There is no team in the Stanley Cup playoffs facing more pressure than the Toronto Maple Leafs. That pressure appeared to get to their coaching staff.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs dropped a massive Game 5 to the Senators, giving life back to Ottawa in the series. Toronto was outplayed from the opening puck-drop, and the Senators made the Maple Leafs pay.
Up 3-0 in their first-round playoff series against the Ottawa Senators, it took two subsequent losses for doom and gloom to set in and for the spotlight to shine on broader, big-picture issues surrounding the Toronto Maple Leafs.
As the Toronto Maple Leafs prepare for Game 6 against the Ottawa Senators, the hockey world (particularly Leafs Nation) is bracing for what feels like an all-too-familiar storyline: another collapse in the Auston Matthews era.
The NHL began awarding the Conn Smythe Trophy to the most valuable player of the postseason beginning in the 1965 season. How many of the past winners can you name in six minutes?
It’s Game Day. And it’s a big one. The Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators continue their first-round series tonight with Game 6 of the Battle of Ontario.
It seems the NHL is in a good place. Ratings are up, talent levels are high, and the league added two teams to get up to 32 in the not-too-distant past.
Oh, how things can change on a dime in the playoffs. One week ago, the Toronto Maple Leafs claimed a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Ottawa Senators with another overtime win.
The pressure has always weighed heavily in Leafs Nation, but it may have never felt like this for Auston Matthews. After jumping out to a 3–0 series lead, the Toronto Maple Leafs are suddenly on their heels, and the Ottawa Senators are clawing back with momentum and belief.
NHL analyst Jackie Redmond predicts that Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews will have a strong showing in Game 6 regardless of the result. In what was considered by some to be a legacy-defining game for him and the Core Four, Matthews had a night to forget.
It’s all business for Craig Berube. There’s no doubt an air of tension in Toronto as the Maple Leafs prepare to take on the Ottawa Senators in Game 6 of the Battle of Ontario.
Once again, the Toronto Maple Leafs have a chance to eliminate the Ottawa Senators, and come out on top in this postseason edition of The Battle of Ontario.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are currently focused on trying to win their first Stanley Cup since 1967 as they look to take out the Ottawa Senators tonight (May.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are on the verge of blowing a major lead, and now Ryan Whitney has called out the entire organization as a result. After winning
It’s the most important game of the year for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and head coach Craig Berube shuffled the lines ahead of Game 6 against the Ottawa Senators.
During the second-period intermission of Game 5—a 4–0 loss that reignited every postseason anxiety in Toronto—analyst Kevin Bieksa observed that the Maple Leafs didn’t look panicked.
Everything has changed in the span of a week for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the attendant consequences that come with two consecutive losses to an inferior, provincial rival are mounting.
The Toronto Maple Leafs lost Game 5 at home 4–0, and the Ottawa Senators forced a Game 6 on Thursday night. It gives fans flashbacks from past years and makes them afraid it’s happening again.
Nobody has experienced the ups and downs of being a Toronto Maple Leaf like Morgan Rielly. The team’s first-round pick in 2012 and longtime defenceman is the longest-serving Leaf, and despite some great individual seasons and lots of successful regular seasons, he’s also been there for all of the lows.
The Toronto Maple Leafs were shut out 4-0 at home Tuesday night, with the Ottawa Senators carrying a two-game winning streak into Game 6. Following the Game 5 loss, the Leafs are now 1-13 in their last 14 potential series-clinching games.
Change for the sake of change gets a bad rap. Don’t scorch the earth because change is needed but a gentle acknowledgement that the status quo is failing can be a helpful wakeup call and potential light some fires under the right asses.
The Toronto Maple Leafs had the Ottawa Senators on the brink of elimination. They held a 3-0 series lead over Ottawa. And for the most part, they were clearly the better team in this series.
After taking a 3-0 lead in the Battle of Ontario, the Toronto Maple Leafs have now lost two straight, but according to Auston Matthews, there’s no panic.
The Toronto Maple Leafs missed yet another chance to clinch a playoff series on Tuesday night, falling 4-0 to the Ottawa Senators in Game 5 of their first-round matchup.
The Senators left Toronto with a dominant win last night, and William Nylander‘s lazy actions in the third period may come back to haunt the Leafs in this series.
Now that the AHL’s Toronto Marlies season has ended at the hands of the Cleveland Monsters, the Toronto Maple Leafs were able to recall several players for their playoff run.
The Toronto Maple Leafs find themselves up 3–1 in their first-round series of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. For most NHL fan bases, this is a comfortable position to be in.
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