Alec Brownscombe

The Maple Leafs extended their winning streak to four with a 4-2 win over St. Louis powered by one power-play goal courtesy of Auston Matthews, one (gorgeous) five-on-five goal via Matthew Knies, one shorthanded goal via William Nylander, and an empty-netter courtesy of Bobby McMann. Your game in 10: 1. Let’s start with a note […]

Entering the toughest building in the NHL at the end of their road trip, the Maple Leafs found a way to extend their winning streak in large part thanks to timely goaltending from Ilya Samsonov and clutch execution by their power play. And in the interest of not burying the lede, Birthday Bert came up […]

Despite 48 shots on net, the Craig Berube era started with the Maple Leafs’ first shutout loss in 227 games. Your game in 10: 1. It’s not the note we wanted to start on, but we’d be remiss not to cover it. Whether this is more precautionary than serious remains to be seen, but we […]

The Maple Leafs laid their first rotten egg of the Craig Berube era, falling 5-0 down through 31 minutes to the Columbus Blue Jackets en route to a 6-2 final. Stinky. Your game in 10: 1. The matchups against Columbus last year were pretty similar to how this game started. The Blue Jackets are aggressive […]

After Friday’s practice, head coach Craig Berube discussed the adversity the team is facing after a couple of tough losses, the power play’s early struggles, and sticking by the Auston Matthews – Mitch Marner duo after a few porous games from the top line. Practice Lines – Oct. 25 Lines at Leafs practice: Knies – […]

Led by three goals from the Max Pacioretty – John Tavares – William Nylander line, the Maple Leafs broke out offensively at five-on-five, snapping their three-game losing streak and the Jets’ eight-game winning streak with a 6-4 victory in Winnipeg. It feels like the Leafs could’ve entered the prior Boston matchup sitting at 8-0-0, with […]

Connor McDavid came to town, but Mitch Marner stole the show as the Maple Leafs came back from a goal down in the third, gave up the lead late in the third, and won it in overtime, moving the team to 5-1-0 without Auston Matthews this season. Your game in 10: 1. So much of […]

After Saturday’s practice, head coach Craig Berube discussed the signing of Alex Nylander to an NHL contract, Auston Matthews returning to skating, and a rare Saturday night off. Practice Lines – Nov. 23 Forwards McMann – Tavares – Marner Robertson – Holmberg – W. Nylander Grebenkin – Minten – A. Nylander Steeves – Dewar – […]

Craig Berube addressed the media after the Maple Leafs’ 3-2 win over the Utah Hockey Club, which improved the team’s record to 13-6-2. On what made the difference after a slow opening 20 minutes: We were flat in the first period, I thought. You can tell off of faceoffs when guys aren’t jumping, aren’t getting […]

After a terrible bounce put them behind 1-0, a quiet opening 40 minutes offensively gave way to a Knies-Matthews-Marner reunion party in this 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators. After taking four of four points off of two bottom feeders this week, the Leafs currently lead the Atlantic Division by two points with a game […]