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BUFFALO – In about half as many games, the Toronto penalty kill has already allowed more power-play goals this season than it did all of last year. Chris Herndon Jersey . A once dominant unit that finished second best in the league in 2013 (87.9%) has fallen to 20th overall (79.4%) after two months this winter. The groups increasing woes were highlighted on Wednesday night by a season-high three-goal outburst from the Penguins power play in an eventual 6-5 shootout loss. "We havent changed anything," Jay McClement told the Leaf Report on Thursday afternoon. "Were just not getting the job done. I dont know what it is, but weve gotten away from the basic things that made us successful. You can say that weve had a couple bad bounces here and there, but were getting too many [scored] on us the last little while to say that." Over the past 11 games – a stretch that began at the outset of November – the Leafs have allowed 13 power play goals, hovering at just 71 per cent in that span. Already this season, theyve given up 20 power play goals or one more than all of last season. The sure-fire attitude once owned by the group has gradually taken a hit. "Thats a confidence were going to have to build back up over a big stretch of games here," said McClement, who leads the NHL in average ice-time shorthanded. "It seems like we have a couple good kills and we start to get it, start to build on it and then we give one up. [Its] something we just have to stick with and try not to lose all our confidence and get frustrated with it." A confident bunch last season, the Leafs rarely allowed sustained opportunity for opposing power plays, typically clearing the puck and changing personnel with seamless precision. The job hasnt gone quite so smoothly so far this season, be it because of positional mistakes, failed clears, easy entries, or simple confusion. Increasingly, the unit has relied far too heavily upon its two goaltenders. Consider that in 48 games last season, the Toronto penalty kill allowed 193 shots against; already this season, in just 25 games, the same unit has given up 182 shots. Under increased strain, the goaltending has been good, but not quite as good as a year ago. James Reimer and Jonathan Bernier have combined to post a .890 save percentage shorthanded this season, slightly worse than the .902 mark set by Reimer and Ben Scrivens last season. "I think theres some trends that have come in," said Randy Carlyle of the penalty kill. "I think weve vacated the critical areas. I think weve won faceoffs and not cleared the puck. I think weve given up the middle of the ice too many times, gotten on the wrong side of the puck. "Those are things that were going to continue to try to fix because it has been a staple of our game. When those staples go away it reveals that youre not playing anywhere near where youre capable of playing." Not helping matters either is the discipline of the group. The Leafs have taken more minor penalties (113) than any team but the Ottawa Senators this season; up to 4.52 minors per game from 3.69 last season. A string of five straight such penalties helped propel the Penguins to come back from a 4-1 second period deficit on Wednesday night. "When youve got a good PK," said Carl Gunnarsson, third on the team in shorthanded minutes, "you feel good going out there and you know youre going to kill it probably 80, 90 per cent of the time." Just as the strut of the penalty kill has gradually diminished from the stronghold of last season, so too have a few key parts. Most prominently absent this year is Leo Komarov, an energetic and effective component in 2013 who returned to the KHL this season. Two additional pieces who made significant contributions, Mark Fraser and Nik Kulemin, missed nearly a month with injuries. "I think right now when you go through a spell like were going through, its tough to have that attitude," McClement said. 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Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers (4) – He had a strong game Sunday; was very good in tight with big saves on Crosby, Malkin and Neal in-crease.GATINEAU, Que. -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel scored two of Val-dOrs five second-period goals as the Foreurs downed the host Gatineau Olympiques 5-4 on Sunday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Anthony Mantha, Louick Marcotte and Timotej Sille also scored for the Foreurs (22-11-0), who extended their win streak to eight games, while Guillaume Gelinas tacked on three assists. Vaclav Karabacek, Taylor Burke, Alexandre Chenier-Allard and Marc Beckstead supplied the offence for the Olympiques (22-11-0), who led 2-0 after the first period before giving up five straight goals. Val-dOrs Francois Tremblay made 20 saves for the win. Robert Steeves started in net for Gatineau but was pulled after allowing four goals on 15 shots. 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Zachary Fucale made 22 saves for the Mooseheads as Antoine Bibeau stopped 37-of-40 shots for the Islanders. --- WILDCATS 4 TIGRES 3 MONCTON, N.B. -- Christophe Lalonde scored twice, including the winner, and added an assist as the Wildcats slipped past Victoriaville. Nathan Shepherd Jersey. Ivan Barbashev also scored two goals for Moncton (15-17-2), which won its third game in a row, and Conor Garland picked up three assists. Jan Mandat and Gabriel Gagne had a goal and an assist apiece for the Tigres (13-15-4) and Philippe Hudon scored once. Alex Dubeau made 27 saves for the Wildcats. Brandon Whitney turned aside 31 shots for Victoriaville. --- HUSKIES 3 OCEANIC 2 (SO) ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. -- Philippe Desrosiers made 41 saves and Francis Perron scored the shootout winner as the Huskies pushed Rimouskis winless streak to six contests. Maxime St. Cyr and Quinn OBrien scored in regulation for Rouyn-Noranda (19-9-3), which is 7-0-1 in its last eight outings. 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