The Toronto Maple Leafs (28-20-6) will look to bounce back tonight following their first regulation loss in six games as they take on the Philadelphia Flyers (30-16-7) in the city of brotherly love. Toronto is surprisingly sitting only five points behind Philadelphia in the Eastern Conference standings. While the talk all season has been about whether the Leafs can hold onto the 7th or 8th seed in the East, a win tonight and Toronto has a realistic shot at making [...]

For the second time in two nights the Toronto Maple Leafs (28-19-6) will look to gain two points against a fellow Canadian team. Following their 6-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers last night the Leafs will be in Manitoba tonight to face the Winnipeg Jets (24-24-6) at the MTS Centre. With their win against the Oilers the Leafs leapfrogged the idle Ottawa Senators and into 7th spot in the Eastern Conference. Winnipeg currently occupies the 10th position in the East [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs (27-19-6) will host the Edmonton Oilers (21-26-5) tonight at the Air Canada Centre in what has all the characteristics of classic let down game. The Leafs are currently riding high going 4-0-1 in their last five games with their last wing being a massive 5-0  moral boosting victory over their provincial rival Ottawa Senators. With the next three games following tonight against Eastern Conference foes it is imperative that the Leafs do not look past the [...]

On an unseasonably warm winter day, the Toronto Maple Leafs (26-19-6) will meet the Ottawa Senators (27-20-7) tonight in the nations capital. The weather outside gives the impression that the playoffs are about to begin, and with these two teams it’s not only the weather that makes tonight’s encounter resemble post-season hockey. The Leafs sit three points behind the Senators for the 6th spot in the Eastern Conference with three games in hand on the sputtering Sens. Toronto has won [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs (25-19-6) will look to rebound tonight from a tough loss last night as they once again face the Pittsburgh Penguins (29-17-4) at the Air Canada Centre. The Leafs played perhaps their best game of the season the first 50 minutes of last night’s contest. Completely owning the Penguins in Pittsburgh, the Leafs built a 4-1 lead, and in reality should have been up at least 7-1 had they had some luck. The final ten minutes though [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs (25-19-5) will start their post all-star playoff push tonight as they begin a home and home series with the Pittsburgh Penguins (28-17-4). The Penguins went into the break as the NHL’s hottest team running off seven straight wins. Due mostly to the strong play of Evgeny Malkin (9 goals 4 assists +11), James Neal (6 goals 5 assists +10) and Chris Kunitz (1 goal 5 assists +7), the Pens have solidified their post season chances. Goalie [...]

For the second time in two nights the Toronto Maple Leafs (24-19-5) will meet the New York Islanders (19-22-6). This time though the two teams will face-off on Long Island, following the Leafs’ 3-0 victory at the Air Canada Centre last night. There’s not that much new information to provide in preparation for this game after last night’s encounter. The Islanders will be looking to head into the all-star break on a winning note, having been dominated in all facets [...]

With the Toronto Maple Leafs (23-19-5) hosting the surging New York Islanders (19-21-6) tonight in the front half of a home and home series it is crucial that at this time tomorrow the Leafs will have taken two points in regulation. The Islanders are thriving having won four of their last five games, and are planning on starting Evgeny Nabokov the reigning third star of the week in goal. Up front the Islanders and Leafs are quite similar. While the [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs (23-18-5) will face off tonight against the Montreal Canadiens (17-21-9) in a game that is important to the Leafs, but critical to the Habs. With a Leafs victory tonight, coupled with a Florida Panther loss in Winnipeg, the buds will vault back into the playoffs heading into the stretch run of the season. The Canadiens are currently sitting in 12th place in the Eastern Conference standings, nine points off the pace. In what has been an [...]

Had the match up of the Toronto Maple Leafs (22-18-5) and the Minnesota Wild (22-17-7) taken place six weeks ago, then you would have had a game between two of the best teams in their respective conferences. Yet tonight we have a game between a Leafs team that has lost three consecutive games, and are currently sitting three points out of the eight and final playoff spot in the east. The Wild enter this evening’s affair in the midst of [...]