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The Toronto Maple Leafs picked up a big win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night. Toronto has already secured its spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, so this win mostly serves as momentum for the tournament. However, superstar Auston Matthews made headlines as he joined Alex Ovechkin in a rather exclusive club. Matthews scored […]

In a rematch of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs will clash on Monday in a must-watch Atlantic Division matchup. Just six points separate these two teams with a couple of weeks left in the regular season, so it’s an important one. Ahead of the contest, Panthers head coach Paul […]

Auston Matthews joined a rather exclusive club Saturday when he scored his 60th goal of the season in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 3-0 road win over the Buffalo Sabres. By reaching the 60-goal mark, Matthews is now officially one of only nine players in NHL history to score 60 goals in multiple seasons. The other […]

With Mitch Marner already on the shelf, the Toronto Maple Leafs could be without another of their best forwards after Auston Matthews was labeled a game-time decision for Thursday’s tilt with the Washington Capitals. Matthews is dealing with an illness, head coach Sheldon Keefe confirmed after the morning skate. “It’s going to be on how […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs’ Mitch Marner is having an outstanding season with 51 assists, tied for the team lead, and 76 points on the season, good for third among all Leafs players. His injury status has been a hot topic of conversation recently and many fans are just now waking up to the news. Recently, […]

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews picked the perfect time to score goal No. 50 in 2023-24 — against the team he grew up cheering for. The superstar American scored two goals on Wednesday night, becoming the fastest player to reach 50 tallies in 28 years, while leading his Leafs to a 6-3 win over […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs took on an action-packed cross-conference matchup against the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday. Toronto handed Anaheim a commanding 9-2 loss. Moreover, center Auston Matthews delivered an impressive performance that replicated Wayne Gretzky’s 1983-84 feat. Auston Matthews’ historical performance lifts the Maple Leafs over the Ducks  Matthews scored back-to-back Hat Tricks for the […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs once again look like a legitimate contender out East, but it remains to be seen if they can make a Stanley Cup run later this year. Nevertheless, franchise cornerstone Auston Matthews is clearly doing his part. The former first-overall pick notched his sixth hat-trick of the season on Saturday evening against […]

Auston Matthews was a man possessed on Thursday night, recording a natural hat trick in under nine minutes and helping his Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 at Scotiabank Arena. The Leafs were down 1-0 in the second period before Matthews went on a heater, potting three quick goals to give his team […]

The second semi-final game features the captain from the host city as Team Hughes faces Team Matthews. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with an NHL All-Star Semi-final Team Hughes-Team Matthews prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. On Thursday Night, the NHL All-Star draft took place, with each team making their selections. Team Hughes, […]

Is there a better goalscorer on the planet right now than Auston Matthews? The Toronto Maple Leafs star powered his team to a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday with his fourth hat trick of the season, extending his NHL-leading mark in goals to 37 in 42 games. It’s the latest eye-popping feat […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs started the season with high hopes of bypassing the Boston Bruins, Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning to become the dominant team in the Atlantic Division of the NHL’s Easter Conference. So far this season, they have not met their own expectations. While they may have the best goal scorer in […]

Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews, the leading goal-scorer in the NHL, has been named as one of four captains in the NHL All-Star Game, according to Chris Johnston of The Athletic: “While the NHL isn’t expected to formally name the captains until later this month, Matthews and Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid have already agreed to lead […]

Despite a Lukas Dostal masterclass that saw the Anaheim Ducks goaltender make 55 saves against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night, Auston Matthews would not be denied. The sniper — and current Rocket Richard Trophy frontrunner — scored 2:12 into overtime as the Leafs rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Ducks in California. […]

Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs finally put a stop to their bleeding in dramatic fashion on Monday, as they completed a come-from-behind 6-5 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Lightning at home. The victory ended Toronto’s four-game winless streak and it may also be remembered most for the hyped gesture to the crowd […]

Auston Matthews is a man on a mission for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season. The American superstar forward put the entire league on notice early, opening the 2023-24 campaign with back-to-back hat tricks. He’s the fifth player in NHL history to accomplish the feat, and first to do so since Alex Ovechkin put together […]

This may be the year that the Toronto Maple Leafs are not looking up at any of their Atlantic Division competitors. The Maple Leafs have been a playoff participant for the last 7 seasons, and they are clearly one of the most offensively talented teams in the league. As they prepare for the 2023-24 season, […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are reportedly going to explore giving Auston Matthews a role on the penalty kill for this season, and Matthews is open to playing that role. “You’re down a man but at the same time, it’s hockey, a lot of anticipation, a lot of reads, and I feel like I have a […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have been one of the strongest regular-season teams in the NHL for the last two seasons, scoring 115 and 111 points, respectively. The Maple Leafs broke their long losing streak in the playoffs last year, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round in six games. That deep sigh of […]

The Rocket Richard Trophy race as the NHL’s top goalscorer figures to be an intriguing one next season. Connor McDavid is the obvious frontrunner after his outrageous 64-goal, 153-point campaign in 2022-23. It truly was one of the best individual campaigns since the days of Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, and it isn’t outrageous to […]

Auston Matthews is the highest paid player in the National Hockey League after signing a monster four-year, $53 million contract earlier this offseason — and Toronto Maple Leafs teammate Matthew Knies also thinks he’s the best. “He’s not just the best goal-scorer in the NHL, but he plays defense, too,” Knies told ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski […]

General manager Brad Treliving has had an interesting start to his time with the Toronto Maple Leafs. After some controversial moves at the draft and during the first day of free agency, Treliving has seemingly found his groove over the past few weeks. On the second day of free agency, Treliving signed both Tyler Bertuzzi […]

Auston Matthews has reportedly signed a four-year extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs that will give him the highest average annual value in the NHL at $13.25 million per season, according to Chris Johnston of SportsNet. When the deal was finished, Auston Matthews himself beat the reporters to announcing the deal on social media. “I […]

All eyes in Leaf Land are on Auston Matthews this offseason, as new GM Brad Treliving continues to work out a contract extension for Toronto’s best player — and according to NHL insider Frank Seravalli, he could be willing to take less money to help the team win. Seravalli said on Sportsnet 590 The Fan […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are reportedly one of the teams who have shown a level of interest in trading for San Jose Sharks superstar defenseman Erik Karlsson, according to Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic. Apart from the Maple Leafs, the Seattle Kraken and the Carolina Hurricanes are also the other teams mentioned by LeBrun. “My […]

Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving spoke to the media ahead of the NHL draft, and he was asked about whether the Maple Leafs will be able to extend both Auston Matthews and William Nylander in the future. “I’m confident we’re going to get both players signed until proven otherwise,” Brad Treliving said, via […]

With the future of superstar Auston Matthews and head coach Sheldon Keefe up in the air, the Toronto Maple Leafs best defenseman Morgan Rielly made his stance clear on both of them on Friday. “As a friend, a teammate, you name it, you want that guy on your team,” Rielly told NHL.com’s Dave McCarthy on […]

Brad Treliving was officially introduced as the newest general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, and he made it clear that locking up Auston Matthews is top priority on his to-do list in the new role. “I have had a chance to communicate with Auston,” Treliving said at his introductory press conference. “I […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are coming off a painful second-round exit in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the hands of the Florida Panthers. The Maple Leafs had all the big guns they needed to thwart the Panthers and smash Florida’s glass slippers into pieces, but that’s not what happened. Instead, Auston Matthews and the […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs‘ season came to an end at the hands of the Florida Panthers in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs on Friday night. Despite rallying back from a 2-0 deficit in Game 5 and forcing overtime, a game-winning goal from Nick Cousins lifted Florida to the 4-1 series win. So while the Maple […]

Just over a week ago, the Toronto Maple Leafs celebrated their first playoff series win in 19 years. Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, and the rest of the team were flying high after breaking what felt like an unbreakable curse. It marked a huge step for a team who had built a reputation around first round […]

In a must-win Game 3 against the Florida Panthers on Sunday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs absolutely needed their best players to show up — and, in a trend that has become all too familiar in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner were nowhere to be found. The two highest paid players […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have finally done it. After not having won a playoff series since all the way back in 2004, they grinded out a 2-1 overtime victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6 to advance to the second-round of the postseason. While John Tavares will get a lot of praise, and […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Toronto Maple Leafs are familiar foes in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, so unsurprisingly, a lot of these guys aren’t particularly friendly with one another. We saw a unique example of this in Game 3 of their series on Saturday night when Steven Stamkos and Auston Matthews ended up getting into […]

It was expected that the play of superstars Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs would have a huge impact on the outcome of Game 3 of the playoff series between the two teams. However, it was not expected the two would engage in a toe-to-toe brawl […]

Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs failed to stitch together another three-game win streak, as they took a stumble Monday night in a 4-3 home loss to the Buffalo Sabres. Matthews knew that the effort was simply not there a hundred percent for him and the other skaters, even coming into the defense of […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs made one of the biggest in-season splashes in the NHL this season. Last week, the Maple Leafs completed a three-team trade with St. Louis Blues and Minnesota Wild to acquire veteran center Ryan O’Reilly. On Tuesday night, O’Reilly suited up for the third time in a Toronto uniform. He did not […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs play their second game of a three-game homestand on Wednesday night against the Chicago Blackhawks at Scotiabank Arena, and could have an enormous boost to the lineup in the form of the return of superstar Auston Matthews. Matthews has missed the last three weeks of the season after suffering a sprained […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs will have a huge hole in their lineup going forward. Star center Auston Matthews is going to miss at least three weeks after suffering a knee sprain Wednesday. Matthews is one of the best players not only on the Maple Leafs but in all of the NHL. He is the defending […]