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Maple Leafs place F Connor Dewar (upper body) on injured reserve
The Toronto Maple Leafs placed forward Connor Dewar on injured reserve on Saturday because of an upper-body injury.,The move is retroactive to Monday, when Dewar sustained the injury in a 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Dewar, 25, didn't play in the Maple Leafs' 5-1 defeat to the Columbus ...

Goal-starved Senators host Atlantic Division-leading Leafs
The second leg of the Battle of Ontario will take place on Saturday when an Ottawa Senators team looking to get into playoff position hosts the Atlantic Division-leading Toronto Maple Leafs.,Ottawa enters the game having lost two straight on the road, both by shutout. Getting blanked has been a more...

Maple Leafs F Max Pacioretty (upper body) ruled out vs. Lightning
Toronto forward Max Pacioretty has been ruled out for the Maple Leafs' game Monday night against the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning because of an upper-body injury.,Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube said after Pacioretty missed practice on Monday morning that the 17-year veteran won't play and his status...

CF Montreal sign F Prince Owusu to two-year deal
CF Montreal announced the signing of forward Prince Owusu to a two-year contract on Monday.,The deal includes an option year for 2027 for the 28-year-old German international.,Montreal traded up to $250,000 in general allocation money to Toronto FC to obtain the right of first refusal.,Owusu scored ...

Back home, frustrated Red Wings set to face Maple Leafs
Unable to build any positive momentum, while their captain sounds exasperated, the Detroit Red Wings head into their home game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night with six losses in seven games.,The Red Wings snapped a five-game losing streak on Monday by rallying from a two-goal, thir...

After bump in road, Maple Leafs set to visit Devils
The Toronto Maple Leafs aim to avoid matching a season-high losing skid on Tuesday when they visit former head coach Sheldon Keefe and the New Jersey Devils in Newark, N.J.,The Maple Leafs, who lost three in a row (0-2-1) from Oct. 22-26, dropped a 3-1 decision to the Washington Capitals on Friday a...

RJ Barrett (37 points), Raptors fend off Heat
RJ Barrett scored 37 points and the Toronto Raptors held on to defeat the visiting Miami Heat 119-116 on Sunday night.,The Raptors led by as many as 14 points in the fourth quarter but had to stave off Miami's late charge.,Scottie Barnes added 23 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists for the Raptors,...

Toronto FC searching for coach after John Herdman resigns
Toronto FC are the latest MLS team searching for a head coach following the resignation of John Herdman.,The club announced Friday afternoon that Herdman, 49, was stepping down following 15 months as head coach. He was hired in August 2023.,"Personally, I have made the difficult decision that it's t...

New-look PWHL focuses on change heading into 2024-25 season
The puck is about to drop on the second season of the Professional Women's Hockey League.,Following a successful debut season that ended with Minnesota beating Boston in five games to hoist the Walter Cup, the PWHL will return to action Saturday with the beginning of a 30-game regular season (up fro...

Leafs put F Matthew Knies (upper-body injury) on IR
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Matthew Knies was placed on injured reserve Friday due to an upper-body injury, though coach Craig Berube said the former second-round pick is showing signs of improvement.,The decision to put the 22-year-old Knies on IR, retroactive to Wednesday, means the third-year pla...

Raptors upbeat heading into visit from Timberwolves
Wins in November typically don't call for exultation, but the Toronto Raptors couldn't resist on Monday night. ,After ending a seven-game skid with a 130-119 victory over the visiting Indiana Pacers, Toronto hopes to further climb out of its early-season slump when it hosts the Minnesota Timberwolve...

Leafs thriving without Auston Matthews ahead of duel vs. Golden Knights
The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without Auston Matthews again on Wednesday night against the visiting Vegas Golden Knights, but so far that has not been a problem.,The Maple Leafs are 5-1-0 in the games Matthews has missed due to an upper-body injury that was initially expected to sideline him for j...

Backup QB tags in as Toronto, Winnipeg get set for Grey Cup
All eyes are on quarterback Nick Arbuckle when the Toronto Argonauts face the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 111th Grey Cup at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver on Sunday.,Arbuckle is unexpectedly under center on the CFL's grandest stage after the league's 2023 Most Outstanding Player Chad Kelly sustain...

Raptors exercise options for Ochai Agbaji, Gradey Dick
The Toronto Raptors exercised team options for guards Ochai Agbaji and Gradey Dick on Tuesday.,It will be a fourth-year option for Agbaji and a third-year option for Dick, who were first-round picks in 2022 and 2023, respectively.,Both players are now signed through the 2025-26 season. Financial ter...

Maple Leafs sign D Jake McCabe to 5-year extension
The Toronto Maple Leafs signed defenseman Jake McCabe to a five-year extension with an average annual value of $4.51 million, the team announced Monday.,McCabe was in the final year of a four-year contract he originally signed with the Chicago Blackhawks, who traded him to Toronto in February 2023.,...

Injury-riddled Sixers, Raptors square off; Nurse back in the house at Toronto
The Philadelphia 76ers repeat the mission of attempting to win without All-Stars Joel Embiid and Paul George when they visit the short-handed Toronto Raptors on Friday night.,Playing without Embiid and George on Wednesday, the 76ers lost 124-109 at home to the Milwaukee Bucks in their season opener....

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...

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 ...

Inter Miami snatches extra-time win from Toronto
Leo Campana scored in second-half stoppage time to lift visiting Inter Miami to a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC on Saturday.,Campana settled Luis Suarez's cross with a nice touch and quickly sent a sliding left-footed shot from the center of the box inside the right post in the 93rd minute. Campana's ...

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...