Sometimes the most interesting moments in a hockey game don’t come from the big stars. They come from the players who have been grinding for years, waiting for a chance.
The Toronto Maple Leafs finally snapped a long eight-game losing streak against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night — but it still feels like they lost.
There is nothing brewing, but the dots are almost too easy to connect. Based on the speculation surrounding Matthew Knies and this season’s trade deadline, and recent comments from The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun that Connor McDavid might be open to helping the Edmonton Oilers trade him (if their struggles continue), the fit might be there.
If you haven’t seen the criticisms of the Toronto Maple Leafs following a brutal knee-on-knee that took Auston Matthews out of the game against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night, then you must have left your phone on the bedside table this morning.
Thursday in Toronto looked like any other game at first. But then Auston Matthews went down after Gudas’ knee-on-knee, and you could feel the arena shift.
In the lore of the NHL, it's the Stanley Cup-winning teams that are remembered the most from seasons past. Yet, when looking back on the best of the best
For a team that desperately needed something to go right, Thursday night finally delivered a little bit of relief. The Toronto Maple Leafs snapped an eight-game skid with a chaotic 6–4 win over the Anaheim Ducks at Scotiabank Arena, and for once the so-called hockey gods tilted things their way.
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, a couple of insiders tried clearing up speculation surrounding Matthew Knies, while the team anxiously awaits more information on an injury to Auston Matthews.
The Toronto Maple Leafs got off the schneid on Thursday night, beating the Anaheim Ducks 6–4 on home ice, but that’s not what the hockey world is talking about in the aftermath.
There was a lot of talk immediately after the trade deadline about Matthew Knies and whether the Toronto Maple Leafs were seriously considering a trade that would send him elsewhere.
The Toronto Maple Leafs ended an eight-game losing streak with a 6-4 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night. The result improved Toronto's record slightly to a 28-27-11 balance with 16 games left, but with the team struggling in the standings, the focus quickly shifted to captain Auston Matthews's health.
The Toronto Maple Leafs aren’t playoff-bound, but William Nylander has been a beacon of consistency this season. The forward currently leads the team in points and is just in the second year of his massive eight-year, $92 million contract.
The NHL Department of Player Safety announced Friday that Anaheim Ducks defenceman Radko Gudas will have a hearing for kneeing Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews.
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Matthew Knies wasn’t pleased with the lack of response in the moment, but once the third period began, he was thrilled to see how the team showed up for their injured captain, Auston Matthews.
Much has been said about the Maple Leafs’ decline this season, and rightly so. The team has shifted from a serious Stanley Cup contender just three years ago to a potential lottery pick this year.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are not expected to make any major changes to either the coaching staff or management team before the end of the regular season, according to The Athletic’s Chris Johnston.
The Toronto Maple Leafs 2025-26 season has been disappointing and feels like a lost cause considering their playoff chances are very small. Things went
The Toronto Maple Leafs found themselves back in the win column, defeating the Anaheim Ducks 6-4 on Thursday night to break their eight-game losing streak.
Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas was ejected from the team's 6-4 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night for a blatant knee-on-knee hit against Auston Matthews.
Matthew Knies recorded a goal and three assists Thursday night as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Anaheim Ducks 6-4. Matias Maccelli logged a goal and two assists while William Nylander and John Tavares had one goal and one assist apiece for the Maple Leafs, who ended an eight-game losing streak (0-6-2).
The Toronto Maple Leafs are probably having their worst season in a decade. With eight straight losses leading up to their game against the Anaheim Ducks, Toronto also sits dead last in the Atlantic Division with a 27-27-11 record and just 65 points.
The Toronto Maple Leafs entered the 2025–26 season with expectations of contending for the top of the division again. Instead, they find themselves near the bottom of the standings, sellers at the trade deadline, and trying to figure out what went wrong.
The Maple Leafs announced this morning that they’ve recalled winger Michael Pezzetta from AHL Toronto. With no pressing injuries, he counts as their second of five allotted post-deadline standard recalls, following the team’s recall of Benoit-Olivier Groulx on Tuesday.
The top brass of the Toronto Maple Leafs have not decided to fire general manager Brad Treliving, nor have they told him that his job is at risk, according to reports.