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Chris Kreider, Rangers top Maple Leafs, extend win streak
Chris Kreider scored two goals -- one into an empty net -- and the visiting New York Rangers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Saturday night.,Alexis Lafreniere and Artemi Panarin (empty net) also scored for the Rangers, who have won the first two games of a three-game road trip and three in a...
Red-hot Artemi Panarin leads Rangers against Maple Leafs
New York Rangers left winger Artemi Panarin will be out to extend his four-game multi-point scoring streak Saturday night against the host Toronto Maple Leafs.,Panarin had three goals and an assist Thursday night when the Rangers opened a three-game road trip with a 5-2 win over the Detroit Red Wing...
Maple Leafs G Joseph Woll (lower-body injury) has full practice
Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll practiced fully on Friday for the first time since Oct. 8 because of a lower-body injury.,Woll missed the team's first four games after suffering what he called "a little bit of groin tightness" on the day before the season opener. The past four days, he sk...
Bobby McMann, Leafs get jump on Kings, win 6-2
Bobby McMann scored two goals in the first period and the Toronto Maple Leafs went on to rout the visiting Los Angeles Kings 6-2 on Wednesday night.,Auston Matthews had a goal and two assists and William Nylander had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who have won three in a row. Morgan Riell...
Kings seek better defensive showing vs. Maple Leafs
The Los Angeles Kings aim to find their checking game when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.,The Kings' defensive play was missing Monday afternoon when they squandered a 4-2 lead in an 8-7 overtime loss to the host Ottawa Senators.,"We didn't bring our checking game. That's the...
Penguins, Leafs clash after improving on season openers
New Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews will be hunting his first goal of the season in the team's home opener against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.,The league's leading goal-scorer last season with 69 does not have a point after the Maple Leafs split their first two games of th...
Sheldon Keefe faces former team as Devils host Maple Leafs
Sheldon Keefe spent the past four-plus seasons coaching the Toronto Maple Leafs in an attempt to lead the team to its first Stanley Cup title since 1967.,Shortly after Toronto fell in the first round of the playoffs last spring, he was unemployed. About three weeks later, the New Jersey Devils hired...
Sam Montembeault stops 48 shots as Habs blank Leafs
Sam Montembeault made 48 saves, Cole Caufield scored and the Montreal Canadiens beat the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs 1-0 on Wednesday in the season opener for both teams.,The Maple Leafs had gone 227 consecutive regular season games without being shut out, the longest active streak in the NHL, but ...
Sam Montembeault stops 45 shots as Habs blank Leafs
Sam Montembeault made 45 saves, Cole Caufield scored and the Montreal Canadiens beat the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs 1-0 on Wednesday in the season opener for both teams.,The Maple Leafs had gone 227 consecutive games without being shut out, the longest active streak in the NHL, but Montreal spoile...
New coach Craig Berube, Leafs face rival Canadiens in opener
Craig Berube makes his Toronto coaching debut when the visiting Maple Leafs open the 2024-25 regular season against the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night.,Sheldon Keefe led Toronto to a 46-26-10 mark last season, good for third in the Atlantic Division. The Maple Leafs lost to the Boston Bruins ...
Leafs make deals with Max Pacioretty, two others
The Toronto Maple Leafs signed forwards Max Pacioretty and Steven Lorentz to one-year deals and inked defenseman Cade Webber to a two-year extension.,Pacioretty, 35, signed a deal worth $873,770 after a professional tryout in training camp. Lorentz signed a deal worth $775,000 coming over from the F...
NHL season-preview capsules: Atlantic Division
BOSTON BRUINS,Head coach: Jim Montgomery (third season),Last season: 47-20-15, 109 points, second place in Atlantic Division,This season: The Bruins should be in the playoff mix led by forwards David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand and Charlie Coyle and defensemen Charlie McAvoy, Hampus Lindholm and Brandon...
NHL fines Canadiens D Arber Xhekaj for unsportsmanlike conduct
The NHL fined Montreal Canadiens defenseman Arber Xhekaj the maximum amount, $3,385.42, for unsportsmanlike conduct against Toronto Maple Leafs forward Cedric Pare, the league's department of player safety announced Sunday.,The fine, the most allowable under the collective bargaining agreement, foll...
Rogers Communications ups stake in Raptors, Leafs, Toronto FC
Rogers Communications will become the majority owner of MLSE -- the parent company of franchises including the Toronto Maple Leafs and Raptors -- after agreeing to buy 37.5 percent of the organization.,Rogers announced Wednesday that the acquisition, which is expected to close in mid-2025, will doub...
Maple Leafs re-sign F Nick Robertson to 1-year deal
The Toronto Maple Leafs re-signed forward Nick Robertson to a one-year, $875,000 contract on Tuesday.,He set career highs across the board with 27 points (14 goals, 13 assists) and 56 games in 2023-24.,Robertson, who turns 23 on Wednesday, was Toronto's second-round pick (53rd overall) in the 2019 N...
Leafs D Marshall Rifai signs 2-year extension
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Marshall Rifai, who made his NHL debut last season, signed a two-year extension through the 2026-27 season, the team announced Thursday.,The contract carries an annual average value of $775,000.,Rifai, 26, played in two games for the Maple Leafs in February, averaging ...
Maple Leafs re-sign F Alex Steeves to one-year deal
The Toronto Maple Leafs re-signed Alex Steeves to a one-year, two-way contract on Wednesday.,The deal will pay the 24-year-old forward $775,000 at the NHL level in 2024-25.,Steeves has recorded one assist in seven games with Toronto over the past three seasons.,He was an AHL All-Star in 2023-24 and ...
Maple Leafs name Auston Matthews as 26th captain
The Toronto Maple Leafs named center Auston Matthews the 26th captain in franchise history Wednesday.,The three-time NHL goals leader succeeds John Tavares, who has worn the "C" on his sweater since October 2019.,"I'm incredibly humbled to be named captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs," said Matthews,...
Reports: Auston Matthews to be named Leafs' captain
Star center Auston Matthews will be the Toronto Maple Leafs' next captain, multiple media outlets reported Monday.,Toronto will make the official announcement in a press conference scheduled for Wednesday, per the reports.,Matthews is replacing fellow center John Tavares as captain and will be the 2...
Maple Leafs ink 1st-round pick Ben Danford to ELC
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Ben Danford signed a three-year, entry-level contract on Friday.,Danford, 18, was selected by the Maple Leafs with the 31st overall pick of the 2024 NHL Draft.,"I am honored to sign my first NHL contract with the Maple Leafs," Danford wrote on Instagram. "Thank you to ...