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David Kampf (64) of the Toronto Maple Leafs checks David Pastrnak (88) of the Boston Bruins during the second period of Game 6 of the First Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Toronto.

Maple Leafs' road approach works in huge Game 6 victory at home

The Maple Leafs are shipping up to Boston. They couldn’t be more thrilled than to be heading back to Massachusetts again. Given up for dead earlier this week — at least, in the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs — by many, the Leafs beat the Bruins 2-1 on ...

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Evander Kane sticks it to critics, rises up with brilliant drama for Edmonton Oilers in 2024 playoffs

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Evander Kane (91) and Leon Draisaitl (29) of the Edmonton Oilers, celebrate a first period goal against the Los Angeles Kings at Rogers Place in Edmonton on May 1, 2024.

"I can't do this alone": Jets' Hellebuyck candid after playoff exit

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Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck meets with media after the players cleaned out their lockers Thursday. KEVIN KING/Winnipeg Sun

'Shaq Hyman' helping take Edmonton Oilers to whole new heights

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Maple Leafs refuse to lose, defiantly forcing winner-take-all Game 7 in Boston

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PWHL Toronto secures first overall with convincing win over Minnesota

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Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe.

Keefe on approach for Maple Leafs for Game 6: 'We don't have to (try to) impress anyone'

Terry Koshan · Postmedia News |Updated a day ago |2 min read

Ah, the comforts of home. Don’t get Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe wrong — he loves the support his team gets from Leafs Nation, whether it’s at Scotiabank Arena or in buildings across the National Hockey League. For another elimination game, ...

Apr 30, 2024; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; Winnipeg Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey (44) is stick checked by Colorado Avalanche right wing Mikko Rantanen (96) in the first period in game five of the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Canada Life Centre. Mandatory Credit: James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports

Avs push Jets out of playoffs in five games

Scott Billeck · Postmedia News |Updated May. 1, 2024 |3 min read

There will be missing posters stapled and taped to electrical poles and lamp posts across Winnipeg on Wednesday. “Missing: The Regular Season Winnipeg Jets,” they will read. “Reward if found: A do-over in the Stanley Cup playoffs.” The reality will ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs celebrate their overtime win over the Boston Bruins in game five of the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden in Boston, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. - Bob DeChiara / USA TODAY Sports

'No one quit': Determined effort helps Maple Leafs force Game 6 at home

Terry Koshan · Postmedia News |Updated May. 1, 2024 |5 min read

The Maple Leafs had something to prove on Tuesday night. And with their season on the line, they proved they’re worthy of another game in the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs. Matthew Knies was the overtime hero in Game 5 at TD Garden in Boston, scoring at ...

Matthew Knies, left, of the Toronto Maple Leafs celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal against the Boston Bruins to win the game 2-1 in overtime of Game 5 of the First Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Boston, Mass.

No Matthews, no problem as fellow Arizonan Knies salvages Leafs season in OT

Lance Hornby · Postmedia News |Updated May. 1, 2024 |3 min read

We interrupt this teardown of the Maple Leafs for Game 6 Thursday in Toronto. Yes, it might be just postponing the inevitable, but few Leaf teams have gone into an elimination game with slimmer odds and lived to fight another day. Never mind that ...

PWHL Ottawa misses another chance to clinch a playoff spot, falling to last-place New York

Ottawa Citizen |Updated May. 1, 2024 |3 min read

NEW YORK 4, OTTAWA 3 PWHL Ottawa let a second chance to clinch a playoff spot slip away. Ottawa, which could have locked up a spot in the inaugural post-season with a victory at home against powerhouse Montreal on Saturday, instead dropped that ...

Cody Ceci (5), Stuart Skinner (74) and Leon Draisaitl (29) of the Edmonton Oilers celebrate a 1-0 win against the Los Angeles Kings in Game 4 of their first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Crypto.com Arena on April 28, 2024, in Los Angeles, Calif.

Edmonton Oilers getting behind Skinner in looking to close out Kings

Gerry Moddejonge · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |4 min read

The name on the back of his jersey says Skinner, but he might as well have a home one with Jekyll and an away one that reads Hyde, the way this Western Conference playoff round has been going. That is, if Jekyll was a reliable goaltender who gives ...

Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs reacts during Game 4 against the Boston Bruins at Scotiabank Arena on April 27, 2024 in Toronto.

Auston Matthews a maybe, Woll likely starter as Maple Leafs stare down elimination in Boston

Terry Koshan · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |3 min read

In a must-win game for the Maple Leafs, their best player is a maybe. Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe told media in Boston on Tuesday morning that there was “no determination” as to whether Auston Matthews would play in Game 5 at TD Garden against the ...

Toronto players salute the crowd after the inaugural PWHL hockey game against New York.

PWHL Toronto heading to much bigger venue for playoffs

Mike Ganter · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |2 min read

PWHL Toronto will more than triple ticket availability for its upcoming playoffs. Beginning May 8, Toronto will host a first round opponent but make the move from Mattamy Athletic Centre to Coca-Cola Coliseum on the Exhibition Grounds. The move is ...

Jack Todd: Bob Cole's voice intertwined with Canada's hockey history

Jack Todd, Special to Montreal Gazette |Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |5 min read

It was fitting that Bob Cole died during the early stages of the national trauma we call the NHL playoffs. The play-by-play voice we associate with hockey more than any other this side of the untouchable Danny Gallivan, Cole died last week at age 90 ...

Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews partially fans on a shot against the Bruins in Game Four of the First Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Saturday, April 27, 2024.

Better Bruins push Maple Leafs to the brink of elimination

Lance Hornby · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 28, 2024 |4 min read

Well, no one could say Scotiabank was quiet at the end of that game. And poor special teams and a bad Game 7 history in Boston won’t likely be talking points in Toronto much longer in this series. The Maple Leafs were booed off the ice, their ...