Shoalts: Maple Leafs hope to see gains from recent pain

There was a lot of pain in the Toronto Maple Leafs' weekend, leavened by a little consolation.

The pain came in a 6-5 overtime loss to the speedy, skillful Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, the second time in a row the Maple Leafs have lost to a quicker National Hockey League opponent.

On a more personal level, pain was also felt by Leafs centre Kris Newbury, who was taken from the ice on a stretcher in the third period after Penguins forward Robert Petrovicky rocked him with a punch to the chin that knocked Newbury's helmet off, toppling him backward and causing him to hit the back of his head on the ice.

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