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CHICAGO -- Even with budding star Auston Matthews emerging as the face of one of the NHLs youngest rosters and most storied franchises, the Toronto Maple Leafs are experiencing growing pains.Toronto will try to come away with a win in the finale of their three-game road trip on Saturday night against the Chicago Blackhawks in a matchup of Original Six clubs.The Maple Leafs (1-1-2) fell 3-2 at Minnesota on Thursday, one night after seeing a four-goal lead disappear in a 5-4 overtime loss at Winnipeg. However, coach Mike Babcock isnt disappointed.I think weve done a lot of good things, Babcock said after the loss to the Wild. Were .500 after four (games), and so as we grow up here a little bit, weve just got to hang in the hunt as best as we can because were going to get better fast.That might be a difficult task against a team that has won three Stanley Cups since 2010. Toronto has been outscored 15-3 in three consecutive losses to the Blackhawks, including a 7-2 setback on Feb. 15 at the United Center where the Maple Leafs surrendered four power-play goals.Matthews, the top overall pick in last Junes NHL Draft, is tied for the league lead with five goals but has just one since his record-setting debut in a loss to Ottawa on Oct. 12.Its a learning process. Were still a young team, but were competing day in and day out, so I think were heading in the right direction, the 19-year-old center said after the loss to Minnesota.One player looking forward to Saturday is Toronto defenseman Connor Carrick, who grew up in suburban Orland Park, about 25 miles from the United Center. He scored his only goal of the season in Wednesdays loss to the Jets.You want to close the opportunities you get in this league, make sure you finish, stomp on the other teams will, so to speak, Carrick told the Toronto Sun. Its hard to get the full two points in this league and you just dont want it to slip away. We want to reverse that trend.After backup goaltender Jhonas Enroth played against Minnesota, Fredrik Andersen will likely face the Blackhawks. In his only start at Chicago early last season while with Anaheim, Andersen surrendered the lone goal in a 1-0 overtime loss.Chicago (2-3-0) opens a stretch in which it plays four of the next five at home after falling 3-2 decision on Friday at Columbus. Rookie Tyler Motte scored his first NHL goal and Richard Panik, a former Maple Leafs player, produced his fifth in five games to tie Matthews for the league lead.Panik posted a career-high 11 goals in 76 games with Toronto in 2014-15. He leads Chicago with seven points even though the Blackhawks feature two of the leagues dynamic players in Patrick Kane and Artemi Panarin.Last season en route to winning the Hart Trophy as the leagues MVP, Kane had four goals and four assists in both wins over Toronto with five of those points coming on the power play.Panarin, the Calder Trophy winner as the NHLs top rookie in 2015-16, had two goals and three assists in two games against the Leafs.But a big issue for Chicago this season has been penalty killing. The Blackhawks are last in the NHL, having surrendered 11 goals in 19 short-handed situations.We have to hit the reset button and just bear down and find a way to get it done because its losing us games right now, defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson told the Blackhawks official website.Corey Crawford stopped 25 shots Friday. However, with games on back-to-back nights, the Blackhawks could start Scott Darling, who recorded a 1.51 goals-against average while winning both matchups with the Maple Leafs in 2015-16.Chicago played Friday without Marian Hossa, who became the 44th player in NHL history to score 500 goals in a win over Philadelphia on Tuesday. Hossa is day to day with a lower body injury.Trevor van Riemsdyk, a healthy scratch the previous three games, left Fridays game with an upper-body injury and could be out a bit, according to the team. Nike NFL Jerseys China . Ashley Youngs cross was inadvertently headed by Chester into his own net in the 66th minute, allowing United to claim a third straight league win. "We had to dig deep with our fighting spirit and weve done that," United striker Wayne Rooney said. NFL Jerseys China . 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We all know the U.S. womens basketball team is amazing, but it seems no one loves them more than the mens squad. I mean, they are sharing a cruise boat in Rio, after all.Jimmy Butler and DeAndre Jordan filmed a video professing their admiration for the team, and Jordan tried to determine exactly which player he most plays like. From Sue Bird to Breanna Stewart to Brittney Griner, the two weigh in on his game and how it stacks up.Spoiler alert: Butler wants to be like Sue! JOIN THE CLUB, JIMMY.While Butler and Jordan took a funny route, Cavs star Kyrie Irving weighed in on the womenss team as well, and took a more serious approach.dddddddddddd Praising their unique style, Irving is apparently trying to learn as much as he can from his female peers and pick their brains during their time together.Real recognizes real. And that, world, is why USA Basketball is the best in the sport in both the mens and womens game.See something entertaining on social media that you think deserves to be shared? Let me know on Twitter, @darcymaine_espn. ' ' '