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Big first period carries Lightning past skidding Maple Leafs
Jake Guentzel and Brandon Hagel each had a goal and an assist Saturday night and the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Saturday night.,Nikita Kucherov added four assists to give him 100 points (32 goals, 68 assists) for the season.,Ryan McDonagh, Corey Perry and Ol...

Devils keep Maple Leafs' skid going with shootout win
Jesper Bratt scored the final tally of a shootout to give the New Jersey Devils a 4-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday in Newark, N.J.,The Devils are on a three-game winning streak, and erased three Toronto leads before winning in the shootout. New Jersey is 4-0 in shootouts this season...

Leafs celebrate Auston Matthews' US captaincy, take on Lightning
Toronto's captain has come home wearing gold, and the Maple Leafs are hoping he brings that championship touch with him.,The captain of both the Leafs and the victorious U.S. team at the Milan Cortina Olympics, gold medalist Auston Matthews and his squad will try to start a strong stretch run Wednes...

Maple Leafs snap skid, secure rare win at Canucks in shootout
The visiting Toronto Maple Leafs snapped their six-game losing streak with a 3-2 shootout win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.,Auston Matthews redeemed himself with the game-winning shootout tally after he missed a penalty shot in overtime, adding an assist in regulation. William Nyland...

Rasmus Dahlin's 5-point night propels Sabres past Maple Leafs
Rasmus Dahlin had three goals and two assists Tuesday night to help the visiting Buffalo Sabres defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-4.,Dahlin completed his first career hat trick with an empty-net goal at 19:16 of the third period. The five points matched his career best.,Tage Thompson added a goal and...

Brock Nelson's hat trick carries Avalanche past Maple Leafs
Brock Nelson scored two of his three goals in the first period Sunday afternoon and the visiting Colorado Avalanche went on to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1.,It marked the fifth hat trick of Nelson's career and his first for Colorado. Jack Drury also scored for the Avalanche, who had lost their...

Golden Knights get better of Leafs in Mitch Marner's return to Toronto
Mark Stone had two goals and an assist Friday night as the visiting Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3.,Jack Eichel recorded a goal and an assist. Keegan Kolesar, Pavel Dorofeyev and Braeden Bowman also scored for the Golden Knights, who rebounded from a 4-3 road loss to the B...

Dylan Larkin's OT goal pushes Red Wings past Maple Leafs
Dylan Larkin scored at 3:08 of overtime Wednesday night and the visiting Detroit Red Wings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1.,Moritz Seider set up the game-winner after making a takeaway in the neutral zone and passing to Larkin, who was breaking toward the net.,Simon Edvinsson also scored for th...

Maple Leafs, Wild out to build off resilient road wins
The Minnesota Wild visit the Toronto Maple Leafs Monday night in a matchup of teams riding the momentum of comeback overtime wins on the road.,After enduring a 0-2-1 homestand, the Wild opened a three-game road trip on a positive note on Saturday. They tied the game late in the third period and went...

William Nylander, Maple Leafs cruise past slumping Canucks
William Nylander had a goal and two assists Saturday night, and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Vancouver Canucks 5-0.,Joseph Woll made 29 saves to earn his second shutout of the season and the fourth of his career.,Matias Maccelli, Max Domi, John Tavares and Nicholas Robertson also sc...

Easton Cowan, Maple Leafs edge Flyers in overtime
Easton Cowan scored midway through overtime, lifting the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 2-1 road victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.,After a wild sequence of scoring opportunities for both teams, John Tavares skated up on a 2-on-1 with Cowan. Tavares dragged the puck, allowing Rasmus Ristola...

Maple Leafs post wire-to-wire win over struggling Panthers
Matthew Knies had a goal and an assist in his 200th career game Tuesday night and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Florida Panthers 4-1.,Easton Cowan, Auston Matthews and Bobby McMann (empty net) also scored for the Maple Leafs, who have won three of four. Matthews has six goals in his ...

Auston Matthews scores twice to become Leafs' all-time goal-scoring leader
Auston Matthews became the Toronto Maple Leafs' all-time leading goal scorer Saturday night, when he scored his team's first two goals in a 5-4 overtime loss to the New York Islanders in Elmont, N.Y.,Matthews tied Mats Sundin with his 420th career goal on an impressive unassisted tally 9:30 into the...

Auston Matthews scores twice to become Maple Leafs' all-time goal-scoring leader
Auston Matthews became the Toronto Maple Leafs' all-time leading goal scorer Saturday night, when he scored his team's first two goals against the New York Islanders in Elmont, N.Y.,Matthews tied Mats Sundin with his 420th career goal on an impressive unassisted tally 9:30 into the second. The Maple...

Simon Edvinsson's OT winner nudges Red Wings past Maple Leafs
Simon Edvinsson scored with 3:14 remaining in overtime as the host Detroit Red Wings captured a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday.,Edvinsson skated into the crease and scored on a backhander as the Red Wings maintained a two-point lead in the Atlantic Division.,Moritz Seider and Mason A...

Predators score 3 third-period goals to down Maple Leafs
The Nashville Predators nabbed a vital two points with a 5-3 win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.,Luke Evangelista scored on a highlight-reel play in the third period to give the Predators a 3-2 lead, twisting past an overcommitted Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly and sho...

Connor McDavid (2 goals, assist) continues torrid pace as Oilers top Maple Leafs
Connor McDavid continued his scoring surge with two goals and an assist Saturday night and the visiting Edmonton Oilers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3.,McDavid has seven goals and eight assists in his past five games.,Vasily Podkolzin also scored twice while Darnell Nurse and Zach Hyman scored...

Maple Leafs return home for rivalry clash vs. Canadiens
The Toronto Maple Leafs have a chance to make up for one of the few blemishes from the successful road trip they just concluded when they host the Montreal Canadiens Saturday night.,The Maple Leafs are on a three-game winning streak after defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 on Thursday to complete...

Colton Dach scores decider as Blackhawks edge past Maple Leafs
Colton Dach scored the go-ahead goal at 15:35 of the third period Saturday night and the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2.,Dach tipped in a shot from the right point by Louis Crevier to give the Blackhawks their fourth win in the past five games.,Ryan Greene and Teuvo...

Slumping Maple Leafs hope to snap skid against youth-led Blackhawks
While the slumping Toronto Maple Leafs sense a level of urgency amid a four-game losing streak, coach Craig Berube insists the club is not going to panic.,Toronto is without captain Auston Matthews (lower body) entering Saturday's visit to the Chicago Blackhawks, and goaltender Anthony Stolarz is da...