Niemi turned aside 27 of 28 shots Thursday in a 4-1 victory over Toronto. The league's been beating up on the Leafs for a while now, but that doesn't take anything away from Niemi and the Sharks, as Toronto's actually played better-than-.500 hockey at home. With the victory, the Finnish netminder snaps a painful two-game skid in which he allowed eight goals on just 37 shots.