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The Toronto Maple Leafs dropped their seventh game in eight outings Saturday night, falling 5–2 to the Montreal Canadiens and extending a brutal stretch that has exposed both injuries and inconsistency. The loss pushed Toronto to 9–10-3 and second-last in the Atlantic Division, only one point ahead of the Buffalo Sabres.
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins are going to play Game 7 for the third time since 2013.
Noah Dobson and Josh Anderson each scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night in a showdown between slumping teams.
The first came on Nov. 30, 2024, after taking a puck to the head from Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Nick Perbix. He was out for almost two weeks. The 32-year-old then missed five games in January after he hit his head off the ice in a fight with Philadelphia Flyers forward Garnet Hathaway.
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The Maple Leafs Are Too Slow in a Fast NHL
The social media chatter among Toronto Maple Leafs fans went viral today when The Athletic’s Dom Luszczyszyn’s latest speed chart made it official: the Toronto Maple Leafs are slow.
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Fantilli scores second goal of game in OT to lift the Blue Jackets past the Maple Leafs, 3-2
Adam Fantilli scored his second goal of the game at 4:21 of overtime and also had an assist to help the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Thursday night after blowing a two-goal lead.
On defence, the Leafs are caught flat-footed often and are giving up too many odd-man rushes. On offence, the Leafs don’t forecheck with nearly the same ferocity and get slowed down in the neutral zone with relative ease. They’re not moving their feet, they’re getting beaten cleanly to pucks and look a step behind all over the ice.
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Minten scores against former team as Bruins beat Maple Leafs 5-3 for 6th straight win
Fraser Minten scored against his former team and Jeremy Swayman made 30 saves as the Boston Bruins beat the sloppy Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 on Saturday night for their sixth straight victory.
TSN’s Darren Dreger says the Maple Leafs are fielding trade calls for a bottom-six forward. Maple Leafs reopened trade talks for Nicholas Robertson after briefly pausing discussions. Injured players returning increases roster flexibility and potential ...
So when I signed up to write a weekly column as a Toronto Maple Leafs fan at the start of this season, I was quite excited. As I wrote about in my first column, I really felt that this season was the start of something new,
Of all that is unusual in this unusual Maple Leafs season, nothing is stranger than this: The Leafs are scoring more goals without Mitch Marner than they did in their first-place season of a year ago.