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HALIFAX -- The Halifax Mooseheads held off a late rally to win their fourth straight Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game Saturday. Halifax beat the Saint John Sea Dogs 7-5 on the strength of two goals apiece from Nikolaj Ehlers, Matt Murphy and Brent Andrews. Jonathan Drouin also scored and had three assists while Zachary Fucale made 17 saves for the Mooseheads (16-8-0), who led 6-1 after two periods. But the Sea Dogs (6-14-2) rallied hard in the third with four goals including two from Stephen Anderson. Will Thompson, Nathan Noel and Noah Zilbert also scored while Sebastien Auger allowed all six goals on 32 shots. Auger was replaced by Antoine Landry, who made 13 saves in the third. --- SAGUENEENS 6 VOLTIGEURS 3 DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. -- Chicoutimi cruised after taking a 4-1 lead in the first period. Charles Hudon had two goals for the Sagueneens (12-12-0), while Philippe Archambault, Jeremy Bouchard, Jeremy Lepine and Janne Puhakka scored the others. Joey Ratelle, Giovanni Fiore and Nikolas Brouillard scored for Drummondville (13-7-1). Chicoutimi goaltender Domenic Graham finished with 30 saves. In the Voltigeurs net, Joe Fleschler and Louis-Philip Guindon combined to stop 19 shots. --- SCREAMING EAGLES 4 CATARACTES 2 SHAWINIGAN, Que. -- Cameron Darcy scored the first and last goals of the game in Cape Bretons win against the Cataractes. Maxim Lazarev and William Carrier also scored for the Screaming Eagles (10-9-3), and Chase Marchand made 30 saves. Francis Beauvillier and Mason Gray had the goals for Shawinigan (3-16-2), with Marvin Cupper stopping 22 shots. The game opened with a pair of short-handed goals, one from Darcy at 3:12 of the first before Beauvillier equalized just over two minutes later with a shortie of his own. --- FOREURS 5 PHOENIX 1 SHERBROOKE, Ont. -- Anthony Mantha padded his stats as the leagues top scorer. Mantha scored twice and had an assists for Val-dOr (12-9-0) to give him a QMJHL-leading 22 goals, as well as 26 assists for a league-best 48 points. Timotej Sille, Guillaume Gelinas and Anthony Beauregard also scored for the Foreurs while Keven Bouchard stopped 19 shots. Vincent Deslauriers had the lone goal for the Phoenix (9-12-2), and Francis Desrosiers finished with 35 saves. --- OLYMPIQUES 4 ISLANDERS 3 CHARLOTTETOWN -- Emile Poirier scored in overtime to lift Gatineau past the Islanders. Poiriers goal 4:52 into OT capped a comeback by the Olympiques (15-8-0), who scored three goals in the third period to force extra time. Martin Reway scored twice and Vaclav Karabacek added another for Gatineau, while Anthony Brodeur stopped 31 shots. Ryan Graves, Daniel Sprong and Jack Nevins each scored for Charlottetown (11-7-3), and Antoine Bibeau made 40 saves. --- REMPARTS 5 HUSKIES 2 QUEBEC CITY -- Anthony Duclair scored twice as the Remparts exploded for four goals in the second period. 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The Maple Leafs had won five of six right before the hiatus and the club is 11-2-1 over its last 14 games.With 70 points, the Maple Leafs are currently holding on to the seventh of eight playoff spots in the East. Toronto also is just one point in back of both Tampa Bay and Montreal for second place in the Atlantic Division. The top three teams in each division get an automatic bid to the postseason.Toronto is aiming to qualify for the postseason for the second straight spring. Last season the Leafs halted the longest playoff drought in franchise history by making the postseason for the first time since 2004.The Maple Leafs emerge from the break with a road-heavy schedule ahead of them over the next few weeks. Toronto, which is just 11-12-5 as the away club this season, will play two straight and eight of its next 10 on the road.The Islanders, meanwhile, get to continue a five-game homestand on Thursday, but theyll do so without the services of captain and star centerman Tavares.Tavares helped Team Canada win the Olympic tournament, although he missed the semifinals and gold medal game after suffering a partial tear in the MCL of his left knee.dddddddddddd Although the injury was originally feared to be worse, it will still keep Tavares sidelined for the remainder of the regular season. However, he will not need surgery as was originally believed.The culmination of the regular season could mark the end of the 2013-14 campaign for the Islanders, who are already 14 points out of the Easts final playoff berth.Tavares, who expects to miss 8-to-12 weeks while recovering, is New Yorks leading scorer with 66 points and is tied for the team lead with 24 goals. He is also third in the NHL in points.The Islanders lost seven of eight games before the break in a stretch that did serious damage to the clubs postseason chances. Without Tavares, the club expects to have a difficult time getting back into the thick of the playoff race.New York and the Leafs have split two meetings so far in 2013-14, but the Isles are 4-1-1 over the last six encounters between the clubs. Toronto, however, has won three straight and four of the past five games at the Coliseum.The Isles are 8-14-8 as the host team this season. The club is playing the third test of its five-game homestand tonight and will complete the stay on Long Island after welcoming New Jersey and Florida on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. ' ' '