Carey Price made 28 saves as the Montreal Canadiens eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs with a 3-1 win in Game 7 to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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Monday, May 31, 2021
Watch: Carey Price backstops Canadiens to Game 7 victory over Maple Leafs
Carey Price made 28 saves as the Montreal Canadiens eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs with a 3-1 win in Game 7 to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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Bruce Arthur: Beyond the Leafs: It’s an all too-familiar-story in another one-and-done season
Collapses come in different flavours. Some traditions endure.
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Rosie DiManno: These Leafs should have been choke-proof. In the end, another Game 7 eclipse will haunt their dreams
Glitzy offence, a stabilized defence, a ripened superstar core. All erased in one godforsaken encounter with the lowly Habs, Rosie DiManno writes.
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Canadiens stun Maple Leafs in Game 7 to complete series comeback
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From Harold Ballard to David Clarkson: Summing up 54 years of Maple Leafs misery in 250 words
Follow Kevin McGran’s Leafs vs. Habs Game 7 live blog for updates and analysis throughout the game, and full post-game takeaways to come after the buzzer.
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Have your say: Do you support the decision to allow fans in to the Leafs game?
The Ford government allowed 550 fully vaccinated health care workers into Monday’s Leafs-Canadiens NHL playoff showdown.
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A timeline of futility: How the Maple Leafs have done in the NHL playoffs since last winning the Stanley Cup in 1967
Leafs Nation know all about playoff heartbreak, since the team last won the Stanley Cup in 1967.
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Bruce Arthur: Cheering for the Leafs leaves scars. Game 7 is another chance to heal
Hockey is a small-sample sport riven with luck, yes. It’s enough to drive a person mad. But you either break through in the big moments or you don’t, Bruce Arthur writes.
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Leafs fans’ tweets that will make you laugh (or cry) ahead of Game 7 against Canadiens
Are Leafs fans already turning on their superstars? The vibes heading into Game 7 . . . aren’t exactly optimistic.
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How good has Carey Price been for the Habs against the Leafs? Let’s take a look at some numbers
Price has been the biggest difference maker in the series, and the pivotal reason why the series has gone to a Game 7.
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Leafs defenceman Jake Muzzin out at least three weeks with suspected groin injury
John Tavares skated with the team during Monday’s morning skate but will not be available for Game 7 against the Habs tonight.
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Maple Leafs to host 550 health care workers for Game 7 vs. Canadiens
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Sunday, May 30, 2021
Leafs-Canadiens notebook: Injured Jake Muzzin game-day call for Game 7
Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said Sunday that Muzzin, who has two goals in the first-round series against Montreal, was undergoing tests and while the outlook wasn’t promising, there was still a chance he could return with the season on the line at Scotiabank Arena.
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Have your say: What’s your prediction for Game 7 between the Leafs and Canadiens?
The Canadiens forced a seventh game with back-to-back overtime victories.
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Dave Feschuk: Even if the Leafs win Game 7, in some ways they’ve already lost something
Come late Monday, the seventh and deciding game of the Leafs’ series against the Canadiens at Scotiabank Arena will either be seen as an opportunity seized or an all-time albatross descended, Dave Feschuk writes.
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Damien Cox: The Leafs won’t have home-crowd advantage for Game 7. It wouldn’t have helped, anyway
Given the thousands of dollars many were willing to pay to attend Game 6, has the pandemic separated us even more from the glitterati of professional sports, or has it made us even more desperate to be anywhere near them? Damien Cox writes.
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‘We are right where we’re supposed to be.’ Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe breaks down the Game 7 challenge
Slow starts. Lack of confidence. Sheldon Keefe delivered a clear message to the Leafs on the eve of their biggest game of the year to date.
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The Leafs’ recent Game 7 history is scary. Look back if you dare
The Leafs are 0-7 in their last seven attempts to eliminate an opponent, which includes moments when they were up 3-1 (this round against Montreal) and 3-2 (in 2019 against Boston).
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Rosie DiManno: The archive of epic sports meltdowns already includes the Leafs. It’s history they have no intention of repeating
In the annals of sports, there have been incidents of failure, of nervous collapse, that rise to the level of tragedy. The Leafs are now 0-6 in elimination games in the era of Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner, and facing another Game 7. The human factor, the doubts, can seize any individual, any team, Rosie DiManno writes.
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Foligno calls Leafs' slow start 'unacceptable' after Game 6 loss
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Rosie DiManno: Everybody knows the deal. The Leafs are on the ropes, hoping to avoid a Game 7 knockout
Four hundred and nineteen minutes into this infernal series and the Leafs are right back where they started. But it doesn’t feel like hockey equilibrium, not one bit. It feels like slouching toward disaster, Rosie DiManno writes.
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Saturday, May 29, 2021
Muzzin ruled out for remainder of Game 6 with apparent groin injury
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‘A sign of progress for our country.’ With fans at Leafs-Habs game, it felt like a pivotal moment in Canada’s battle against COVID-19
While this was a pivotal NHL playoff game between two historic rivals, it was better for the Canadian psyche to see the beginnings of our return to normal at the Bell Centre, on a Saturday night, in a game between the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Dermott back, Foligno a game-time decision as Leafs aim to close out series against Canadiens — and their fans
There will also be up to 2,500 fans in attendance for tonight’s game in Montreal.
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Canadiens, Maple Leafs excited to have fans in stands for Game 6
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Friday, May 28, 2021
Rasmus Sandin’s spot in the Leafs’ lineup is up in the air for Game 6
The young defenceman made two crucial mistakes in Game 5, leading to two Montreal goals.
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Damien Cox: It turns out the Canadiens’ kids are all right, after all
Caufield, Kotkaniemi, Suzuki have helped jolt Montreal’s offence.
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Have your say: Do you think Leafs veteran Joe Thornton should be benched for Game 6?
Thornton has been a polarizing presence in the lineup among Leafs fans.
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Dave Feschuk: The Leafs won’t say it but it’s time for their stars to come out against the Canadiens
Marner and Matthews can’t be blamed for a Game 5 loss — the Leafs’ giveaways led to that — but their production could be the difference.
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Leafs-Habs to see fans for the first time at Game 6 in Montreal — and resale tickets aren’t cheap
After Thursday night’s Game 5 overtime win against the Leafs to stave off elimination, the series now shifts back to Montreal for Game 6, but with one new and important dynamic that no Canadian team has experienced yet this season: fans.
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‘We’ll get em at home so it hurts more’: What they’re saying about the Leafs after Game 5 loss to Canadiens
Fans and supporters of both the Leafs and Habs took to Twitter to express either anguish or delight, depending on who they were rooting for.
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Thursday, May 27, 2021
Rosie DiManno: And now the unease slips in as Leafs fail to close out Canadiens in Game 5
The Leafs’ killer instinct was, at best, inadequate. Or, more correctly, smothered by the Canadiens, Rosie DiManno writes. Desperation trumped conviction.
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Have your say: Will Maple Leafs captain John Tavares return for this year’s NHL playoffs?
Tavares suffered a concussion and a knee injury after a devastating hit last week against the Canadiens.
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Leafs vs. Canadiens Game 5 blog: Will this be the moment Toronto has waited 17 years for?
Join us here at Kevin McGran’s Leafs vs. Habs Game 5 blog for live updates and analysis throughout the game, and full post-game takeaways to come after the buzzer.
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Maple Leafs captain John Tavares back skating, one week after devastating hit against Canadiens
Tavares took to the ice prior to the Leafs morning skate, and was doing laps around the ice on his own before doing some light hockey drills.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021
The goals from Jason Spezza and Joe Thornton are gravy to the leadership the Leafs’ veterans have provided
“You see the growth of our team (and) you can’t help but look at the contributions of our veteran players,” coach Sheldon Keefe says.
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The Canadiens will try to win one for the fans when they face the Leafs in Game 5
The Bell Centre will welcome 2,500 fans for Game 6, if the series gets to that point.
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Dave Feschuk: The Leafs’ Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner are finding ways to dominate off the scoresheet
Matthews is second on the team in hits and first in takeaways. Marner has logged more ice time than any Leaf, even the defencemen.
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Have your say: Who has been the MVP for the Leafs in the playoffs so far?
Toronto is on the verge of winning the first round of the post-season for the first time in almost two decades.
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Ron MacLean apologizes for on-air joke during Maple Leafs-Canadiens Game 4
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Rosie DiManno: The Leafs’ parts come together as they take a commanding series lead over the Canadiens
Nylander gets fourth goal in four games, Galchenyuk takes a leading role against his first team, Spezza and Thornton combine on a vintage goal.
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Maple Leafs presented with big opportunity vs. Canadiens in Game 4
“We recognize the opportunity and the guys are excited,” Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said about the chance to take a 3-1 series lead on the end of this playoff back-to-back.
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Canadiens vow to play ‘hungrier,’ acknowledge need to disrupt Jack Campbell in Maple Leafs net
Montreal has scored only four goals in the first three games of the first round of the NHL playoffs.
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Jets complete stunning sweep with dramatic win in triple overtime
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Monday, May 24, 2021
Watch: Maple Leafs hang on to beat Canadiens in Game 3
The Toronto Maple Leafs got goals from William Nylander and Morgan Rielly as they took Game 3 over the Montreal Canadiens.
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Rosie DiManno: In Jack Campbell, the Maple Leafs trust. Two out of three ain’t bad
Campbell was better than his goalie idol, the Canadiens’ Carey Price, in Game 3 on Monday night — almost flawless as Toronto nailed a 2-1 W at the Bell Centre in Montreal, seizing a two-to-one edge in the best-of-seven series. Historically, teams that win the third game when tied 1-1 had a 223-107 record, or 67.6 per cent. Just sayin’, Rosie DiManno writes.
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Watch: Leafs forward Joe Thornton explains where his ‘I got no stress, man’ mentality comes from
Toronto Maple Leafs’ Joe Thornton explains how his team was able to stay disciplined in Game 2 and also talks up the play of teammates Rasmus Sandin and William Nylander.
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Watch: Cole Caufield hopes to be spark Canadiens need in playoff debut vs. Maple Leafs
Canadiens rookie Cole Caufield discusses his emotions heading into Game 3 vs. the Maple Leafs, his NHL playoffs debut, and hopes he can provide the spark that his team needs to get back on track.
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The Leafs and Habs will face off in Game 3 with some fans in attendence at the Bell Centre
About 250 fans will attend the game in private boxes, according to RDS, the French language all-sports network. The Canadiens will be allowed 2,500 fans at the Bell Centre if the series gets to a sixth game.
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Sunday, May 23, 2021
3 things to watch as Leafs-Habs series shifts to Montreal for Game 3
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Dave Feschuk: ‘A little extra patience.’ The Maple Leafs show faith in Rasmus Sandin and reap the rewards
It would have been easy for coach Sheldon Keefe to give up on the young defenceman after a costly Game 1 gaffe. But he didn’t, and Sandin played a major role in the Leafs’ Game 2 turnaround.
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The Maple Leafs turn to Nick Foligno with John Tavares down. It worked in Game 2
Coach Sheldon Keefe had other options at centre (Alex Kerfoot, William Nylander) but Foligno volunteered and has a track record of rising to the challenge — wherever he plays.
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