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Saturday, March 31, 2018
Maple Leafs' Dermott will not return vs. Jets after blocking shot
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Jets at Maple Leafs has started. Starting Goalies: WPG C Hellebuyck, TOR C McElhinney. (ESPN)
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Rosie DiManno: Maple Leafs host teammates of slain Don Mills Flyers goalie
Bantam Flyers grad Mitch Marner, five years older than murder victim Roy Pejcinovski, welcomes chance to “reach out to try and help people.”
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Friday, March 30, 2018
Leafs’ success starts with good health
Toronto among league leaders with 13 players having played in at least 70 games this season.
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Damien Cox: How Leafs’ three-man advantage might play out
Auston Matthews. Mitch Marner. William Nylander. Maybe they won’t all be in blue and white in a decade, but projecting which one has the most upside will play into franchise-defining contract talks in the very near future. The answer might not be what it seemed when they won the lottery and landed the Chosen One at No. 1, Damien Cox writes.
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Maple Leafs at Islanders has started. Starting Goalies: TOR F Andersen, NYI C Gibson. (ESPN)
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Thursday, March 29, 2018
Komarov’s return what doctor ordered for Maple Leafs
Penalty-killing specialist Leo Komarov is expected to return from injury Saturday when Patrik Laine and the Winnipeg Jets hit town.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Mitch Marner makes his pitch to play against the best
Second-year forward Mitch Marner is making the most of playing on line with Nazem Kadri and Patrick Marleau.
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Luongo jokingly credits 'carb-based diet' as his key to staying in shape
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Leafs could clinch second consecutive playoff spot Wednesday
If the Leafs get two points tonight and the Flyers zero, there would be no mathematical way for the Leafs to fall lower than the second wild-card.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Wednesday game preview: Florida Panthers at Toronto Maple Leafs
Former Leaf James Reimer is 5-0 in March, with two shutouts.
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Roman Polak’s first game back with the Leafs was his biggest
Masterton nominee wasn’t sure he’d make it back to the NHL after breaking his leg last spring.
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Monday, March 26, 2018
Sabres at Maple Leafs has started. Starting Goalies: BUF C Johnson, TOR F Andersen. (ESPN)
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NHL Power Rankings: Lightning continue to cruise, Sharks make huge leap
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Sunday, March 25, 2018
Rosie DiManno: Leafs are ready to walk the walk
Blue and white want to carry a little swagger into their second straight year in the playoffs
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Monday game preview: Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs
The Leafs are chasing a franchise-best 46th win.
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Saturday, March 24, 2018
Final: Maple Leafs 4 Red Wings 3. DET: T Bertuzzi 1 goal, TOR: W Nylander 1 goal, TOR: F Andersen 38 saves. (ESPN)
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Red Wings at Maple Leafs has started. Starting Goalies: DET J Howard, TOR F Andersen. (ESPN)
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Friday, March 23, 2018
Saturday game preview: Detroit Red Wings at Toronto Maple Leafs
The Red Wings were mathematically eliminated from a playoff spot Thursday.
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Farm system gives Leafs a bumper crop of young talent
Ex-Marlies Dermott, Kapanen and Johnsson having an impact at big-league level
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Thursday, March 22, 2018
Maple Leafs at Predators has started. (ESPN)
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Leafs’ Auston Matthews, Nikita Zaitsev will return to lineup against Predators
Matthews has missed 10 games with a shoulder injury, while Zaitsev sat out five games with a flu bug.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Could Maple Leafs Bozak and van Riemsdyk end up together in a different city?
Long-time duo van Riemsdyk and Bozak are seemingly heading toward unrestricted free agency, and the two could potentially end up together in a different city
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Bruce Arthur: Should Canada rally around the Maple Leafs come playoff time?
The answer is no, they shouldn’t. And besides, Toronto doesn’t need it, because so much of the country is already behind them.
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Thursday’s game preview: Maple Leafs at Nashville Predators
The Predators have won 14 of their last 15 and host the Leafs Thursday night.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Maple Leafs at Lightning has started. Starting Goalies: TOR F Andersen, TB A Vasilevskiy. (ESPN)
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Dermott’s stats look good, but show there’s room to grow
Leaf rookie’s defensive-zone game has shown improvement, but his development into an elite-level defenceman remains a work in progress.
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Monday, March 19, 2018
Lamoriello on goalie interference: 'There should be change and there will be'
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Leafs in no hurry to bring back Auston Matthews
With their spot in the standings pretty secure, the Leafs can afford to be patient.
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Tuesday game preview: Toronto Maple Leafs at Tampa Bay Lightning
The Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov is the favourite for the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP.
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Andersen returns to Leafs practice after missing last two games
Auston Matthews also participated in his second full practice since suffering his shoulder injury, but it was unclear if he would play Tuesday against Tampa.
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Sunday, March 18, 2018
Decision day coming for Leafs’ Lou Lamoriello, GM’s job
GM’s contract is up at the end of the season, and there is talent waiting in the wings.
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Saturday, March 17, 2018
Leafs dominate Canadiens for 12th straight win at home
Toronto controls the second period, firing 26 shots at Canadian netminder Charlie Lindgren.
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Final: Maple Leafs 4 Canadiens 0. TOR: W Nylander 1 goal, MTL: C Lindgren 45 saves. (ESPN)
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Canadiens at Maple Leafs has started. Starting Goalies: MTL C Lindgren, TOR C McElhinney. (ESPN)
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Leafs’ Auston Matthews ‘a lot closer’ but won’t return against Habs
Star centre wasn’t wearing “no-contact” jersey at the morning skate, but will be one of four regulars missing from the lineup in Saturday night’s game against rivals.
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Leafs' Babcock: Matthews 'looks like he's getting close' to a return
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Friday, March 16, 2018
Damien Cox: Maple Leafs’ aptitude comes from their attitude
The era of excuses is in the past on a team where players are stepping up when others go down.
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Report: Komarov to undergo MRI after suffering lower-body injury
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Thursday, March 15, 2018
Maple Leafs at Sabres has started. Starting Goalies: TOR C McElhinney, BUF R Lehner. (ESPN)
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Big tipper van Riemsdyk might be out of Leafs’ reach
James van Riemsdyk gives Leafs just what they need up front at a bargain price. That deal’s about to run out, though, and it’s hard to see how the blue and white can pay the pending free agent what he’s worth beyond this season.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Dave Feschuk: Leafs know you can’t stand still in fleet-footed NHL
The trade deadline as passed, but Johnsson call-up proof that jobs still aren’t safe.
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Leafs’ penalty killers master the art of getting in the way
Blocking shots is about being in the right place, or maybe the wrong place, at the right time
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Stars at Maple Leafs has started. Starting Goalies: DAL K Lehtonen, TOR F Andersen. (The Sports Network) (ESPN)
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Stars' Hitchcock: Methot will be 'out a while' due to hand injury
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Thursday game preview: Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres
Can we expect a rematch between Sabres defenceman Rasmus Ristolainen and Leafs centre Nazem Kadri?
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Vezina Trophy Power Rankings: Rinne on track for 1st of his career
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Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Prospect Andreas Johnsson gets chance with Leafs while Matthews waits
Marlies’ top scorer will debut Tuesday on speedy fourth line.
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Wednesday game preview: Dallas Stars at Toronto Maple Leafs
The Stars already have more points than they had all last season.
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Tank brigade: Looking at the 5 worst teams' chances of finishing dead last
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Leafs recall a pair of Marlies, Matthews still expected to miss next two games
Defenceman Calle Rosen was called up on an emergency basis, with Nikita Zaitsev in the sick bay for the fourth straight day and Travis Dermott also absent from practice. The Marlies’ top scorer Andreas Johnsson was also called up.
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Monday, March 12, 2018
Matthews gets in 1st full practice since injury, still wearing no-contact jersey
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Marner knows Leafs script line by line
After that slow start no one’s talking about any more, Leafs scoring leader Mitch Marner has found a way to produce and play better D no matter which linemates he hits the ice with.
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Leafs’ Auston Matthews participates in full practice, but won’t play against Dallas
Matthews hurt his shoulder back in February against the New York Islanders. It’s his third injury of the season, costing him 16 games and counting.
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NHL Power Rankings: Lightning stay on top, Panthers make late-season charge
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Sunday, March 11, 2018
Islanders give up 50-plus shots for 6th time this season in slump-busting win
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Dave Feschuk: The case for Andersen as Maple Leafs’ MVP
A string of injuries to stud centre Auston Matthews has made life tougher for the blue and white, but hasn’t stopped them in their tracks the way losing far-and-away No. 1 puck-stopper Frederik Andersen would, Dave Feschuk writes.
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Saturday, March 10, 2018
Dave Feschuk: Leafs expose Penguins for 10th straight home win
Franchise-record 10th consecutive home-ice victory takes advantage of subpar Pittsburgh goaltending. Beating Sidney Crosby’s two-time defending champions when you don’t play anywhere near your best isn’t such a bad thing, Dave Feschuk writes.
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Final: Maple Leafs 5 Penguins 2. PIT: P Hornqvist 1 goal, TOR: N Kadri 2 goals, TOR: F Andersen 38 saves. (ESPN)
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Jamie Benn chimes in on strange goalie interference call: 'Huh?'
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Penguins goal nullified by another controversial goalie interference call
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Friday, March 9, 2018
Dave Feschuk: Penguins chase Cup threepeat with Malkin in the middle
Centre Evgeni Malkin might never get the recognition he deserves with Sidney Crosby around, but his production since New Year’s Day and post-season resume are undeniably the stuff of greatness, Dave Feschuk writes.
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Saturday game preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Toronto Maple Leafs
Crosby and Malkin have terrorized Toronto over the years.
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Thursday, March 8, 2018
Bruce Arthur: Leafs preparing for a fight with the beasts of the East
Whether they face Boston or Tampa Bay in the first round, the Leafs will likely be seen as the scrappy underdogs.
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Leafs are having fun chasing down another playoff spot
Blue and white haven’t had consecutive post-season berths since 2003-04.
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018
NHL players see Leafs’ Auston Matthews as one to build around
NHLPA poll picks Crosby No.1, gives Leafs assistant Smith the nod as a future head coach.
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Auston Matthews skates with Leafs, still not ready for contact
Leafs’ No. 1 centre not likely to return before next week
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Leafs Marleau, Matthews, Martin earn mentions in NHLPA player poll
Auston Matthews ranked third in the category asking which player would you select to start a franchise with, while Patrick Marleau was mentioned in the best role model category and Matt Martin was among the league’s toughest players.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018
NHL will discuss goalie interference at GM meetings this month
League looking for consistency in how the rules are interpreted by officials as frustrations mount.
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Four things to take away from Leafs’ loss to Sabres
The Leafs, a team that had won 13 of 15 games, have now lost four straight road games. Here are four takes from Monday’s loss in Buffalo.
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Monday, March 5, 2018
Final: Sabres 5 Maple Leafs 3. TOR: L Komarov 2 goals, BUF: J Pominville 1 goal, BUF: C Johnson 38 saves. (ESPN)
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Maple Leafs at Sabres has started. Starting Goalies: TOR F Andersen, BUF C Johnson. (NBC Sports Network) (ESPN)
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Leafs’ Marner scoring at elite pace
After suffering through a rough start offensively, Mitch Marner leads the Leafs in points and is on pace to beat his impressive rookie totals. With Auston Matthews still out, the blue and white need the boost more than ever.
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Leafs' Martin returns to lineup after slew of healthy scratches
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Sunday, March 4, 2018
Monday NHL game preview: Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres
Sam Reinhart hottest Sabres for first meeting of season with Leafs.
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It’s another year of starting over for struggling Sabres
The Sabres continue to languish in the Atlantic Division basement while the Leafs, their former co-tenants, have joined the league’s elite in two short seasons.
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Saturday, March 3, 2018
Andersen exits early in Leafs’ outdoor loss to Capitals
Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen exits after five goals and collision with Morgan Rielly on the night the lights went out at the U.S. Naval Academy.
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Capitals remain undefeated in outdoor games with win over Maple Leafs
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Final: Capitals 5 Maple Leafs 2. TOR: N Kadri 1 goal, WSH: E Kuznetsov 1 goal, WSH: B Holtby 27 saves. (ESPN)
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Maple Leafs at Capitals has started. (NBC Television Network) (ESPN)
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Richard Griffin: Blue Jays stand united on touchy MLB topics
From Stroman’s salary arbitration loss to the free-agent market glut to the rush for pace-of-play fixes, no subject was off limits in a no-holds-barred meeting like no other with union boss Tony Clark, Richard Griffin writes.
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Patrick Marleau is a model of conistency for Leafs’ teammates
Mates marvel at the professionalism of a player who has reached 20 goals for a 15th season.
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