Sonny Sachdeva

After a sterling 2024-25 campaign that made the Washington Capitals the story of the season, Alex Ovechkin 's club finds itself one loss away from a second-round exit.

The Maple Leafs power play was firing on all cylinders last round. But with Ottawa's tentative penalty kill replaced by Florida's unrelenting aggression, the Leafs' power-play dominance has all but disappeared.

Needing to make a statement in Game 5, the Leafs stepped into the ring, squared up, and took another one in the chops.And there was no question, for anyone in the building, that the night started off-kilter.

The second period of Game 7 was perhaps the worst 20 minutes these Maple Leafs strung together all season.Seven minutes, three goals... and a series sunk.

Is this a group that can withstand the pressure of a market that hangs on their every word, lives and dies by their every play?

Brendan Shanahan's time with the Maple Leafs came to a close Thursday after 11 years of tumult, progress and plateaus. Sportsnet's Sonny Sachdeva looks back at some of Toronto's best and worst moves of the era.

As Brad Treliving sees it, if the Maple Leafs are to get to the post-season heights its fanbase craves, a fundamental change is needed.Sonny Sachdeva digs into the GM's end-of-season presser, and why evolution is needed for the Blue and White.

When Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers take the ice for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday, there'll be an extra piece of home under their skates as part of Rogers' This Is Our Ice campaign.

Building a championship roster is an inexact science. A bit of unpredictable alchemy.

With another post-season of clutch big-game performances to take into account, and some time to reflect on what worked and what didn't at the 4 Nations Face-Off, let's take an early look at how Team Canada's lineup could shake out at the Milano Cortina Games.