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Game in 10: Marner and Nylander find the net, Stolarz records first win of the season in Maple Leafs’ home-opening win over Pittsburgh

co-written by Alec Brownscombe & Anthony Petrielli It wasn’t the first period the Maple Leafs and their fans were looking for in the home opener, but all’s well that ends well as the team recovered to take home the two points without John Tav

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Published: 2 months ago

Maple Leafs’ power play a work in progress amid ‘stagnant’ start to season

While Craig Berube has been pleased with the overall mindset shift among his new crew, the coach sees gaps still in need of mending. Tops among them: the power play, which has yet to score on nine opportunities.

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Published: 2 months ago

Maple Leafs swiftly buying in to Berube’s boring, winning style

Craig Berube’s meat-and-potatoes system for the Maple Leafs has already trumped Kyle Dubas’s Penguins and Sheldon Keefe’s Devils head-to-head. It’s simple and hard, safe and boring. And the Maple Leafs are already buying in.

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Published: 2 months ago

20 years into NHL career, Sidney Crosby remains as magnetic as ever

TORONTO — The Kid has long matured into one of the league’s elder statesmen but Sidney Crosby remains as magnetic as ever two decades into his illustrious career. During the Toronto Maple Leafs’ home opener, where fans flocked to Scotiabank Are

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Published: 2 months ago

Craig Berube Post Game, Leafs 4 vs. Penguins 2: “The guys really bought into what we are trying to accomplish in camp… It has carried over so far, but we have to keep improving””

Craig Berube addressed the media after the Maple Leafs’ 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. On how the team responded after a slow start: Early on, our legs weren’t there, and our hands weren’t there in the little puck plays. Pittsburgh cames

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Published: 2 months ago

Knee Jerk Reaction: Maple Leafs’ top six forwards break out during home opener victory

William Nylander scored twice, including an empty netter to make it 4-2 late, leading the Toronto Maple Leafs to victory in their home opener Saturday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Sidney Crosby and company are leaving empty-handed largely b

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Published: 2 months ago

Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin records 1,300th career point in loss to Maple Leafs

Malkin also recorded his 800th career assist against the Red Wings last Thursday.

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Published: 2 months ago

Marner, Maple Leafs top Penguins in Toronto’s home opener

Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Saturday.

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Published: 2 months ago

Atlantic Notes: Barkov, Tavares, Power, Greenway, Peterka

7:00 PM : Toronto Maple Leafs centerman John Tavares missed the team’s Saturday matchup with illness. 10:00 AM : Imaging has revealed that Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov’s lower-body injury did not involve an ankle fracture (per Sportsnet

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Published: 2 months ago

Saturday Headlines: Latest buzz around Rangers’ Shesterkin

On this edition of Saturday Headlines, Elliotte Friedman discusses the Rangers ongoing contract negotiations with Igor Shesterkin and the Maple Leafs plans for Timothy Liljegren and also provides injury updates for Tyler Myers and Macklin Celebrini.

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Published: 2 months ago

Maple Leafs’ Nylander provides finishing touch to 2-on-0

Watch as Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander scores his first goal of the season off of a nice pass from Max Domi while on a 2-on-0 to even the score against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

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Published: 2 months ago

Matthews gets standing ovation after taking ice as Maple Leafs’ captain

Watch as the Toronto crowd gives Auston Matthews a standing ovation after he’s introduced as the Maple Leafs’ 26th captain ahead of their game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.

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Published: 2 months ago