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William Nylander confidently pushed his way through the largest crowd of reporters that have been at a Toronto Maple Leafs practice this season to take the same place he’s been throughout the entire series against the Boston Bruins, despite not having played a minute: At the centre of attention....

The Boston Bruins threw 52 hits in Game 2 against the Toronto Maple Leafs and it felt like the Leafs rookie left winger had been the prime target of the heaviest of them. The 21-year-old was playing in his 82nd game of 2023-24 combining regular season and playoffs. That’s almost double his previous high of 47 games with the...

A record 6 QBs were taken in the 1st round. Most ever.

With an extra day to prepare for Game 4 in this first-round matchup with the Boston Bruins, the Leafs are expected to return with reinforcements when the teams battle here again on Saturday night....

When you’re expected to score in the Stanley Cup playoffs, time is rarely on your side....

William Nylander could be back in the lineup as soon as Game 3 on Wednesday night....

Game 2 was an even more physical affair than Game 1, but the Leafs did well to match the nastiness the Bruins brought. And their penalty kill held up better than in Game 1, showing that aforementioned patience. Killing off a third-period Tyler Bertuzzi slashing penalty ultimately swung the momentum back in their favour....

All signs are pointing toward William Nylander remaining out of the Toronto Maple Leafs lineup in Game 2 against the Boston Bruins....

Shades on, hoodie up, William Nylander walked into Warrior Ice Arena in Boston alongside his teammates on Friday afternoon....

With all the recent injuries to stars in the playoffs hopefully we can see Kawhi play.

The Toronto Maple Leafs took the ice at Amalie Arena on Wednesday with no serious ambitions beyond putting the finishing touch on a significant milestone....

Heading into Tuesday’s game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers, it was hard not to look ahead and see it as a playoff preview. For weeks, the standings didn’t move much, and it felt like the Leafs and Panthers were locked into a first-round matchup....

The Leafs came away with an early two-goal lead from Mitch Marner on the power play and Noah Gregor after a well-battled opening period. However, the Florida Panthers turned a gear in the second in what was one of Toronto’s most porous periods of the season. It took 28 seconds for Carter Verhaeghe to get the Panthers into the...

When the Maple Leafs drafted Nicolas Mattinen in the sixth round of the 2016 NHL Draft, then-Leafs assistant general manager Mark Hunter preached patience....