TORONTO - Dennis Hildeby is a goaltender of few words — very few words.

Whether it's in the Toronto Maple Leafs' locker room with teammates or when speaking in front of a wall of cameras and microphones to reporters, the soft-spoken Swede doesn't say a whole lot.

Hildeby, however, has been making a loud statement on the ice.

The hulking rookie with just a handful of NHL games under his belt before this season — and No. 4 on the depth chart at one point earlier in the fall — has stepped up in a big way for injury-hit Toronto.

Hildeby was perfect in making 29 saves Monday to pick up his first NHL shutout in the Maple Leafs' hard-fought, grind-it-out 2-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Pressed into service with both Anthony Stolarz and Joseph Woll out, Hildeby has given Toronto (14

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