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TORONTO -- Reigning AL MVP Josh Donaldson is not in the lineup for Torontos game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.Manager John Gibbons said Donaldson is getting the day off because he is banged up and needs a day to regroup. Donaldson is hitless in a career-worst seven games, going 0 for 23 with seven strikeouts in that span. Hes batting .284 with 34 homers and 92 RBI.A three-time All-Star third baseman, Donaldson has played 138 of Torontos 142 games. Gibbons said Donaldson would likely return Tuesday. Darwin Barney will bat ninth and play third Monday against Rays right-hander Jake Odorizzi.The Blue Jays, the 2015 AL East champions, have lost seven of nine in September. Theyre two games behind the Red Sox after losing two of three to Boston over the weekend, and tied with Baltimore in the wild-card race.Ersan Ilyasova Bucks Jersey . There are some early surprises in the race for the Hart Trophy, but two of the contenders are the leagues biggest stars over the past decade. 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They also ended a three-game losing streak.I never thought much about that, it was just winning the game and we feel weve been getting better, Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said about improving on the road. The last three games the first period kind of did us in, we didnt start on time and it was nice to see that we started, we were able to hold on. It wasnt the start we wanted but we didnt give up the goals, not because we had any, but because the guys battled. And then we were able to execute a little bit.The Avalanche were down 5-0 only 8:41 into the game in Montreal.Tough to describe, Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. Im going to take the blame for that one because we werent prepared to start the game. Theyre the best team in the league with the best record at home and were all the way down in the standings and we werent prepared to play. So that ones on me. ... If you have one or two players who dont show up, then thats on them. When you dont have the whole team show up, then thats on me.The Avalanche (10-15-1) are 1-2-0 on a four-game road trip that ends Sunday in Toronto. They are 1-6-1 in their past eight games. Colorado ddefeated the Bruins on Thursday.ddddddddddddColorados starting goaltender Calvin Pickard three goals on 10 shots Saturday before being replaced by Semyon Varlamov, who allowed six goals on 16 shots through the end of the second period.If you look at the mistakes we made the way we were playing, it was inevitable, Bednar said. We pulled Pick to maybe try to spark our team. That didnt work. So we put him back in. He had a good third.The Maple Leafs, meanwhile, had good goaltending again Saturday from Frederik Anderson.Our first period, we didnt do anything, Babcock said. We didnt win any battles, we didnt skate. I thought we were way better in the second -- we skated and had much more of the play. In the third period obviously it was great to get the win. (Andersen) played real well, especially early in the game, for us. He gave them the one there at the end of the second but was able to battle hard in the third.The Maple Leafs (11-10-5), who were outshot 33-20, escaped the first period with a 0-0 tie and outscored the Bruins 2-1 in the second period.Freddy made some big saves in the first to keep it a game and we kind of picked up our game as the game went on, said James van Riemsdyk ,who scored his 12th goal of the season. I thought the third period was our best period. I think we moved the puck around and tried to make plays towards the net and get them compressed towards the net to get those second chances. ' ' '