The Toronto Maple Leafs called up Fraser Minten from the Toronto Marlies on Thursday morning. Following an injury to John Tavares at practice on Wednesday, it made sense for the club to call up their prospect center who has played in the third-line center spot previously.
Before practice on Wednesday morning, Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube pulled Max Domi aside for a chat. Berube did most of the talking for the five minutes or so. When he was done, he tapped Domi on the chest for encouragement.
It was only three games, this most recent losing skid for the Maple Leafs. And William Nylander made certain the slump wouldn't make it to four.
Maple Leafs down New Jersey Devils 4-3
Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube passed on some sage wisdom to forward Max Domi at practice on Wednesday, and now revealed his wise words. With Toronto
Toronto couldn't open their scoring until Max Domi set up William Nylander for a second-period goal and earned his 300th NHL assist in the process. However, Nico Hischier regained the lead for the ...
The Maple Leafs defeated the New Jersey Devils 4-3 in overtime on Thursday night at Scotiabank Arena. The team is off on Friday as they travel to Montreal.
The Leafs’ offensive approach under Craig Berube depends on a hard and heavy forecheck, point shots and bodies around the net. “We gotta find a way to generate shots and get them through and have more traffic there,” Berube said over the weekend. “I didn’t think we won any of the rebound battles.”
William Nylander inadvertently presented a challenge to the Toronto Maple Leafs: good teams find their way out of three-game losing streaks, and through his own heroics, the Maple Leafs responded with a thrilling 4-3 overtime victory over the New Jersey Devils,
Toronto has just two goals on 12 power play opportunities — a 16.6 percent success rate — through their last five games.
Slugging from behind the entire evening, and balanced on the usual mid-season fan revolt, the Toronto Maple Leafs won their first game in more than a week on Thursday. William Nylander scored the overtime goal that put away the New Jersey Devils, led by former Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe.
William Nylander has one goal in his past 11 games. Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube thinks he might have a solution to Nylander’s drought. “We talk about working his way out of it,” Berube said. “I go back to the Carolina game (last Thursday),