5 h. ago LEAFS NOTES: It is time for Toronto’s playoff additions to shine

When the Maple Leafs acquired three Florida Panthers hours after their 2024 Stanley Cup parade, augmented the trio with Chris Tanev and Max Pacioretty, then added Scott Laughton and Brandon Carlo at the trade deadline, it was with this week’s playoff scenario in mind. These aren’t newbies to the grind of playoffs — which aren’t […]

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7 h. ago Scotiabank Arena is hosting a Toronto Maple Leafs watch party and tickets are just $15

The Toronto Maple Leafs are widening the reach of their watch parties.While Maple Leaf Square outside of Scotiabank Arena has been a staple spot to watch the games for many years now, the team has decided to open the doors of the arena as well.On Friday, May 16, the Leafs will be hosting an indoor watch party for Game 6 of their second-round series of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Florida Panthers. Tickets are $15, with proceeds going back to benefit the MLSE Foundation.Fans can buy their tickets starting Wednesday at 2 p.m. EDT via the Toronto Maple Leafs App or at MapleLeafs.com. Members who join Fan Access can get early access to a presale code while also getting select discount tickets.If you don't have the funds to pony up for expensive playoff tickets, this might be your best bet at experiencing the same type of crowd atmosphere for a much reduced price."Throughout the playoffs, we’ve experienced the unwavering passion of Maple Leafs fans, ...

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10 h. ago 5 Leafs players might be playing their last home game in Toronto

For much of the Toronto Maple Leafs' playoff run, they've been able to avoid one of the toughest parts about life in the NHL.Winning six of their first 10 playoff games, the vibes have been mostly high in the Leafs' world for how things have shaken out thus far.Despite allowing the Florida Panthers to tie their second-round series at two games apiece (and allowing the Ottawa Senators two wins after initially taking a 3-0 series lead), Toronto has been able to keep themselves in the hunt for the Stanley Cup as long as the franchise has seen since 2004.But with a maximum of three games left in their series against Florida, we've suddenly hit a make-or-break point: it could be the last time some of the team's players ever suit up for the Leafs.And on Wednesday night, for a crucial Game 5 that will put the winner one game away from clinching the series, it could actually be the last time some local fans get a chance to cheer on some of their biggest heroes if Toronto...

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52 h. ago Here's how much Toronto Maple Leafs Game 5 playoff tickets cost

There are no guarantees in the NHL playoffs, but we can be sure of one thing: the Toronto Maple Leafs have at least one home game left.And if you want to find yourself inside Scotiabank Arena, don't expect things to be cheap.On Wednesday night, the Leafs are hosting the Florida Panthers in a pivotal Game 5 matchup, with the winner set to take a 3-2 lead in their second round series. With Toronto winning the first two games before the Panthers stormed back with two wins of their own in Florida, things have gotten pretty spicy between the Atlantic Division rivals.While it's hard to gauge an exact value of the ticket price given how much they can fluctuate by, they're about $50 to 60 more expensive than they were for Game 5 of the team's first-round series against the Ottawa Senators on the day of the game.Via Ticketmaster, there's only a smattering of face value seats left, with the cheapest pair at $490.50 per ticket in the upper bowl. Via the Ticketmaster resale ...

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68 h. ago Zeroes across board for Maple Leafs as roaring Panthers tie series at 2

Joseph Woll’s playoff inexperience is now the least of the Maple Leafs’ concerns. While he did his part to try to keep Toronto ahead in this series with 35 saves Sunday, the Florida Panthers, rounding into Stanley Cup champion form, had the jump in just about every area in winning a war of attrition in […]

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4 d. ago Toronto Maple Leafs player scores 3 goals in loss but 2 were on wrong net

The Toronto Maple Leafs might've shaken off some of their playoff demons this year so far, but they can't quite rid themselves of Brad Marchand.In overtime of a Game 3 second-round matchup against the Florida Panthers on Friday where Toronto could've taken a 3-0 series lead, it was the 36-year-old Marchand scoring his 12th career playoff goal against the Leafs to end the game with a 5-4 score.While Toronto still has the series lead and a chance to go up 3-1 on Sunday, the mood wasn't exactly jovial when the team met the media postgame after the loss.BRAD MARCHAND WINS IT IN OT FOR THE PANTHERS 🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀 pic.twitter.com/fUP840Yv4q— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) May 10, 2025"In overtime, we had our opportunities. We had offensive zone time and were doing things. It is a bounce. That is what happens in overtime, a lot of the time," Toronto head coach Craig Berube said.As for Leafs goalie Joseph Woll, who let in the overtime winner and suffered his first ...

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6 d. ago ‘This is incredible’: Toronto fans overjoyed after Maple Leafs take 2

Mitch Marner played the hero for the Maple Leafs as he scored the winner in the third period, giving Toronto a 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers, along with a 2-0 series lead.

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6 d. ago Marner scores tiebreaking goal as Maple Leafs beat Panthers for 2

Marner scored the winner in the third period and Woll made 25 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Florida Panthers 4-3 to take a 2-0 lead in the playoff series.

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8 d. ago RICK VAIVE: To win in playoffs, the best teams can’t lose their heads

I can see where people who grew up watching a different National Hockey League — and those playing in it now — can sometimes get frustrated. On one hand, there was Anthony Stolarz of the Leafs getting hurt without a penalty called on Sam Bennett. One the other, it seems you can’t get away with […]

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9 d. ago Toronto Maple Leafs superfan Justin Bieber makes bold playoff prediction

The Toronto Maple Leafs might not ever seem to have the hockey gods in their corner, but they'll always have one thing most teams don't: Justin Bieber cheering them on.For Bieber, a longtime friend of several Leafs players (most notably Auston Matthews), a die-hard fan of the team, a celebrity team captain at the 2024 NHL All-Star Game in Toronto, and a collaborator on an official alternate jersey with the team, showing his support to Toronto isn't exactly new.But perhaps like any true Leafs fan, he's getting his confidence up after a few playoff wins, believing that this could finally be Toronto's chance to break their Stanley Cup curse since 1967."New series starts tonight. This is the yearski," Bieber posted to his Instagram feed on Monday morning, sharing a series of photos of Leafs logos.(For the uninitiated, "yearski" is pretty much a play on the way hockey players tend to speak to each other, adding extra syllables to the end of many wo...

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9 d. ago Toronto Maple Leafs' Mitch Marner welcomes baby amid playoffs

Toronto Maple Leafs superstar Mitch Marner is having a playoff to remember, both on and off the ice.Not only will he play in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for just the second time in his career, but he has also become a dad. Marner was not on the ice for Leafs' practice on Sunday after his wife Stephanie gave birth to the couple's first child earlier in the morning.Marner is now a proud father of a baby boy, though they have not yet shared his name publicly.The Marners announced they were pregnant with their first child in February. He is the second of Toronto's "core four" to have a baby, alongside John Tavares, who has three with his wife Aryne. Auston Matthews and William Nylander are not yet fathers.Marner and Stephanie have been married since July 2023, after the longtime couple tied the knot at a ceremony at Peller Estates Winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake.Though Marner missed practice, he should not be missing any of the Maple Leafs' upcom...

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1 week 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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1 week ago Chaos erupts in Toronto streets after Leafs win series with Senators

The Toronto Maple Leafs haven't given their fans a ton of playoff performances to celebrate in recent history, so when they got the chance on Thursday, fans took full advantage.The Leafs beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2 to wrap up their first-round Battle of Ontario. While the game took place in Ottawa, there were plenty of fans going wild in Toronto after the big win.After so many heartbreaks over the years, Maple Leafs fans waited until the very end to start their celebration. William Nylander scored an empty-net goal with less than a minute remaining to finish the Senators off, which sent fans in Toronto into bedlam.The fans watching on the big screen at Maple Leaf Square were jubilant as the clock hit zero.    View this post on Instagram           A post shared by Scotiabank Arena (@scotiabankarena)The Leafs were ahead 3-0 in this series, but the Senators came back to make it interesting. It was reminisce...

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1 week ago These Toronto superfans made their home into the ultimate Maple Leafs shrine

If you find yourself wandering around the streets of North Toronto, it shouldn't take long to find the biggest Maple Leafs fans around.Come playoff time, Michael and Sara Adamson deck out their front lawn entirely in Leafs gear, complete with jerseys, equipment and even a bubble hockey set that they encourage passersby to play a quick game on.This property is the second that the couple has adorned with Leaf gear.Complete with a sign telling visitors to take a selfie with a plush of the team’s mascot, Carlton, it's become an annual tradition for each playoff run. With the Leafs now making the postseason nine years in a row, thousands of folks have come through to check out the digs each year.The basis behind the house was pretty simple: the Adamsons had a whole lot of Leafs merchandise and weren't sure what to do with it. Starting with "about five items out front," the Adamsons figured it would be a pretty simple way to support their favourite ho...

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2 w. ago Canadian Tire Centre to host outdoor watch party for Game 6 of Senators

The Ottawa Senators will host an outdoor watch party for Game 6 of their first-round playoff series against the Toronto Maple Leafs, team president Cyril Leeder confirmed Wednesday morning. The event will take place outside Gate 1 of Canadian Tire Centre in the CIBC Red Zone, where a large screen will broadcast the game live. […]

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2 w. ago LEAF TAKEAWAYS: Special teams go into hiding at worst possible time

If there’s one team the Maple Leafs historically have no trouble closing out at playoff time, it’s the Ottawa Senators. But this is not the early 2000s anymore. These Sens aren’t folding, living to fight another day, another game, going at home again to the Canadian Tire Centre. With the Leafs’ Scotiabank Arena ready to […]

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2 w. ago Toronto Maple Leafs doing exactly the thing you thought they would in playoffs

Not to be dramatic, but the Toronto Maple Leafs might actually be cursed.The Buds were blanked in another blown opportunity to close out a playoff series on Tuesday night, bringing the Battle of Ontario to a nail-biting 3-2 lead for the Leafs after what seemed like an unbreakable 3-0 series advantage.The team has now posted an unthinkably terrible 2-14 record in series-clinching playoff games since 2004, following a 4-0 loss to the Ottawa Senators before a stunned crowd at Scotiabank Arena.Tuesday's loss proved just the latest chapter in what has become a saga of the Leafs' long-term struggles in close-out games.Like the years-long choke fest it contributed to, the game was replete with missed opportunities, frustrations, and the team's stars seemingly vanishing off the surface of the ice when it counted the most.Game 6 will bring the series back to Ottawa on Thursday, where the Leafs will have a third consecutive opportunity to close out the first round.Should...

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2 w. ago Will Arnett spotted hyping up Toronto Maple Leafs playoff crowd

The Toronto Maple Leafs turned to a bit of celebrity power to try to help them get going on Tuesday night.Down 1-0 in the second period in Game 5 of their first-round playoff matchup against the Ottawa Senators, Toronto-born actor and massive Leafs fan Will Arnett was brought out during a commercial break to lead the sold-out Scotiabank Arena crowd in a cheer.Toronto entered the night with a 3-1 lead on the series, but gave up the first goal of the night for the third game in a row to begin the night on an uphill battle.His appearance might've hyped up the crowd, but it didn't exactly have an immediate effect on the ice, as the Leafs entered the final frame of the game still being held scoreless.Will Arnett in the arena tonight for the Leafs v Sens pic.twitter.com/EIi1gSDubq— Lindsay Dunn (@LindsayDunnTV) April 30, 2025Toronto is aiming to win just its second playoff series since 2004, coincidentally first-round win over the Senators in an epic seven-game set.For Arnet...

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2 w. ago Coach Craig Berube has set the pace, Maple Leafs happy to pick it up

Follow the leader. Having a coach who has experienced just about everything there is to experience in the National Hockey League has been key for the Maple Leafs in their desire to go on a long playoff run. Craig Berube, winner of the Stanley Cup in St. Louis six years ago and with more than […]

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2 w. ago GAME 4 TAKEAWAYS: Nothing ‘special’ about Maple Leafs’ overtime loss

Special teams can make or break a team’s hopes in the Stanley Cup playoffs. For the Maple Leafs on Saturday night in the Battle of Ontario, failure to score on a four-minute power play in overtime snuffed their desire to eliminate the Ottawa Senators in a four-game sweep. The double power play had an asterisk, […]

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