4 h. ago Maple Leafs survive loss of Stolarz, beat Panthers in Game 1

The Maple Leafs persevered on Monday night. In doing so, they beat the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of the second round. After building an early lead and enduring the loss of starting goaltender Anthony Stolarz, the gutsy Leafs hung on and won 5-4 at Scotiabank Arena. Game 2 in the best-of-seven series goes on […]

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8 h. ago Shades of 2023 as Edmonton Oilers clash with Vegas Golden Knights again in 2nd round

Here's a quick look at the second-round NHL playoff series between the Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights that starts Tuesday with Game 1 at T-Mobile Arena.

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13 h. ago Greatest Hits: Jets and Blues doled out plenty of punishment in bruising series

The Jets and Blues likely woke up Monday with aching muscles and bruised bodies after an opening-round NHL playoff series filled with punishing hits.

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16 h. ago Leafs and Panthers: NHL playoff series has plenty of story lines, and hatred

The Toronto Maple Leafs will try to defeat a Florida Panthers club that has won five straight playoff series and has been to consecutive Stanley Cup Final appearances.

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33 h. ago SIMMONS: Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube not intimidated by Cup champion Florida Panthers

Craig Berube has been scratching, clawing and fighting his way through the many levels of professional hockey for most of the past 38 years, so you can excuse him if he’s not intimidated by the Florida Panthers. When asked how his Maple Leafs will fare in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs against […]

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40 h. ago Mitch Marner becomes a dad, absent from Maple Leafs practice

Mitch Marner had the best excuse for missing Maple Leafs practice on Sunday. Marner’s wife, Stephanie, gave birth to a baby boy on Sunday morning, the Leafs said. The birth comes a day before Mitch’s 28th birthday and Game 1 of the Leafs’ second-round series against the Florida Panthers. The Leafs were on the ice […]

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43 h. ago SIMMONS: Leafs GM Brad Treliving made studying Panthers an early priority

When Brad Treliving was hired by the Maple Leafs, just 19 days after they were eliminated in the playoffs by the Florida Panthers, one of the first things he did as general manager was this: He re-watched the five games the Leafs played Florida. He watched them closely. He studied his roster, what he had […]

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55 h. ago Florida Panthers’ Paul Maurice wonders if a coach belongs in a handshake line

Paul Maurice has been through something like 25 playoff series handshake lines as an NHL coach, four of them last season in winning the Stanley Cup with Florida. It’s everything he loves – and sometimes detests – in hockey’s book of unwritten rules. He said the signs of respect were genuine on Wednesday as he […]

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60 h. ago Composure, defence against Florida forecheck critical for Maple Leafs

Keep your emotions in check. The term is bandied about all the time in professional sports, for excellent reason. Regarding the Maple Leafs in the second round against the Florida Panthers, the ability to keep composure presumably will be a significant factor in whether Toronto continues to slay Stanley Cup playoff demons and advances to […]

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3 d. ago Are this year’s Toronto Maple Leafs built to beat the Florida Panthers?

WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of Off The Post, Toronto SUN Sports Columnist Steve Simmons, Postmedia Hockey Columnist Bruce Garrioch, and Postmedia’s Rob Wong wrap up the Battle of Ontario between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators. They discuss the killer instinct the Maple Leafs showed in Game 6, how the Senators should […]

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3 d. ago Oilers’ offence firing on all cylinders heading into series against Golden Knights

The teams last met in the post-season in 2023 when the Knights eliminated the Oilers in six games in the second round en route to winning the Stanley Cup.

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3 d. ago Plenty of evidence Florida Panthers will go for the jugular against Maple Leafs

Scenes the Maple Leafs should sear into memory before their next series against the Florida Panthers: * Brad Marchand in handshake line, after besting Art Ross Trophy winner Nikita Kucherov of the Lightning, with plastic rats strewn on the ice. * Aaron Ekblad at the Panthers bench after his shot on Brandon Hagel’s chin, with […]

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3 d. ago Calvin Pickard comes off bench to help Oilers reach 2nd round of playoffs

Calvin Pickard got into 23 games with the Oilers in 2023-24, but his 31 starts this season were the most since his last season with Colorado.

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4 d. ago MAPLE LEAFS NOTES: Teammates inspire teammates, rolling Panthers await

The message was sinking in, apparently. Or specifically, how the message was being worded in the Maple Leafs dressing room before Game 6 Thursday against the Ottawa Senators. A day after Leafs coach Craig Berube said the only pressure his players have is from their own teammates, captain Auston Matthews carried a similar tune on […]

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5 d. ago What will New Jersey Devils’ playoff ouster mean for Calgary Flames on draft day?

While New Jersey Devils netminder Jacob Markstrom racked up 49 saves on Tuesday, his double-overtime defeat is good news for his old team

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8 d. ago RICK VAIVE: Hat trick of overtimes hard on the players, but great for the fans

Nothing tops the drama of NHL playoff overtime, right? And we’re fortunate, as viewers, to see it the past three games in this series, with the Ottawa Senators down 0-3 Saturday and facing a tee time if they didn’t pull it out. They ended up winning on much the same kind of goal that Simon […]

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1 week ago Pickard to start for Edmonton Oilers in Game 3 against Los Angeles Kings

Calvin Pickard went 22-10-1 for Edmonton this season. He made his NHL playoff debut last season.

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1 week ago Pressure of playoff success no issue for Berube’s Maple Leafs

We know now what the Maple Leafs do in the face of adversity. Or, better put, what they don’t do. They don’t flinch. The Leafs didn’t flinch on Thursday night in Ottawa when Senators captain Brady Tkachuk scored on his team’s first shot of the third period to tie the game. The Leafs didn’t flinch […]

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1 week ago Watching a Toronto Maple Leafs game at Maple Leaf Square made me a believer

MLSE's Toronto Maple Leafs tailgate parties have become an integral part of NHL playoff season in the city year after year, and I, a non-sports watcher, went down to find out what all the fuss is about for the first time.Let's set the stage. It's the eve of Game 2 in the battle of Ontario, and I'm packed like a sardine in a southbound TTC train headed, alongside dozens if not hundreds of blue-clad compatriots, to watch the game from outside Scotiabank Arena at Maple Leaf Square.Now, I'm a Leafs fan by virtue of birthright only — I can count on one hand the number of full games I've actually sat through — but, already seeing the sheer volume of fans planning to be physically present at the game (a tiny fraction, surely, of their total fan base), it's beginning to dawn on me that I've been missing out on something major this whole time. I just have to figure out what, exactly, that major something is, and Maple Leaf Squar...

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1 week ago Political ads find ice time — and eyeballs — during NHL playoff broadcasts

This year's Stanley Cup playoffs features five out of the seven Canadian teams, which is the most since 2004

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