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Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews returned to practice on Wednesday for the first time since injuring his right shoulder Feb. 22, but when he'll return to game action remains unknown. "I don't know what they (the medical staff) will do," Toronto coach Mike Babcock said, via NHL.com. "We were gone for 10 days and these are his buddies, so who do you hang out in Toronto with? Continue to Article

March 07, 2018 8:41:pm EST

Babcock's Toronto Maple Leafs and the Washington Capitals might want to hang on to everything with high wind in the forecast for Saturday night's outdoors Stadium Series game at the U.S. Naval Academy. The NHL has played 24 previous regular-season outdoor games and this one could easily see the worst conditions when it comes to wind. Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby thinks strong wind would only possibly affect dump-ins or high flips of the puck and that it could make it difficult for players to keep their eyes open when it's head on. Continue to Article

March 02, 2018 5:24:pm EST

''I have some good memories,'' Nylander said. Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom remembers those days, too. It was a decade ago when he, Ovechkin and Washington's ''Young Guns'' looked like a powerhouse that could win the Stanley Cup multiple times and dominate the NHL for years to come. Continue to Article

March 02, 2018 4:36:pm EST

The Toronto Maple Leafs might not be a perfect team, but on paper, you wouldn’t expect them to go through many scoring droughts. Toronto also has solid supporting scorers in the likes of James van Riemsdyk and Nazem Kadri. Dry spells are going to come, but the heat is starting to rise on Mike Babcock’s lineup decisions. Continue to Article

January 18, 2018 5:49:pm EST

Alexander Steen pulled the St. Louis Blues back into the game, and then Vince Dunn finally got rewarded for a fabulous first performance in his home province. Steen tied it with 57 seconds left and Dunn scored 1:43 into overtime, lifting St. Louis over the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 on Tuesday night. Connor Brown put Toronto ahead on a short-handed breakaway midway through the third period, but Steen scored with goalie Carter Hutton pulled for an extra attacker by backhanding Alex Pieterangelo's rebound past Frederik Andersen. Continue to Article

January 16, 2018 11:23:pm EST