Joe Thornton has brought the entertainment on the Toronto Maple Leafs' mentors trip. Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews brought the 45-year-old along on the trip. The two have grown close since Thornton played for the Maple Leafs in the 2020-21 season.
After the Toronto Maple Leafs were outclassed 3-0 by the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday, head coach Craig Berube made several changes during Monday’s practice.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are shaking things up defensively as they prepare to face the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night. Specifically, the Leafs showed a Morgan Rielly and Chris Tanev defense pairing at Thursday morning’s practice – a highly anticipated reunion from the beginning of the season.
The Leafs, after losing three straight, fired off three consecutive victories and are one of the NHL’s hottest teams, winning eight of their last 11.
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A pair of goals by Matthew Knies and another strong outing by Joseph Woll sent the Leafs to a 5-3 victory on Monday night at Scotiabank Arena. Toronto now has a five-point lead on the Florida Panthers for first place in the Atlantic Division.
10. Shots for the Leafs in the last three games: 28, 41, 34. It’s been over a decade since Morgan Rielly played as little in a game (that didn’t include injury) as he did on Saturday.
Morgan Rielly was recently demoted off of the first powerplay unit as Toronto continues to improve, and now he's mentioned his feelings on the whole situation. It's safe to say that the 2024-25 ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs' decision to demote defenseman Morgan Rielly has led to even better results than anyone could have imagined. Heading into Saturday's game against the Montreal Canadiens ...
This pair served as the shutdown group, seeing plenty of the Lightning’s top line and keeping them off the board. Both Ekman-Larsson and Tanev did a good job winning puck battles in their own zone and transitioning the puck up the ice.
Matthew Knies scored two goals for the Leafs, including a power-play goal midway through the third period after Lightning defenceman Darren Raddysh trimmed the Toronto lead to 3-2. Nick Paul, with his second goal of the night, scored Tampa’s third goal on a power play with eight minutes remaining.
Whether he’s adjusting to Berube’s system, his first season as a father, or a carousel of partners, the bottom line is that Morgan Rielly is still searching for his A game. Luke Fox provides updates on the D-man,