There aren’t many series in which a record-setting, 115-point club like Toronto is the underdog, Damien Cox writes, but that’s the case against Tampa Bay.
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Saturday, April 30, 2022
Damien Cox: You think history is the Leafs’ biggest foe? You’re probably selling the Lightning short
There aren’t many series in which a record-setting, 115-point club like Toronto is the underdog, Damien Cox writes, but that’s the case against Tampa Bay.
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Set in stone: The history, beauty, and power of the Stanley Cup ring
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'That's what we need': Leafs ready for 1st-round challenge vs. Lightning
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Friday, April 29, 2022
Rosie DiManno: Toronto fans blessed to cheer on Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Auston Matthews
The two megastars and MVP candidates play in the same city but haven’t met. With more young talent in the city like NBA rookie of the year Scottie Barnes, ‘it’s just really an exciting time in Toronto for all sports.’
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Thursday, April 28, 2022
Leafs will rest Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and Jack Campbell for season finale
Marner finishes three points shy of 100. Leafs open playoffs Monday.
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NHL daily betting guide: Opening moneyline projections for April 29
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Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Auston Matthews hits another milestone, going from hero to 60
Leafs star is the first player to score 60 goals in a season since 2011-12.
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Auston Matthews becomes first player in a decade to score 60 goals in a season
Steven Stamkos was the last to accomplish the feat in 2011-12 as the Maple Leafs’ superstar reached another big milestone this season.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Muzzin back for Leafs as Toronto takes on Detroit Red Wings tonight
Auston Matthews goes for 60 goals, Mitch Marner goes for 100 points and Toronto looks to clinch home-ice advantage for the first round.
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Monday, April 25, 2022
Maple Leafs trying to balance health and home ice in the final days of the regular season
Having an edge in the first round is a big thing. Being healthy for that round might be bigger.
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Leafs winger Ondrej Kaše earns Masterton Trophy nomination after years of head injuries
Montreal goalie Carey Price also among nominees. The NHL’s individual award winners will be announced between Games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup final.
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Sunday, April 24, 2022
Leafs wrap up road trip with a shootout win in Washington
With two games left in the regular season, Leafs centre Auston Matthews remained stuck at 58 goals, extending his longest drought of the season.
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Saturday, April 23, 2022
No lead is safe for the Leafs in Florida, where their playoff road leads
Two days after blowout loss in Tampa, Leafs fall to Panthers in OT despite the return of Auston Matthews, still two goals shy of 60.
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Friday, April 22, 2022
Former Leafs player traded hockey for crypto and found a new home on the other side of Bay Street
“Playing in Toronto was the pinnacle.” No longer feeling passion for hockey, Peter Holland walked away from the game and found a new one in Bitcoin.
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Tampa Bay dominates Leafs in penalty-filled potential first round preview
Steve Stamkos became the Lightning’s all-time scoring leader, part of a barrage of scoring in a penalty-filled 8-1 whitewashing of the Leafs.
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Thursday, April 21, 2022
Auston Matthews to miss third straight Maple Leafs game tonight but coach remains optimistic
Toronto stressing it’s more important to have the superstar as healthy as possible for the playoffs than to pursue individual achievements.
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Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Leafs forward Colin Blackwell is finding a home wherever coach Sheldon Keefe puts him
“I’ve always had to grind,” the 29-year-old Harvard alumnus says.
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Wendel Clark, Darryl Sittler on what it takes to score 50 goals in an NHL season: ‘They have the passion to score’
Maple Leafs legends share their secrets on how they became one of the league’s top scorers in their time. But they never hit the 50-goal milestone in a season, which shows how difficult that feat is.
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A goal for the aged lifts Maple Leafs past Flyers
Spezza, Giordano, Simmonds combine on game’s prettiest goal.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Auston Matthews to miss second straight Leafs game with undisclosed injury
Superstar centre, who needs to score twice to hit the 60-goal milestone, will be with the team for its upcoming three-game road trip.
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Matthews remains out vs. Flyers, will travel for Leafs' road trip
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Monday, April 18, 2022
Damien Cox: Another first-round exit by the Leafs isn’t inevitable. Far from it. This is a different team
Offence and creativity are trending. The style of hockey the Leafs are playing is on the same swing plane as the rest of the league for the first time in the Kyle Dubas era.
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‘I think he’s coming into his own.’ Leafs forward Pierre Engvall is having his best season in a contract year
The six-foot-five, 215-pound Engvall, who used to be criticized for not being hard enough to play against, is now a vital part of a team that’s breaking franchise records.
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Sunday, April 17, 2022
Maple Leafs set team records for points, wins in single regular season
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Leafs shatter franchise records minus Auston Matthews in win over Islanders
The Leafs reached 50 wins for the first time in franchise history, among other milestones at Scotiabank Arena on Sunday night.
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Leafs give Auston Matthews night off with ‘minor injury’
“It’s basically day-to-day, but we’re giving him the night off and reassess from there,” coach Sheldon Keefe said.
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Matthews out vs. Islanders due to minor injury, considered day-to-day
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Saturday, April 16, 2022
Leafs pull out an overtime victory in Ottawa and try to keep old habits from creeping in
In some ways, the Maple Leafs have come full circle to that team they were before the pandemic hit.
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Friday, April 15, 2022
The Leafs are seeing more plusses (and less minus) from William Nylander
The 25-year-old Swede is usually pretty dry with his answers, but seemed in a particularly jovial mood Friday. And why wouldn’t he be.
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Maple Leafs get a win by committee over the Capitals
Nylander, Bunting, Mikheyev score two goals each for Toronto.
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Thursday, April 14, 2022
Rosie DiManno: Auston Matthews, Alex Ovechkin let others take a star turn in Leafs’ win over Capitals
Ten goals in the game, but none from the two best goal scorers on the ice.
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Leafs’ Jack Campbell to start against Capitals as Matthews goes head to head with Ovechkin
Matthews enters Thursday’s game leading the NHL with 58 goals, two shy of becoming the first Leaf to score 60. Ovechkin, meanwhile, is closing in on a ninth 50-goal season.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Timothy Liljegren is growing with the Maple Leafs’ defence
The additions of Giordano and Lyubushkin have given the Toronto blue line depth — and confidence.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Damien Cox: The Raptors are the only underdogs here. The Leafs and Jays can’t play that card with a straight face
Nick Nurse, Sheldon Keefe and Charlie Montoyo will all seek to portray their teams as embattled. That doesn’t mean fans have to buy it.
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Monday, April 11, 2022
Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner are (almost) the Leafs’ duo of the century
Matthews and Marner are poised to become the first Leafs duo ever to reach 100 points in the same season. Team goals come first ... but it’s still cool.
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Sunday, April 10, 2022
Have your say: Which Auston Matthews accomplishment would be most impressive?
As the season winds down, the Maple Leafs star seems to be knocking off records and hitting new milestones with every goal he scores.
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Leafs find young and not-so-young answers to old questions about defence
Giordano, Källgren are helping to provide a little stability to the back end.
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Auston Matthews gets 50th (and 51st) in 50 games to lead Leafs past Canadiens
“Everything he’s shooting is going into the net,” linemate Bunting says. “It’s fun to watch.”
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Saturday, April 9, 2022
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NHL weekend betting guide: Opening moneyline projections for April 9-11
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Damien Cox: Rick Vaive is the goal scorer that Leafs fans — or Leafs history — appears to have forgotten
Vaive had the misfortune of playing for bad teams under a bad owner, and he has gone unappreciated because of it.
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Talking about 55: Maple Leafs happy to be a part of Auston Matthews’ memorable moment
‘He’ll never forget me,’ Giordano says after assisting on the record-setting one-timer.
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Thursday, April 7, 2022
Auston Matthews reaches new heights as he passes Rick Vaive for most goals in a Leafs season
Matthews could well be the first Leaf to score 60 in a season, and the first NHLer to do so in a decade.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Doug Gilmour touts Mitch Marner for the Hart, and wonders why all-around stars hardly ever win it
“We all know Mitch is skilled, and he’s been known as a playmaker. But he has 30 goals now, so he’s a goal scorer, too,” Gilmour said.
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Deeper Leafs have less room for Jason Spezza. In the end, the goal’s the same
Spezza handled a diminished role with class in his final years with the Dallas Stars, Thursday’s opponent, and that has served him well over three seasons in Toronto.
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NHL daily betting guide: Opening moneyline projections for April 7
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Keefe content with where Leafs are at despite deflating loss to Panthers
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Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Maroon irked by misconduct for chirping: 'This game is going the wrong way'
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Monday, April 4, 2022
Lightning's Cooper thinks Matthews could score 70 goals in a season
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NHL daily betting guide: Opening moneyline projections for April 5
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Sunday, April 3, 2022
Florida back-to-back reminds the Leafs what they’re shooting for
The Leafs are familiar with part of the script of the defending champion Lightning: a core of extremely talented young players, developed together, who faced playoff adversity and even humiliation.
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Saturday, April 2, 2022
Leafs win in Jack Campbell’s return, but it wasn’t pretty in Philly
Campbell, back from a rib injury, provided the kind of steady goaltending the Leafs are going to need the rest of the way. But the result will do nothing to end the narrative that the Leafs have trouble against lesser opponents.
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Dave Poulin: Auston Matthews is a natural at the hardest part of hockey, and will only get better
At 24, the Maple Leafs all-star is earning respect and more attention from opponents, which makes his first 50-goal season even more impressive.
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Yandle's record 989-game ironman streak to end with healthy scratch
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James van Riemsdyk remembers former linemate Mitch Marner ‘playing chess when everyone else was playing checkers’
Flyers forward says Marner had “that wow factor” from the start.
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