On a night in which the Toronto Maple Leafs played their first game since 2008 without Ron Wilson behind the bench, the boys in blue and white defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 at the Bell Centre. While one needs to reserve judgement for the next little while until new coach Randy Carlyle can implement his systems, there were many elements to last nights game that leaves fans feeling optimistic. Defensively the Leafs were dramatically better on the night, there were [...]

When will the Leafs hit rock bottom? Three weeks ago fans thought a 5-0 loss at home at the hands of the Montreal Canadiens was it. Then it was believed to be a 6-2 thrashing a week later at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks and finally a 4-2 embarrassing loss to the tired and reeling Washington Capitals this past Saturday. Heading into last night’s contest against the injury riddled and fatigued Florida Panthers (playing their third game in four [...]

On a night in which two struggling teams faced off at the Air Canada Centre, the Toronto Maple Leafs ended up continuing their slump –  1-6-1 in their last 8 – while the San Jose Sharks – losers of four straight entering tonight –  held on for a much needed 2-1 victory. Both teams have been terrible of late in their own zone with the Leafs surrendering 18 goals in their last four games and the Sharks allowing 24 in [...]

In what was a crucial game for the Toronto Maple Leafs following an abysmal western Canadian road trip, the Leafs were undone by goalie Jonas Gustavsson on home ice. Toronto came out of the gate with a purpose to show that the lack luster performances that they have had in their past six games (1-5-0) was a thing of the past. The Leafs attacked the Devils through the first seven minutes of the game outshooting them 6-0 and pushing for [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are enduring their worst stretch of the season at the worst possible time. For the first time this season Toronto has lost four straight games following an un-excusable loss in Calgary to the Flames tonight. Prior to the game the Leaf players were discussing the importance of the match-up and how they needed to come out of the gate strong and set the tone for this brief three game road trip. Unfortunately the players failed to [...]

In a game that had many similarities to past hostile times, the Toronto Maple Leafs (and thousands of blue and white supporters) invaded the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa and convincingly defeated the Senators 5-0. Heading into the contest the Leafs were sitting three points behind the surprising Sens for the 7th spot in the Eastern Conference playoff standings, yet holding the upper hand having played three less games than the boys from the nation’s capital. The game began with a [...]

In what turned out to be an extremely ugly and uneventful game, the Toronto Maple Leafs redeemed themselves with a 1-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. With these two teams playing their second game against each other in two nights many people were curious to see how the Leafs would respond following after blowing a late third period 4-1 lead the night before eventually losing in a shootout. Tonight’s contest was the polar opposite of last nights game though. Both [...]

In their first game back after the all-star break the Toronto Maple Leafs demonstrated that they are more than capable of hanging with the big boys in the Eastern Conference as they attempt a strong final push for the post season. Of course they demonstrated that for the first 50 minutes of this game. Facing the red-hot Pittsburgh Penguins (winners of seven straight), the Leafs carried the play building up a 4-1 lead with just over 13 minutes left in [...]

In what may have been the most bizarre game I’ll see all season, the Toronto Maple Leafs managed to overcome a 2-0 deficit to come back and sweep the New York Islanders in a home and home series. The Islanders took the lead early in the first period as John Tavares poached home a goal through Leafs goalie Jonas Gustavsson’s legs. It was Tavares’ 20th of the season, and came one game after he had his 12 game point streak [...]

Before the opening face-off tonight, the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders were two teams heading in opposite directions. Toronto had lost four of their last five games and were beginning to lose ground in the Eastern Conference playoff race, while the Islanders were riding high with three straight W’s and winners of four of their last five. However something must have finally gotten through to the boys in blue and white as they came out of the gate [...]