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. Fjallraven Kanken Cheap . The Clippers were angry about blowing a big lead; the Kings didnt like being in that kind of hole and nearly digging themselves out only to lose. 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He bettered that with a long-range blast that went in off the goal frame in the 18th, and converted a penalty in the 72nd after Diego Mainz was sent off for fouling Aduriz with only the goalkeeper to beat.PHILADELPHIA -- Roy Halladay is moving closer toward a return to Philadelphia. If all goes well, Halladay could pitch again for the Phillies this season, and possibly beyond. Halladay, the two-time Cy Young Award winner, is set to take the next step in his return from shoulder surgery and will pitch a simulated game Saturday in Clearwater, Fla. Halladay threw 30 pitches in a bullpen session before Wednesdays game against the Chicago Cubs. Halladay said he was encouraged that his rehabilitation has gone well and hoped to pitch again this season. He had surgery on his right shoulder in May to repair a partially torn rotator cuff and remove a bone spur. He also has some fraying of the labrum. Because of the injury, Halladay pitched nothing like an ace and is 2-4 with an 8.65 ERA in seven starts this season. "Im not interested in coming back and pitching at the same level I was earlier this year," he said. "I want to come back and pitch at a high level." Halladay earned $20 million this season and is set to become a free agent. The Phillies entered Wednesday 10 games under .500 and are one of the biggest disappointments in baseball. Halladay, who threw a no-hitter in the 2010 playoffs, ssaid hed like to return to the Phillies in 2014.dddddddddddd "Quite obviously, its my first choice if everything goes the way I feel its going to go," he said. The 35-year-old right-hander said hes had no setback and was encouraged by his progress. There is no timetable for his return. "I want to make sure that when I start my rehab assignment, Im able to compete at a high level," he said. "I dont want to necessarily treat it as a spring training type of thing. I feel like Im getting close to that now, where I can compete that way. I want to go out and pitch in those games and compete the same way I would here, so I know where I stand." The Phillies won five straight division titles from 2007-2011, including the 2008 World Series. Halladay went 21-10 and threw a perfect game against the Marlins in his 2010, his first season in Philadelphia. Hes 201-104 with a 3.37 ERA in 15 seasons with Toronto and Philadelphia. He wants to finish strong and prove he can come close to regaining his ace form. "Im not worried about next year. I want to come back and pitch," he said. "I just want to come back and pitch and be a part of things, be effective." ' ' '