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TORONTO – Joseph Woll has come off the bench for the Maple Leafs the last two playoffs. The goaltender is making a case to get the opening-night nod this spring. Woll put in a third straight solid performance Wednesday, stopping 38-of-39 shots in a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche. “Doesn’t really matter what’s going…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Auston Matthews scored twice on the power play and added an assist as the Toronto Maple Leafs thumped the Calgary Flames 6-2 on Monday. William Nylander added a goal and two assists for Toronto (40-24-3), which had lost five of its last six games. Max…
TORONTO – Linus Ullmark went out to play the puck midway through Saturday’s second period. The Senators goaltender — his team’s best player on many nights — was flat on his stomach seconds later following a brutal gaffe that ended with Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews firing into an empty cage. An organization that’s seen…
By Joshua Clipperton The Canadian Press Posted March 15, 2025 9:57 pm 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Claude Giroux scored the winner on a second-period power play as the Ottawa Senators topped the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 to register their sixth straight victory Saturday night. Jake Sanderson,…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Sam Bennett scored two power-play goals to lift the shorthanded Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers to a 3-2 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. Bennett’s offence gave the Atlantic Division-leading Panthers (41-22-3) with their seventh win in eight outings, while the second-place Maple…
TORONTO – Sam Bennett continues to prosper from his Four Nations Faceoff experience with Canada and the absence of stud Florida Panthers teammate Matthew Tkachuk. Filling in for the injured Tkachuk on the power play, Bennett scored twice to lift the Stanley Cup champions to a 3-2 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday….
By Joshua Clipperton The Canadian Press Posted March 3, 2025 10:40 pm 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Fabian Zetterlund scored in the fourth round of the shootout as the San Jose Sharks battled back from a two-goal deficit in the third period to stun the Toronto Maple…
TORONTO – Ryan Warsofsky could sense a deflated locker room. The San Jose Sharks rookie head coach had a simple message for his young, scuffling team through two periods. The last-place visitors — riding an eight-game slide entering Monday and without a victory since Jan. 27 — were down 2-0 to the high-flying Toronto Maple…
By n The Canadian Pressn The Canadian Press Posted March 1, 2025 12:42 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Borya Valis to a three-year, entry-level contract, the team announced Saturday. The deal is set to begin in 2025-26. The 20-year-old…
TORONTO – Toronto’s traffic gridlock appears to have once again forced another National Hockey League team to walk to the rink. The Carolina Hurricanes, who were in the city to play the Maple Leafs on Saturday, posted a video to social media that shows a row of people from behind walking along a snow-lined path…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Alex Steeves scored his first NHL goal as the Toronto Maple Leafs jumped on the Carolina Hurricanes early and held on late for a 6-3 victory Saturday. Pontus Holmberg scored twice and added an assist for the Leafs (34-20-8), while John Tavares added a goal…
OTTAWA – At the start of the month, the Ottawa Senators were only two points back of the Toronto Maple Leafs for second place in the Atlantic Division. Now, 22 days and a 4 Nations Face-Off break later, that gap is eight points. The main reason is four straight Senators’ losses, including a 5-2 defeat…
TORONTO – Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner were in Saturday’s lineup for the Maple Leafs. The team’s superstar forwards had just gone toe-to-toe less than 48 hours earlier in an emotional, edge-of-your-seat 4 Nations Face-Off final in Boston. Marner set up Connor McDavid’s dramatic overtime winner that pushed Canada to a dramatic 3-2 victory against…
EDMONTON – Sunday marked the third time the Toronto Sceptres have played in an NHL-sized arena this season. The team talked very little about what it would be like to play in front of a sold-out Rogers Place, because they’d already played in the big arenas the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks call home….
MONTREAL – Sidney Crosby feeds off the energy each time he sets foot in the Bell Centre. The superstar grew up a fan of the Montreal Canadiens and has had some memorable nights inside one of hockey’s cathedrals. “There’s a certain feel to it,” Crosby said Wednesday morning. “So much history and just the hockey…
MONTREAL – Mitch Marner scored at 6:06 of 3-on-3 overtime as Canada edged Sweden 4-3 to open the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament Wednesday. The Toronto Maple Leafs winger ended a back-and-forth extra period where both teams had plenty of chances to secure the win when he ripped a shot upstairs on Filip Gustavsson. Nathan MacKinnon,…
By n The Canadian Pressn The Canadian Press Posted February 8, 2025 8:20 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size VANCOUVER – Vancouver goaltender Thatcher Demko left early in the first period of the Canucks NHL game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. Demko stopped all six shots he…
By Jim Morris The Canadian Press Posted February 8, 2025 9:52 pm 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size VANCOUVER – Brock Boeser scored on the power play to break a 1-1 tie midway through the third period as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 Saturday night. Defenceman…
By n The Canadian Pressn The Canadian Press Posted February 8, 2025 5:04 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size VANCOUVER – Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes will miss a fourth straight game Saturday when his team hosts the Toronto Maple Leafs. Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet says the 25-year-old…
CALGARY – Eight years to the day of his first career NHL hat trick, William Nylander notched his second on Tuesday and it came in the same building in which his dad used to play. Nylander’s big night, giving him 33 goals on the season, helped the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 6-3 NHL victory…
CALGARY – Calgary-born William Nylander notched his second career hat trick on Tuesday as the Toronto Maple Leafs completed a sweep of Alberta with a 6-3 victory over the Calgary Flames. With nine goals in his last eight games Nylander has reached the 33-goal mark, second in the NHL behind Leon Draisaitl of the Edmonton…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Filip Gustavsson made 31 saves as the Minnesota Wild edged Toronto 3-1 on Wednesday, sending the Maple Leafs to a third straight regulation loss. Jared Spurgeon, Marat Khusnutdinov and Marcus Foligno, into an empty net, scored for Minnesota (30-17-4), which has won two straight and…
TORONTO – Morgan Rielly is used to contributing with the puck on his stick. The Maple Leafs defenceman had a career-high 68 points a couple of years back and chipped in another 58 last season as part of a well-oiled attack. The offence has largely dried up in 2024-25 for Rielly. His teammates have been…
By Lisa Wallace The Canadian Press Posted January 25, 2025 9:52 pm Updated January 25, 2025 10:16 pm 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size OTTAWA – Shane Pinto spoiled the night for thousands of Toronto Maple Leafs fans on Saturday night. With the Toronto Maple Leafs (30-17-2) making their lone…
