Penguins 4, Maple Leafs 0
TORONTO -- Facing his former team for the first time since being traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins, right winger Phil Kessel had little effect on the game and it did not matter.
The Penguins did not any help from their top players as Kessel, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin had quiet nights in a one-sided 4-0 rout of the Toronto Maple Leafs Saturday night.
Kessel returned to Toronto for the first time being traded and in the few times he touched the puck the crowd booed.
Instead, the Penguins got goals from centers Chris Kunitz, Eric Fehr, Matt Cullen and right winger Patric Hornqvist and won their fourth in a row while improving to 7-4-0.
Toronto fell to 1-7-2 and is winless in four home games while failing to find a scorer to fill Kessel's void and the fans booed heavily after the final whistle.
The Penguins led 3-0 after two periods on goals by left winger Chris Kunitz, center Eric Fehr and center Matt Cullen.
Kunitz opened the scoring in the first period on the power play, which has been a consistent problem for the Leafs, on a dribbler between the legs of goalie Jonathan Bernier.
The goal happened only a few seconds after Leafs' right winger Michael Grabner came close to scoring.
Fehr scored a shorthanded goal in the second period, grabbing his own rebound and potting a goal in his first game of the season. Cullen followed up with his first of the season.
NOTES: Toronto's scratches were C Nick Spaling, RW Brad Boyes and D Scott Harrington. Boyes was a healthy scratch. He has played in eight of the Leafs' first nine games. ... The Leafs have a roster loaded with former Penguins, including Spaling, Harrington, C Daniel Winnik and RW P.A. Parenteau. ... The Leafs came into the game with an all-time Halloween record of 8-4-1 at home. ... D Stephane Robidas has yet to play a game for the Leafs this season because of a lower-body injury. ... Tornto signed LW Rich Clune to an NHL contract on Oct. 29 and placed RW Mark Arcobello on waivers. ... Pittsburgh has two players on injured reserve: C Eric Fehr and RW Bryan Rust. ... The Penguins' roster has 10 players born in the U.S. and five in Canada. In contrast, the Leafs have only three Americans on the roster and 15 from Canada. ... Pittsburgh has only two assistant coaches compared to the Leafs, who have five. ... Penguins Executive VP/GM Jim Rutherford played part of his career with the Leafs.