To be clear, the pressure falls on every member of the Toronto Maple Leafs as they navigate the emotions of their seventh opening-round postseason defeat in their past eight seasons.
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins will face off in Game 6 tonight at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena as ghosts of postseasons past whoosh heavily through the air.
While many already had the Toronto Maple Leafs dead and buried before the puck even dropped on Game 5, Sheldon Keefe’s men made Brad Marchand eat his words.
It’s nice to see the Leafs prove that they have enough fight in them to make it a series. Toronto going home for Game 6 was a huge positive when the team was in the process of getting written off even before it was known that Auston Matthews was out of the lineup.
Matthew Knies scored 2:26 into the first overtime period as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Boston Bruins 2-1 in Game 5 to fend off elimination. John Tavares drove the puck hard to the net and Knies collected the rebound for the game-winner as the series heads back to Scotiabank Arena on Thursday.
As the Toronto Maple Leafs gear up for a crucial Game 5 against the Bruins in Boston, they face the prospect of taking the ice without their star center, Auston Matthews.
Brad Treliving is getting his first taste of the Stanley Cup Playoffs as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs and needless to say, he can’t be too pleased with the dish.
Boston Bruins pesky forward Brad Marchand is at it again.
Yardbarker's Griffin Carroll is a clean 4-0 on his last two NHL betting articles, and he's ready to hop over the boards for another 2-0 night on the ice. Game on!
The rivalry between the Bruins and Maple Leafs is heating up in the aftermath of the B's dramatic 4-2 victory in Game 3 on Wednesday.
Auston Matthews is eight years into his decorated career and yet, no one’s managed to give him a fitting nickname. Sure, we know No. 34 as ‘Papi’ — although it should be exercised with caution, especially against the Boston Bruins as it used to be the nearly-exclusive domain of Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz.
Playoff hockey is not for the faint of heart and while talent is a must, postseason play requires more than that. It requires grit and dedication. Under Kyle Dubas, the Maple Leafs assembled a team that oozes talent but lacks character and physicality.
For one Toronto Maple Leafs superstar, Monday night at TD Garden will go down as a defining performance. Auston Matthews was everywhere in Game 2 against
If you are a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, your confidence has to feel a boost after Monday night’s exhilarating Game 2. Suddenly, the sense of “same-old, same-old” has been lifted.
Game One was rough but if you were told the Maple Leafs would split the games in Boston to start the series, you’d probably take it. That’s exactly what they did and at least offensively it was on the back of Auston Matthews who picked up the game-winning goal and two primary assists.
How much do special teams matter in the playoffs? Not as much as they used to. I argued as much just a few weeks back when crunching the numbers of the past 10 Stanley Cup champions.
The Passion That Unites Us All is an unofficial refrain about the unique intensity of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ fan base. Max Domi understands this inherently and released an Instagram hype reel that will make you want to run through a wall.
Max Domi initially took some time to establish himself with the Toronto Maple Leafs, possibly due to the team’s initial confusion about utilizing him within their lineup.
If Toronto Maple Leafs fans had been asked what they thought of the chances of or the team’s desire to re-sign Max Domi to an extension as recently as the end of February, their answers might have been ambivalent.
One of the fan favorites in the Six might be out for some time. After practice on Friday, Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe said that forward Max Domi is listed as day-to-day with an undisclosed injury.
The Toronto Maple Leafs faced the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night, hoping to replicate their recent success against the same opponent. Despite dominating large portions of the game, costly mistakes led to a disappointing 6-5 loss for the Maple Leafs.
There are losses and then there’s whatever that game was. The Toronto Maple Leafs jumped out to a 5-0 lead before a late rally from the Edmonton Oilers in the third period.
Max Domi‘s journey with the Toronto Maple Leafs has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride. There have been ups and downs; but, fortunately, right now is an up.
According to Sportsnet’s Luke Fox, expect the Toronto Maple Leafs to do some roster juggling, moving around pieces in anticipation of a possible trade.
Max Domi signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs, old skating grounds for his father fie.
Stars center Max Domi profiles as one of the top options on what is a thin UFA market for middlemen this summer but he told reporters including Joseph Hoyt of the Dallas Morning News that he’s hoping to remain with the team.
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