recouped some pride for the Original Six franchise, which stumbled to that miserable start with all-around faulty play. After improved efforts in the past two games, Toronto got it going with outstanding special-teams work - a particular source of pride for Kaberle, the longtime Toronto defenseman.

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